This pool table review is to help you when choosing a new table. I have written many articles about billiards tables. You can check them all out from the links in my blog.
I have owned several pool tables in the 25 plus years that I have been playing the game. The first table that I played on was a 4 x 8 table and it was given to my dad by someone that he worked with. I was about 10 years old at the time.
When I reached the age of 15, I would sneak off to the tavern down the road and play on their bar box. This was one of those old style bar tables with the big cue ball. (I still do not like playing with the big cue ball very much)
I moved out of my parents house at age 18 and my cousin and I purchased a 4′ x 8′ Brunswick table for the house that we moved in to. This table was played heavily and we went through a couple of rounds of new felt in a short period of time.
The felt or cloth is actually one of the most important things about a table because it will be a major factor as to if the table plays fast or slow. (I do not recommend a cloth with a backing. It slows the ball down big time) My favorite billiards cloth is Simonis...