Aramith 1g Snooker Balls, Best Snooker Balls?

Aramith Tournament Champion Snooker Balls and Aramith 1g Snooker Balls Review 2021. Making the best Snooker balls for snooker cue but are these снукер balls Fake? Break From Life looks at Aramith 1g Snooker balls to see if they are worth buying and who exactly they are for. These balls have been around for some time now but are only used in about half the places I play. I know a lot of players with there own set of these. So you would assume it’s definitely worth getting wouldn’t you?
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[@jonyG1991]

This guy is so enthusiastic and aways a great watch aswell its made me think now

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[@BigPoppaCreech]

Greetings from Yuma, Arizona! Awesome videos!

[@davidwilkinson6007]

The ball manufacturing is exactly the same by the way, the only difference is they’re sorted at the factory prior to packing and sets made to make a set as close as possible.

[@mickey3269]

I would agree with that assessment. That sorting/ matching is worth something, since it costs them something to do. Whether they bought a special machine, or pay someone to match them by weight.

[@michaellavery4899]

Balls.

[@tjarsun]

Just like computer CPUs bining

[@KenFullman]

they could easily have a machine that sorts all balls into separate bins, with each bin having a specific weight. To make a 1g set they would then just pick all the balls from one bin. For the 3g sets they just deliberately pick them from a variety of bins. Simple. Although I do think they're ripping off the customer for a process that costs them pennies. When the GPO (Post Office) was first established, it just charged a single price for all letters. The government insisted that they should have "first" and "second" class post. So the post office had to implement a procedure to separate the letters into their respective classes. Then deliberately hold up the mail for the second class post. This obviously incurred the cost of the staff carrying out this sorting and storing. The cost of this was paid for by the premium of the first class post. So all those people that paid extra for "first class" post were, in reality, just paying to have the second class post held up.

[@BanjoSoop]

Been a fan for a long time. I don't play, but I do enjoy watching your work. Thanks from WInchester, Virginia!

[@joelluiz8802]

That moment you think the video is about to end but you realize you're only half way through it. Love your videos bro ❤

[@daveyjones7391]

Glad I have insomnia tonight so I can catch your new, informative video! Big love from Canada.

[@StefanDLazarov]

Before few months i made a test here in the oldest town in Europe- Plovdiv, Bulgaria.I put the brown ball on its spot ,3/4 cut to the yellow pocket trying to play it down for the blue with max screw and top spin using 1G and later 3g balls. After playing the same shots many times with each set i came to the conclusion that 1g balls are more lazy and you dont have such positional possibilities like the 3g balls. With 1g you cannot place the cue ball where you can place it with 3g. Also there is a difference in throw when playing shots more than 3/4 cut at slow speeds.And we are talking about plain ball striking !Adding spin makes things very different ! Even Aramith are saying that although they look identical they play different. Stefan ,Bulgaria!

[@henrygreen4023]

Loving the testing videos, Henry from Sheffield.

[@projectlykert]

Support all the way from Cape Town, South Africa. Loving every video you make!

[@reinouddelporte911]

Love the new video quality. Big improvement. Hopefully you can also raise the bar for the audio quality. Small improvements can make a big difference. But let's face it, we are all here for the content, and the content is great. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Grembergen, Belgium.

[@Tony26971]

Great channel, fell out of love with snooker for a while but this channel has helped find love for the game again:)

[@TheZackyy]

Huge hello from Martin & Karina from Parnu, Estonia! Huge thanks for all the tips!

[@ilcodephs1480]

good to see a fellow eestlane around here

[@ads998]

Hello from Sydney Australia! Just got my set of these (in the shiny case!) today. I haven't had a chance to use them as, and although they were not at all cheap to purchase, the balls at my local club are a real mix up of chipped very heavily used balls. I kind of bought these out of desperation as I noticed at last week's practise, I missed a few fairly simple shots fractionally and noticed some pretty decent chips in the balls (especially the cue ball). As always, great content BFL!

