What the heck is-liquid wick pool cue?

Someone in our pool league bought one of the break cues and I tried it a for a couple of breaks. First off, it's very heavy, 23 oz I believe. The sound that the "sand" or whatever it is makes is rather annoying to me.

The two racks of 9-ball I broke barely moved and I consider myself a pretty good breaker. The weight of the thing just felt weird to me, but I normally break with a 19 oz cue. With just two breaks I can't give it a fair shake, but my first impression was not good.
 
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It would seem that it would decrease the 50% reduction in tip speed quoted in another thread when the cue ball is struck therefore adding to the time of contact between cue and tip.
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Why would it seem so?

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Williebetmore said:
Hang-man,
I'm going to have to disagree here. The Liquidwick cue that I have seen and tried played no differently than a nice McDermott or Joss cue....just cheaper to purchase. It was perfectly straight, nice taper, nice tip, hit fine.

I believe their intent was to design a cue that could be sold for under a hundred dollars; but could have the playing characteristics of a professional cue. I believe their market will be the "Walmart/K-Mart" crowd.

Isn't it a good thing though to get better playing equipment into the hands of the casual players? I've always believed that a sport is more fun the better you play. Certainly the casual player will have a better chance at developing proficiency using one of these cues; than using one of those warped POS cues that Walmart usually sells.

Of course, I also use a glove....so snicker away.
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I have changed my glove stance after seeing that some of the guys here use one. It's now "I will poke fun at a guy with a glove, unless A. They are NOT using a fiberglass cue or B. They know what position is and an actuall get there once in a while". It's true I have not seen the cue, but what I don't like is the "features" they describe and what they do for your game. It reminds me of the "Cornithian Leather" ads for chrysler, making ordinary things that all cues should have sound special to their cues.
 
selftaut said:
they prolly aren't as bad as we all are thinking, but geeez couldn't they have come up with a name that was more suitable? something like Truestroke...etc....

liquidwick sounds like a tire repair kit or somethin.........
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Or something they would use in a Viagra ad.. take some and cure your liquidwick! :D
 
When it comes to liquids and pool I prefer to keep them where they belong. INSIDE the pool player!!:D
 
hang-the-9 said:
It reminds me of the "Cornithian Leather" ads for chrysler, making ordinary things that all cues should have sound special to their cues.
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9,
I know what you mean; but actually the point was that their cue is designed to replace the cheap crap that does NOT have the ordinary, basic things a cue should have.

P.S. - One of my professional friends trys to get me Sang Lee gloves (which I love)...they have been discontinued, so I end up with whatever the pro can find....the last ones were a brilliant, almost fluorescent aqua color....even I might make fun of someone wearing one of those. I wear them for practice, but remove them immediately if anyone comes into the house.
 
Double-Dave said:
Willie, these cues cost $297,
$99 is just the first installment.

check this link (price at the bottom):

http://www.liquidwick.com/about.php

gr. Dave
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Double-D,
Actually you are looking at the TRAINING device. It is a special cue that is filled with grains of sand (or some similar substance). When you transition smoothly from backswing to foreswing, it makes a characteristic sound. If the transition is poor or jerky; the cue rattles in your hand. I've tried it, and it was very intriguing, but it is NOT meant to be a playing cue; just a training device.

The playing cues are priced differently if I'm not mistaken (The Axis glide cue is $99; for $297 I'm not really sure what you get - it looks like both the training cue and the Axis glide together plus some extras).
 
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Segal:" I tried 100's of cues but none quite like THIS." You can see he is bitting his tongue at the moment he says it. Holding himself from not laughing at the piece of crap in his hands. LiquidWick cues are truly special like all the SPECIAL people that buy it. Hell you would have to be SPECIAL for you to buy that piece of shit.
 
Lupin3th said:
Hell you would have to be SPECIAL for you to buy that piece of sh%$.
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L-man,
It appears that you have some "special" knowledge of these cues. Have you actually tried them?? They seem to be targeted at a fairly specific niche; a good-playing cue for under $100 - a niche that is NOT currently filled.

