Tip-down cases ruin the tip of your cue...

[cuejoey]

Something else my pool instructor told me... I have a hard Action case 1x1 that has individual tubes for my cue. The tip inserts down, as well as the pin from the butt. He said that a tip-down case will eventually wear out the tip faster than if it was a tip-up case. If I get my McDermott cue, I want a case that is pretty cheap, and protects my cue properly, tip and all. Any suggestions?

i don't see how putting your tips in first can harm them..think about it all it is doing is resting there on a cushion..unless you have a poor quality case your instructor was refering to.

 

[Tom M]

If your tip is a sponge, I suppose it would, although I have been putting my tips down for 45 years with no ill effects at all. Besides with tip up, if you don't clean off the tip (and not on the carpet either), you get blue chalk all over the underside of the lid, and I would rather it be in the bottom of the case, if at all.

If you don't want to look like a newbie or tinhorn, then get at least a 2 x 4 case,and don't worry, you will fill it faster than you think. Even a soft case looks better than those skinny hard cases that are a 1 x 1 or 1 x 2.

I have a cordura soft 1x1. Does this mark me as a newbie? If so, it's accurate because I AM a newbie. Then again, maybe I just want to LOOK like a newb...

Don't worry, I have NO business in a room with REAL players. Maybe someday...