Pool Cue News and Review

Slip Stic Microfiber Towel

If you play pool, you better get yourself a towel. Your cue gets covered in chalk and grime from the pool hall and the more you play, the nastier it gets. Generally speaking, a regular towel will be fine for getting most of the superficial grime off your cue. For deeper cleaning, you’ll need a Q-Wiz or some other shaft cleaner.

That being said, I recently found this towel made by Slip Stic. I love their shaft conditioner, so I figured I’d give the towel a try. The first thing you notice is how the towel feels. I’m not sure if the guys at Slip Stic treated it or if its just the microfiber material that gives it that not exactly greasy, but still somewhat different feel, but whatever it is, it gets the job done. I used the towel on a somewhat dirty shaft and it picked up quite a bit more than I expected it to. In addition, the towel gave my shaft a nice, slick feel. Again, not as slick as when I do a deep clean and condition, but nice nonetheless.

There’s not a whole lot of downside to this towel. It has a grommet which is a nice touch, as you can clip it to your pool cue case and I found it for under five bucks, so the price was certainly right. I guess if you have to say something bad about it, the color is pretty ugly, a sort of blend of burgundy and scarlet. I’m not sure I would pay much more than five bucks for the towel, but for that price its a pretty damn good buy.