TIGER FORTIS PRO

[Juan A]

How is the sound? What about LD vs predators?

I was shooting extensively with Revo's since they came out. I had Zero issues switching to the Fortis. I never adjusted for change of deflection, simply switched shafts and went to work. Tony at Tiger says that the Revo does have slightly less deflection, but its not so you would notice. Everything else with the Fortis I prefer, slicker, seems more accurate at long distances, the feel is better, and the sound is better.

 

[Juan A]

I've emailed Tiger regarding cost and availability but no response as of yet.

Pick up a phone and call them. Tony is awesome.

 

[SKILLZELITE]

Being these been available for a little while now ,
Are there any comparisons between the Fortis shaft & Engage ?

@anyone

 

[Blueball]

I played with a Konlin CF shaft which is the same as the JFlowers build, the shaft is not LD at all. During my tests it totally missed a ball on the far side of the table when using spin, same as a house cue. Even a mild LD shaft was able to hit the ball about 1/4 full, and the Revo and a few others hit the ball almost full on. Standard shafts (house cues, the Konlin/JFlowers CF, Joss/McDermott/Lucasi maple, end up hitting about the grey ball. Higher level of LD shafts like Revo, Z3, OB Carbon, Mezz Ignite hit about the orange, almost full on. The less than top LD shafts, 314, OB wood shafts like OB1/2 or Phoenix, other CF shafts like Cuetec, Meucci, Jacoby, were around the green. This of course does not mean that the less LD the shaft has the better a given person will play with it, I think the reason the Cuetec and other shafts are popular is exactly because they don't react or have a hit feel like a super LD carbon fiber shaft, they are closer to a wood LD shaft so people feel more comfortable with them.


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When doing your test, were you aiming using Parallel English? For those that prefer a more forward Pivot Point (ie-more deflection) in order to accurately aim using Backhand English (keeping pivot point of shaft on the Aim Line), it would be good to know how you determined the Squirt?