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Title: Tornado v Shelti
Post by: hawk on March 01, 2006, 02:39:31 PM

I am an amatuer player looking to get a decent table.  I have been looking at the Tornado Cyclone II and the Shelti Pro & 400.  The 400 had the black teflon coated rods and was priced about the same as the cyclone.  Can someone give me some insight to these  3 tables and thoughts regarding each. 

What should I know about these different table men?

Thanks for your input.

Title: Re: Tornado v Shelti
Post by: Daniel on March 01, 2006, 03:01:33 PM

Tornado is the best table out there.

Title: Re: Tornado v Shelti
Post by: SumnerH on March 01, 2006, 05:58:20 PM

Quote from: hawk on March 01, 2006, 02:39:31 PM

I am an amatuer player looking to get a decent table. I have been looking at the Tornado Cyclone II and the Shelti Pro & 400. The 400 had the black teflon coated rods and was priced about the same as the cyclone. Can someone give me some insight to these 3 tables and thoughts regarding each.

What should I know about these different table men?

IMO, the men on the Shelti are too wide.  This makes blocking too easy, and shooting from goal especially hard.  And it's a bit hard to get around the ball on pin shots.  But the table is much grippier than Tornado, which helps ball control.

Overall a slight edge to Tornado, though if they narrowed the men I'd prefer the way the Shelti playes.

However, the Tornado table is what is used for tournaments; that's a major factor, and even if Shelti were slightly better I'd still go with Tornado so I could practice on the same table I play events on.  Even if you don't play tournaments, it means if you find a table in a bar/hotel/whatever it'll be like yours, and also the resale value is higher on the Tornado.