Things You Must Decide Before Buying That Pool Table

In addition to making sure you have enough space for the billiards and pool tables you buy you also need to make sure you have enough free space around it to play on it. It doesn't matter how great your table is if you end up wrecking the rest of the room with pool cues with every shot you take. Take a measurement of the billiards and pool tables placement you plan on using and then figure out if you have some extra space around it. Having a few feet of clear space surrounding where your billiards and full size pool table will go is necessary so take this step early on.

Space is really important when it comes to billiards and pool tables so there's another point you need to keep in mind. Not having enough space for a standard sized table doesn't mean that you should automatically jump down to a smaller sized table. Many people will see they don't have space for a 9 footer and so they'll downgrade to a 7 footer. It's better to have a table then to not, even a smaller one, but a smaller table isn't going to be as much fun or help your game as much as a properly sized table. If you really want the full pool experience then you need to find a way to get a full sized table.

Ok, now that you've figured out what size billiards and pool tables you're going to look at there's another important point to keep in mind and that's how high quality of a table you're going to get for your home. The lower the quality of table you get the lower the quality of materials it's going to be made of, especially when it comes to the wood and felt that the table is made from. Low quality wood is going to be a lot lighter and weaker than high quality wood. Felt that isn't good quality is going to get damaged a lot faster than high quality felt. Overall a low quality table is going to look a lot worse than a high quality table but it's the flimsy nature of low quality materials that really makes low quality tables a problem.

There are plenty of people who don't really mind having billiards and pool tables that don't look that glossy or impressive who are none the less concerned about whether the table they buy is actually good to play on. High quality tables are better to play on then low quality tables. Who hasn't tried to play pool on a low quality table when out in a dive bar? It's obvious when you're playing on a poor quality table compared to playing on a high quality table. Low quality tables aren't going to provide flat even felts to play on and there's a good chance they will wobble or angle due to poorly constructed and measured legs. You might not even notice these problems consciously but they will in fact mess up your game, and if you're always playing on a bad table you won't play as effectively on a good table. Instead of worrying about this it's best to just get a very high quality table made from good materials and solid construction.

Ultimately it's better to have any table to play on regularly than no table to play on regularly, but that doesn't mean you should potentially hurt aspects of your game with a low quality table.

When you have the money together to get the best billiards and pool tables that you see and fall in love with then go ahead and make that purchase. Not having the money on hand doesn't mean you won't be able to get the billiards and pool tables that you'd be happy with, you just need to make a compromise or two. For example you can compromise a little bit on the make or size of the table if you really need to. It's a better idea however to compromise with the timeline you had in mind for your pool table. Instead of compromising on quality or time just accept that you won't have the table you really want this second and that you should instead become OK with waiting a little be for it. Getting the highest quality most satisfying table a couple months later then you originally imagined is better than getting a low quality table immediately.