[@JacobsTrainVideos]

Lovely video! You are so informative in your videos and explain everything so clearly! Jacob from Plymouth, England

[@SuperRob41]

i enjoy all of your videos - thanks for making them

[@jasonbigg8341]

Love the content mate, cheers. Jason - Sydney Australia.

[@laidbare819]

Love this channel. Brilliant videos 👍

[@51Dss]

2 weeks ago I bought a set of genuine Aramith Premier snooker balls. They are 2.125" diameter and they came in an Aramith green box. I paid $188 American for them which also covered shipping. I am more than pleased with the quality of this set. Here in USA snooker tables are rare. Here in the Kansas City area we only have two snooker tables and both are 5 X 10. Ah such is life. It's all we have. The clubs who have these snooker tables have snooker balls that are in very bad condition; lots of nicks, dirty, faded. So I bought my own set of balls and I think it was a worthy investment. I did go looking on Amazon for a functional hard case for my snooker balls. I found a suitable hard case for about $20. I keep the case/balls in a personal locker at my club. When I'm finished playing I take my balls with me. If others are going to continue playing after I leave they have to use the balls provided by the club - or they can buy their own balls as I did. Anyhow - the topic if this video is VERY much appreciated. Love your channel. I subbed some months ago. You keep it fun as well as instructive.

[@Cheesecakellama.]

Love your videos mate. Much love from Tasmania Australia

[@paulriggall8370]

I have both sets, not much difference to be honest. I play with the more expensive ones but that's probably because they're a nice colour but in terms of what they're doing on the baize - nah. A world of difference between the old style that Steve Davis and those before used but between the club and executive set - save yourself the money and buy the cheaper ones because they are a phenomenonal quality. Great stuff BFL, keep it going.

[@danashby1133]

I love the channel. Mad in snooker. Dan from Coventry, UK. Keep it up 😜

[@lukethomson741]

Ur vids are so good man! I’m from Buckinghamshire in the Uk!

[@samulliner]

Fascinating video my friend - great job! Greetings from Sam, living in Suzhou, China 🇨🇳

[@justanaussie2822]

Always great videos. Dean from Brisbane Australia 🇦🇺

[@adetrants7380]

I'm enjoying your videos - Ade from Truro in Cornwall.

[@danielvilla302]

Awesome videos man, Love from Malaysia

[@TeraByteify]

Love your videos pal, watching from sunny Hofu, Japan :D

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Hey love the videos from Tauranga New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@joeloughan381]

Class video mate, all the best from Joe, Belfast, Ireland

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[@cazmaj]

Really interesting as always :)

[@cookiekilbane5989]

Looking forward to more accurate trick shots with the new balls 👍

[@abdullahjamil7187]

Waiting for this video for a week👌🏻 learned alot from Your videos big respect sir Abdullah from Multan,Pakistan

[@willanddarley7060]

Will from York - United Kingdom Keep up the good work!

[@dafunkester]

What a load of balls! Very informative and in depth analysis make's your channel one of the best. I'd be interested to know where my local club get their ball's from and whether there mass produced and cheap, compared to the tournament balls.

[@firzaakbarpanjaitan9408]

Great video, cheers from Medan, Indonesia ❤

[@robertbruce4362]

My friend just got a table that came with new perfect condition 3G balls, consisting of brighter reds. I felt that his balls were playing totally differently as the cue ball seemed to spray more. So we got in a gram scale and all of his were within 3g but weighed in from 126- 129 g. My buddy's highest run with his balls on his table was 42 points. We weighed my new 1Gs and they all came in at 142.5 or 142 g bang on. My buddy promptly ran 68 with my 1Gs. We immediately noticed very little 'spray' with the cue ball compared to his lighter balls but for us, it is harder to draw the cue ball back as far with the heavier 1Gs. We also play this game of billiards that we have heard is called Indonesian Billiards where you must got out with exactly 69 points and we have found there is a significant difference with the action of the 2 sets of balls, because a game of Indonesian requires caroms half the time and the angles that the white takes off the object ball is noticeably different. The 1Gs are clearly better.