Many players on this board who cannot afford a pricier name brand cue will end up playing with these cues. I personally would assess such players as savvy rather than "special" in the way that you mean. I believe you have missed the point of the thread. I support all players that love the game, want to play well, but don't have the disposable income to buy a fancy cue.

A cue does NOT have to have expensive inlays and wraps to play well. JMO.
 
imo its this elitist attitude that is prevalient throughout pool hurts it's image a lot more than helps.

honestly its a decent hitting cue that they designed and marketed for bar/league players and non-pool players who would actually be swayed by the cheesy marketing scheme.

and we all would love to have more fresh blood around the ol' swimming hole, we just have to invite them in.

and acting like snotty kids who are in some exclusive club, if we take the time to help bangers out and show them how to play, they might take up the game more seriously.

i'm happy to say that throughout my pool playing career i've convinced more than 10 casual bangers to become serious students of the sport, through me practicing with them while explaining to them the basic concepts of the game while telling them that they can become good as long as they dedicate their time and effort to it.

while i would like to say this is completely autruistic in nature, if all of us 'players' lost this 'no girls allowed club' mentality and aimed to help bangers get interested in this wonderful sport i cant help thinking in the back of my mind its like making sure that the fishing pool is well stocked for future fishing.

remember guys, the sport that we all adore and live by is on its dying legs, and its up to us as individual players to be ambassadors to the sport and try to get as many bangers interested in the game seriously as possible.
 
Williebetmore said:
L-man,
It appears that you have some "special" knowledge of these cues. Have you actually tried them?? They seem to be targeted at a fairly specific niche; a good-playing cue for under $100 - a niche that is NOT currently filled.

Many players on this board who cannot afford a pricier name brand cue will end up playing with these cues. I personally would assess such players as savvy rather than "special" in the way that you mean. I believe you have missed the point of the thread. I support all players that love the game, want to play well, but don't have the disposable income to buy a fancy cue.

A cue does NOT have to have expensive inlays and wraps to play well. JMO.
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you can help by raffleing of a liquid-wick pool cue, oh yeah! ;)
 
Nick B said:
I would rather eat my gun before I walked into a pool hall with one.

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I'm going to have a sneaky made up to look just it them!
 
JohnPT said:
you can help by raffleing of a liquid-wick pool cue, oh yeah! ;)
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JPT,
Hell, I'll bring one to DCC next year; let people play with it all week; and give it away on Friday. That, after all is the point, decent equipment sold cheap enough that even the casual player can afford it.

Satman with a LiquidWick cue will beat me with a Balabushka all day long (well, unless I shark him unmercifully......errrr....even with the sharking he's still the favorite...nevermind).
 
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hang-the-9 said:
I am now reserving my biggest behind the back snicker for owners of these sticks, replacing those that use just plain old fiberglass (and in one case I have seen, red aluminum) sticks.
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I knew someone that played with an Aluminum stick for years. I think he got it free with his outdoor pool table. :D
He finally got mad at it and tried to break it but it would only bend in half and that just pissed him off more. It was pretty funny.
 
I gotta get me one of those! I could probably convince someone around here to buy it for double what i paid for it.

It must be a good cue if i stop playing with my 1k shcon and start playing with a liquidwick :)
 
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Systim6 said:
No, she just endorses the cues. Pretty much just let's them use her image to sell the cues.
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I think it might be a little more than that.....
 

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Williebetmore said:
I believe their intent was to design a cue that could be sold for under a hundred dollars; but could have the playing characteristics of a professional cue. I believe their market will be the "Walmart/K-Mart" crowd.
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Do you really think the Walmart/K-Mart crowd would know the difference between a $20 Walmart cue or the Liquidwick cue that could cost either $99 or $200+ like some are saying? I wasn't able to watch the first video, but did watch the Liquidwick concert series, and am kind of lost for words. I don't think I have an elitist attitude at all(I played with a $100 cue after mine were stolen), but these infomercials were pretty comical and really corny.
 
I checked out this cue at last years BCA Show in Vegas.
The company owner spent more time showing videos (similar to links already posted here) and
going on about some big dollar marketing campaign featuring hot chicks.
$99 (if that is the price) is probably better spent on a Players cue.
Frankly, I was not impressed with the product.
 
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