Fortis carbon shaft review | closest to the wood? 

My 2 cents...keep your wood shaft. You might find yourself going back and forth a bit. I thought I was going crazy by switching back and forth and readjusting for deflection. However, I seen another pro on tour who did the same thing. Cynergy is a very good shaft, but I sometimes find my body "sleeping" on it. I dont know why, but sometimes I start playing bad with the CF after months of using it. I check my mechanics and switch shaft and suddenly I start making balls and my position improves. I think part of the reason is that I can "feel" the wood shaft a little better. It provides me better feedback so I can adjust my stoke. Maybe you won't have this issue at all. But just in case, I'd keep the wood shaft around.

12.2 is the perfect middle ground.

He's already done a video on that brother 👍

Soft//medium imo

I am not Darren, but my coach keeps saying it's best to use Medium tip with carbon shafts. Personally, my favourite one was the soft one and I played it for a really long time (it was the Pechauer Jade S. Now I use the M version of it because I haven't had any other choice)

No foam inside the fortis and better material ferrule and sounds better imo .. fortis is seemlees inside shaft

The 30 is an inch longer.

1” different

Ignite you mean? Heard too much deflection comparing to a revo 12.4?

Better than any carbon shaft imo

I bought a Konllen Carbon Fiber from Amazon, which is the same as JFlowers. Used it for 3 weeks and returned it and went back to wood. You can do the same, but for me it was a waste of time. I can control the cue english much better with wood. Especially when using draw over 6 feet.

@@BillyO8828 Thanks for the reply. I'll stay with wood.

Yes all the pin sizes available on request you can email us on dynamitebilliards@gmail.com as we only have couple radials and uni locks left on the website

It may be better for you to do a google search to see pictures

I believe they're loosely referred to as American (Straight or Pro) and European (Conical) tapers. One distinction you'll hear is that the straight tapers are preferable for closed bridges.

The biggest difference is that the pro isn’t the conical

Wait until you try the fortis or Viking seige. Haha...just kidding. I haven't tried the Fortis yet, but a couple of guys in my league has a Viking CF. Seriously, it hits better than my Cynergy. That being said, I personally like the Predator. My 2 cents: 1) Viking 2) Predator 3) Cynergy 4) Rhino then the rest from all the CF shafts I've tried so far. However, from my experiece, it's not the brand as much the contruction and preference. Most of the known brands...McDermott, Cuetec, Mezz, Predator, Fortis, etc are all good Carbon Fiber shafts. If you prefer the Mezz, you'll probably play a little better with it. But after you get a couple of good sticks, the time is much better spent on doing drills, than shopping for shafts. My conclusion, it's not the arrow, it's the Indian. We all know that already, but it's tempting to keep buying sticks, especially when you try someone else's stick and like it better.

Sorry I mean I aim as if I’m playing with no English because low deflection shaft I don’t need to allow for the throw

@dynamiteappleton Would you say the defection is the same or better than the Revo?

​@@dynamiteappletonanother good video as always and I am glad you are doing well. Question? Do you address the cueball at center then move the tip to put english on it or do you address the cueball with whatever english you want?

Lots of carbon shaft make this plastic sound you talking about but not all of them tiger doesn’t as it’s fully phenolic

@@dynamiteappleton thanks for your answer champ. I'll have a go for sure. Appreciate when you say 12,5 helps if you are not in your twenty/thirtys anymore😂😂 I did the same choice. Hope you get well soon and go back fight on the table.

Golf and pool more or less same everyone want what the pros are using we all looking for that extra few % for sure..

thanks for your story, what a close call , you would be quite shocked how many of us stupid ballhiters were worried and now are very happy to see you up and running give your self time to heal, and after you get all your cyborg parts plugged in i am pretty shure you will be a pain in the behind for evey upcomming opponent you will come across. greetings and i really like your drills@@dynamiteappleton

For me personally i like the carbon because I don’t have to worry about warping or dings or how i clean it

You say "dark side" do to your ignorance on the subject.

soooo, tried it with a cue from a friend. played folks before and after they switched and playing pool since 19 88 the only ignorance, is yours, to ignore a litte fun @@james1795

Obviously, pool is not your game.

Reallyt? I am 83, use a hickory shaft, and so far this year have won two regional tournaments and placed fourth in another last week.@@james1795

I used to believe that but after playing with the regulars of my pool hall, the shaft definitely plays a role. Im still using a wooden shaft and considering getting a carbon fiber shaft

@@user-ho9rr5lv1l - Assuming both shafts are of decent quality, it does make a difference. A very small difference. A lot of top pros are still using wood.