[@JHeck-ik6ys]

Love your channel!! Please do a special edition sometime on three cushion billiards sometime!!

[@taylormedia1000]

I can't tell you how much I enjoy your channel, even though you're a lifetime ahead of me as a player..

[@trannel73]

Lennart, from Hamburg, Germany! Keep up the good videos!

[@Dylan-ez3qu]

Great vid loved watching in Chesterfield england

[@gavinrdkeelykeely3432]

Brilliant video much respect from kildare, Ireland

[@axlrollz]

Love your channel. Kyle commenting from Birmingham, AL, USA.

[@daveyjones7391]

Let me also add that, having played new, top-quality balls vs older ones, I have noticed that I have to play a bit harder to get the same action. I've never had a scale to test mass tolerances, but can definitely feel when one set of balls at a hall feels like a different weight than another at the same hall.

[@MrJberr]

this is why I bought a new set..my old "light" balls i practice at home with play too "easier" compared to league balls ..went for the"regular" 3g but were out of stock for a month..so went with 1g price was right to upgrade..do play different.. hopefully game improves..i think heavier makes any spin you have react more since on cushion that much longer..

[@davidwilkinson6007]

1G’s are (or at least were) available in the traditional TC box, they have a round sticker on the front saying 1G, they’re provided for tournament use. At one time you couldn’t get the 1Gs in the silver box. That said I know that regular Tournament Champion balls are often used at large events.

[@makauleygrindrod6558]

I've got a set of 1G's in the blue box that were used in the 2017 world championship and the certificate to prove they are. They have the 1 G sticker on the box as well and were used when I bought them for £200

[@mitchlowbridge3979]

correct!

[@philippabayliss2941]

We change our balls @ Balsall Common Snooker Club in Coventry every 2 years and the cloths every year. When I first joined the club 20 years ago it was fairly easy to move the white ball about until a visiting player from div 1 complained about it being too light. On further investigation after replacing both sets someone had thought the white balls weren’t white enough in both sets so bought two others that were much lighter in colour and weight. Love the videos 👏🏼👍🏼 Can’t wait till we open again 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@philippabayliss2941]

Steve Bayliss but my accounts gone to my wife’s name 🤪

[@tomojw3677]

Good vid man. Watching these lately has got me itching to get back in the club 🙃 Tom from Middlesbrough.

[@Breakfromlife]

Yeah I think I played someone once last year. Since March anyway

[@tomojw3677]

@@Breakfromlife Soon be back out bud with a pint and toastie on the go. At least you've got the beauty of your own table man, i've resorted to snooker nation championship on the Xbox. 🙃

[@anthonyeyles7223]

Great video and interesting points. I ended up buying the TV set of balls as couldn't justify paying the extra money for a case and not a massive difference.

[@MyNamesMichael]

Great video! Keep it up break from life Nottingham England 😉

[@EVil-ob8in]

You are right. On the pro tour they use 1Gs packaged in a standard cardboard box. I use 1Gs myself so when I saw Brendan Moore at World championship qualifying packing away the balls in a box I asked him about them as I also assumed they were Tournament Champion balls.

[@thecosmicyak1370]

Andy from Belfast - great videos!

[@samweavers2661]

Interesting view on the types of balls and they roll and wonder if pool balls react the same. Great video and keep up the good work and greetings from Kent uk

[@kennethtalbott2233]

always enjoy the video's. ken from Ravenshead.

[@thehunter6084]

Good information mate💯🍀🚀

[@19joe97]

Always tuning in to these videos from Sheffield (snooker capital city😉)

[@19joe97]

@@markmascollful tryna get a pin on the map lol

[@rexgamestv1]

Greetings from Bulgaria 🇧🇬 ,just keep it up! 🙂

[@guruashishkachhwaha8698]

You're Videos always help me to improve my Cueing !!!! ❤️👍 from Jabalpur , Madhya Pradesh ,India !!

[@chickaferguson]

G'day from Gorran Haven, Cornwall. I'm interested in knowing what level you play at when you play tournaments as you look like a very good player.

