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    I recently purchased a SightRight cue. These cues are expensive for what they are and the quality does not justify the price. The SightRight app offers a few freebie basic lessons. It offers additional lessons but these must be purchased. Seems a bit rich to sell over priced and average quality cues and then require buyers to pay for lessons. P.S. if you're thinking about buying a SightRight cue don't waste your money. Spend it on some decent coaching.

  • #2
    Maybe you should of researched them first ?

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    • #3
      Originally Posted by Kiwi View Post
      I recently purchased a SightRight cue. These cues are expensive for what they are and the quality does not justify the price. The SightRight app offers a few freebie basic lessons. It offers additional lessons but these must be purchased. Seems a bit rich to sell over priced and average quality cues and then require buyers to pay for lessons. P.S. if you're thinking about buying a SightRight cue don't waste your money. Spend it on some decent coaching.
      It could have been worse mate; you could have bought a plastic tube (B&Q style) sighter that cost a hundred quid or a piece of card with some holes in it.

      Glad you posted this thread. Lesson; sort it on the table with your eyes and the balls.

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      • #4
        Originally Posted by jrc750 View Post
        Maybe you should of researched them first ?
        I did, as far as possible. Some positive reviews and some negative. The only way to really find out for myself what they're like was to "buy and try". Notwithstanding what owners may think of these cues I still think it's inappropriate that we have to pay for extra lessons.

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        • #5
          Originally Posted by Kiwi View Post
          I did, as far as possible. Some positive reviews and some negative. The only way to really find out for myself what they're like was to "buy and try". Notwithstanding what owners may think of these cues I still think it's inappropriate that we have to pay for extra lessons.
          What was the initial damage and would you post pics of the cue please? How much are the additional lessons?
          Last edited by Big Splash!; 24 August 2016, 09:39 AM.

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          • #6
            Prices range from £180 to £600. You can check the cues out on the Riley site. The SightRight app is free to download. Basic lessons are free. Additional lessons are downloadable at about £1.50 each. Not much but it's galling to pay for a cue and then get hit for extra lessons.

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            • #7
              Originally Posted by Kiwi View Post
              Prices range from £180 to £600. You can check the cues out on the Riley site. The SightRight app is free to download. Basic lessons are free. Additional lessons are downloadable at about £1.50 each. Not much but it's galling to pay for a cue and then get hit for extra lessons.
              Yep, something for buyers to be aware of and a point well raised. The cues do look awful given the cost. Sight right appears to depend on fishing from centre-body, aligning the two lines under the dominant eye on the shot line. Is that summation correct?

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              • #8
                When these cues first came out we did a review on here and the majority figured they are a gimmick and I agreed with that. Then Bingham won the World using that cue (I think) and their sales probably skyrocketed. They are still rubbish in my opinion though.
                Terry Davidson
                IBSF Master Coach & Examiner

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                • #9
                  Originally Posted by Terry Davidson View Post
                  When these cues first came out we did a review on here and the majority figured they are a gimmick and I agreed with that. Then Bingham won the World using that cue (I think) and their sales probably skyrocketed. They are still rubbish in my opinion though.
                  I think Stuart Bingham had the so called sight right technology retro fitted to his playing cue. Sales definately didn't rocket here in the UK, I think we all questioned the gadget and the build quality of the cues. I've never seen anyone using one. Agree with the original poster, be better off buying a value for money cue and use the saving for lessons.

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                  • #10
                    Those cues will never make you a professional player. I don't think they do much to improve anything for that matter. For the same price ya can get a decent cue set from china if budget is limited.

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                    • #11
                      Does not matter if a cue is used or endorsed by a pro. Actually I take that back, lets reword it...

                      If a pro uses it avoid it.

                      We all know it's a gimmick just like the Aconmate piece of crap that Hendry played with for a time that Ebdon also endorsed and neither of them played any better than with their original cues warped in Hendry case and a £15 machine spliced Dufferin in Ebdons.

                      Note that anyone who has bought one and still praises it is also selling it asap.

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                      • #12
                        Originally Posted by jimmymoller View Post
                        Does not matter if a cue is used or endorsed by a pro. Actually I take that back, lets reword it...

                        If a pro uses it avoid it.

                        We all know it's a gimmick just like the Aconmate piece of crap that Hendry played with for a time that Ebdon also endorsed and neither of them played any better than with their original cues warped in Hendry case and a £15 machine spliced Dufferin in Ebdons.

                        Note that anyone who has bought one and still praises it is also selling it asap.
                        More bull, to an extent. I don't think anyone needs a JPU and there are better cues anyway. But, Bingo did use Sightright to correct cueing across the ball, so his walkin, alignment and getting down has been helped. And it did help him to a phenomenal Worlds. And he continues to use it and endorse it. I'm not saying this tech is for everyone but it did help a top player. I think he could have sorted it out a different way but SR did help him so let's not be too hasty or nasty please dingo.

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                        • #13
                          Now go and ask him how much he was paid to use it.

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                          • #14
                            Originally Posted by jimmymoller View Post
                            Now go and ask him how much he was paid to use it.
                            When he took it up years ago, he was paid zero. He gets paid now, on the back of the Worlds. Why shouldn't he be, if he's put 5yrs work in to it? He's used it successfully and promoted it and he's won a Worlds with it.

                            Personally, I think SR cues look ****, though I'm not going to slag the actual SR implant. There are other ways of dealing with the issue without using SR. If it helps some players, should we tell folk to avoid it?

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                            • #15
                              Not seen one bar pictures but lets face it Riley aint made a cue for donkeys years they are just buying in cheap tat and badging it so I doubt these cues are any different just the same rubbish modified with the sight rite thing.
                              Should we tell folks to avoid it? Yes I say so, this is a forum where many people come to find opinions on products before buying themselves. Those opinions should be coming from us , joe public not pros being paid to endorse crap.
                              Kinda like JR6's tuca gizmo, an idea as old as the hills that can be done with a pop bottle. Why pay for it?

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