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Pool Cue Cases Guide

After you've purchased your first pool cue, you should also consider buying a pool cue case. Think about it: if your glasses possess a case and even your documents are wrapped in a briefcase, your precious pool cue should have a case of its own.

Why Buy a Pool Cue Case?

Even if you don't own the most expensive pool cue, this piece of billiards equipment usually has priceless value for its holder. Therefore to keep your cue stick in a good condition for a long time, you must protect it.

When a pool cue is not stored in a case, it is at risk of getting damaged in thousands and one accidental incidents. The cue can be hurt even when it is kept in the closet, leaning onto a wall. Only by restoring it in a proper cue case, you can be assured that the pool cue is safe from harm and that it will go on shooting balls.

Pool cue cases can be easily transport and stored. Therefore, if you are travelling to a pool tournament, the pool cue case can get on a plain, a train or any other form of and arrive to the destination as whole and smooth as ever.

Before buying a pool cue case, ask yourself several questions:

What's your budget? Pool cue cases can be priced at 5 bucks and few hundred dollars.
Do you plan to travel with the cue stick on a regular basis or would it be lying under your bed most of the time?
Do you need room for pool cue accessories (such as extra butts, shafts, etc.)?
Do you care for the design of the case or you would rather die then walk around carrying a leopard/zebra/crocodile textured pool cue case?

Pool Cue Cases Buying Tips

Generally, if all the travelling your pool cue would be experiencing is from your bedroom to the local pool hall, a soft case is supposed to suffice. Soft pool cue cases are relatively small (the most spacious soft cases hold enough room for up to 4 shafts and a couple of butts) and they lack the tubes that provide extra protection for the pool cue parts, mainly the shaft and butt. Nevertheless, they are destined to save your cue stick, on all its parts from most possible harms.

If you plan to travel with your pool cue, a hard case is essential accessory. Hard cases usually have built-in tubes, designed to protect the butt of the cue and the shaft from moving out of place when the cue case tilts around. Hard cases come in various sizes, starting from 1-butt/shaft cases to 4-butt/8-shafts pool cue cases.