[@nickblack2408]

Great video. I have a full size table and need to buy some new balls. The table is quite slow and my previous set of aramith tournament champions balls like these were really hard to get any cue ball action on. Am I better to buy the lighter and cheaper aramith balls for a slow table?

[@anzejance5]

Much love from Slovenia, Ljubljana :)

[@garyfroeschner2523]

Great stuff

[@TimFrey43]

WOW cool video, i dont have a snooker table but i like to watch it:D Helo from Switzerland

[@therealmichaeljones2216]

I bought the 1G set around 9 months ago and for the first 4 months we were not in lockdown. I was able to use the for 6 hours a day 6 days a week constantly. I noticed a significant difference to those of the “club” standard set. They had more weight, grip and the polish of them made them far more easier to see - meaning I could pot more! However, I do understand you may be paying £90 more for the 1G compared to the tournament pro but I feel that over a longer period of time the balls will play abs feel a lot better than them. From my experience the most significant difference between the two are the cue balls. They have slight difference in weight but the actual feel of the shot is much better with 1G.

[@adrianwright8685]

It says quite clearly on the box that they are exactly the same balls - not heavier! Only difference is that they only have 1gm allowed difference in weight.

[@Chris-bm5qd]

Curious how the high grip would impact your massive draw shot attempts. Would it be less due to speed loss prior to hitting, or more due to grip after hitting the object ball?

[@diyabmaqsood5552]

Always Love your videos, Azeem from Sialkot,Pakistan🇵🇰

[@LeonidNikit]

Also have both this sets, weight it. Find no any differences, all balls was about 140-142 g. Have aramith practice ball ( looks like "tv cueball" also 142 g), but could not screw it at all. Found 127g cueball from old aramith premiere set( all balls 127, lot easyer screw and rotate). Interesting channel, greatings from my garage (with table) from Arkhangelsk.

[@birdszed]

This is a great video. Id love another but adding some other sets. For exampe the super crystale and I keep seeing some cheap ones from china called Xinkang or similar

[@NORFIE123456]

I've always been curious about something and have never been able to find the answer. Is it possible to find/buy your own custom 'clear' resin balls? I know American Pool balls can be easily made but I've never managed to find anything about snooker. Would be awesome to see!

[@bohu9128]

Good review, from Jersey City, NJ, USA

[@yasserelgana3390]

Love you videos, Yasser from Safi Morocco

[@m1brooks]

Love the content ❤️ from Glasgow Scotland so not that far :)

[@adamtweddle2130]

6:04 Oh my god, this is last place I'd have expected to see Tyler1's face xD.

[@Breakfromlife]

Must just be popular with people in Iceland for some reason

[@keithmcindoe]

The 1G set are the same quality as the TC balls, the weights range from approx 138-144 grams. The 1G (gram) set means the 22 ball set can only have a weight tolerance of 1gram between lightest & heaviest ball. The Tournament Champion set has a 3 gram weight tolerance. Plus a nice silver ball case

[@sheffcitys2forgedinsteel255]

You just more or less repeated what he said in the vid 👍

[@gurditrehal3348]

Enjoyed the video I don't think I've ever seen a review of snooker balls before Where did you get your 100 year old billiard balls?

[@Breakfromlife]

Honestly I don’t know weirdly I think they were my mums toys at some point. Doesn’t make sense really but she was born in the 50’s

[@leespringthorpe5225]

Hi there great video very informative, but can you answer me? do different pro tournaments use different ball manufacturers or is it a standard for each tournament's. Stick a 📌 in Leicester for me.

[@avfc1985]

Can you do a video about cue's and how to get a cue smooth or non dragging on the thumb please? Every cue I own starts to drag after a while.

[@soomradynasty5985]

Love and respects from Shahdadkot, Pakistan 🇵🇰.

[@KVSS...]

Using your videos for the past 6 months...Noticed a lot of improvement in my game .Lots of Love ❤️❤️❤️ from Andhra Pradesh, India.🇮🇳

[@Breakfromlife]

Interesting to know if you’ve worked out why that scares you yet?

[@KVSS...]

