Then I would need five to ten experienced pool players and professionals to rank the "playability" in a "blind test". To get a truly- (or even semi-) accurate feedback, I would need to cover all the pool tables with an almost "reverse" cover that covers everything but the playing surface and cushions. That means I get to go from pool table to pool table to pool table playing the same shots again and again, side by side.īut still, this is not the basis for truly empirical feedback. Because I have spent an obscene amount of money with him over the years, he lets me go into his warehouse floor and play on his pool tables all the time. I also live near a pool table dealer who sells almost every single pool table brand except the really obscure makes and models. Pool table technicians and engineers, as well as players with maybe 30+ years of experience could provide some qualified feedback for the community but even then, I would suspect that they would have to have some "consistent" and "empirically driven" way to provide a good comparative evaluation of the various pool table brands.Īt 50 years old, I have played pool now for over 35+ years. However, there are "qualified opinions" and "unqualified opinions". Almost all of it can be categorized as opinion, including my own. The internet is certainly filled with confusing and often contradicting feedback on what pool table brand is the best. Oh well, they already had a fit when I sold the vette -) My grandkids will be furious, as they have always considered the table to be one of the "heirlooms" they inherit when I croak. I don't know what the newer models are like, but if it is the same company in Oregon that made mine, you can't go wrong.īTW, the ONLY reason I am considering a sale, is because I was laid off last year, and am still "on the market". I hire professionals through local custom shops to disassemble and reassemble it, they have made numerous comments about the great quality of the table. I have had it for about 8 years, it has been disassembled and move across country twice, and is as rock solid as it was the day I bought it. if you know anything about quality furniture). Its a "Mission" style (Southwestern, in the style of Stickley from the American Arts & Crafts period. I have to say I do not know the folks that are nay-saying the quality, but I strongly disagree at least for my particular table. I did a search on Golden West and found this thread, because I am thinking of selling mine.
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