That being said though, if i had access to the Revo in 12.4 as well as 12.9 I would have opted to try both before nailing my colours to one mast or the other. I liked my old wooden shaft, but compared with carbon fibre there is no contest imo and the Revo wins hands down!. Prior to switching to this, I previously played with an LD wooden shaft which was somewhere around the 12.4 - 12.6 mark. The main reason for me selecting the 12.9 in the first instance was primarily due to the fact that it was the only Revo shaft readily available at the time which i could try out. Thanks everyone for the replies so far guys. Any help, feedback, reviews or recommendations to enable me to make the correct choice here would be much appreciated. Hopefully the above kinda gives a general idea of the characteristics that I'm after as well as the concerns I have. Would someone who has experience playing with the 12.9 notice a big difference between that and the 12.4 or would it be relatively easy to adapt between the two?. Assuming that the 12.4 and 12.9 are similar, then just how similar are we talking here?. I guess what I really want to know is does the characteristics of the 12.4 air more towards the 12.9 than it does the 11.8 (taper, feel ect)?. The 12.9 would be the 'safe option' but if the 12.4 is easier to play with, more versatile and offers more benefits (such as potentially being easier to play table length draw with) then I would be seriously tempted by that shaft. Given that I was less than impressed with the 11.8 I have ruled that size out, so its a straight shoot-out between returning to a 12.9 shaft or giving the 12.4 a try. Its hard to explain why i didn't like the 11.8 but the feel upon tip/ball contact just felt weird somehow and I couldn't adapt to it sufficiently enough get any kind of consistently so my cue ball control suffered enormously!. I tried the 11.8 as I play a fair bit of snooker so a thin shaft isn't unfamiliar to me, but for whatever reason I really didn't like this shaft for playing pool with. The only ability which i occasionally lack with this shaft vs slightly smaller tip diameter wooden shafts is the ability to impart table length draw on the cue ball (This is partly why I have be contemplating switching to the 12.4 to see if it's easier to impart draw with that than it is the 12.9?). I started with a 12.9 and almost immediately I found that I really liked it. I have personally played with the 12.9 and 11.8 previously, but I have never tried 12.4 although I am tempted by the 12.4 due to it apparently being 'the easiest' and 'most versatile' of the three to play with. I'd also appreciate some feedback from those who have played with both shafts and could explain the differences (if any) in the way that they play and feel from your prospective. I am currently trying to decide between selecting a 12.4 or 12.9 revo shaft for my new pool cue and I was wondering if folk could help me figure out which would be the best choice for me.
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