@@Breakfromlife Can you please tell me about yips I'm facing. It's been going on for the past 15 days. Please help and any tips to recover from them.

[@javadasadi3267]

I love snooker, thank you for your good videos. Javad from ardabil (Iran)

[@stevenparkinson1609]

Just a question no harrazment just wanted to ask so you regularly change your table cloth for the same smoothness the pros have?

[@luistheblader6592]

Luis from Hong Kong p- I love your videos so I get better at snooker

[@huffy6630]

Great videos, Daniel hufton from louth lincolnshire England 😎

[@sumeshthakur4946]

Saying hi from Halifax, Nova Scotia

[@tigersharkzh]

It would be cool to take these balls to a machine shop where the surface roughness can be measured.

[@TheSnookerShed]

Cheers for an interesting video mate. I noticed the change in the cue ball right away mainly because it was a gram heavier seemed to react more. Ps Snooker Shed lives in Kirkcaldy Fife

[@ansta5306]

I have these in a box with round 1g sticker on and season used. The pros get a free set every year to practice with so my mate gave me his old ones for my home table. Feel heavier and more grippy like you said on my table but fine on his super fine cloth match table.

[@aetd106]

I'm not sure how it works in billiards exactly but in tenpin bowling, outside of topology of the lane and the oil used (billiards equivalent would be the slate and cloth) the outer cover material of the ball and the way the ball is weighted (with a heavy, often asymmetrical core) massively changes the way each ball feels. I wonder if there is a difference in the outer finish of each sets where maybe the higher end set has a more consistent finish versus the other set.

[@androo300]

Hello from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia!

[@cicerofriedrich684]

What about the surface smoothness of new balls ? And hi. From Santa Rita. Paraguay

[@douchepool3407]

Big fan from Noida,India 🇮🇳 ...want to ask that is wide tip cue creates better screw shots ?? I find screw shots more comfortable with a wide tip cue

[@typhoon-7]

Fascinating to learn about. And I don't even play snooker.

[@Qwertyrfvgy]

On the point of white balls not lasting as long would it be worth buying two at the beginning and alternating use?

[@MoiFidodido1966]

Hello everyone! Before going ahead with the purchase of new balls, especially if you already own a set of Aramith 1G's and you want those again, since they're are pretty costly, use the Aramith ball cleaner + Aramith ball restorer first to see if you can get them back to looking new again, whichever ones you currently own. If not and only if not then go ahead with your new balls expense. I am in Canada and finding those products on Amazon Canada was pretty easy so I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard for you as well! :-)

[@mikebest634]

Non silicone pledge cleaner buffs up the balls just fine

[@MoiFidodido1966]

@@mikebest634 It will replace the cleaner but not the restorer though!

[@andrewroberts6975]

Good idea ..but I don't think it helps if your balls have got lighter over the years, especially the cue ball ...or does it ?

[@MoiFidodido1966]

@@andrewroberts6975 You're right but that's why I didn't exclude the need to replace balls. I just suggested to use those products first! 😉

[@TheVillageIdiot]

New subscriber here! Watching from Rotherham UK :D

[@bencrossley647]

Excellent video! Thank you, from Stafford, England :)

[@mewithme121]

This is quite interesting. I wonder if the difference is larger on a pro table with its brand new cloth, and where in the work game tolerance is magnified.

[@theracker7724]

When you received both sets, did you measure them to see if they are actually 52.5mm or within the tolerances stated in the rule book?

[@Breakfromlife]

As far as I can tell they all are. The tolerance for Snooker balls is + or - 0.5mm. Unfortunately I don’t have the ability to measure that accurately. Both new sets would have met these tolerances, I have never known a new set of balls to be out by more. However it would be nice to see if there is any difference in terms of the quality of the balls shape

[@theracker7724]

The tolerance is + or - 0.05mm. This is rule 2b in the rules you showed on your video. On my set of 3g balls, some of them measured 52.4mm after 10 hours usage. The approved sizes would be from 52.55mm - 52.45mm so mine are no longer to specification. I unfortunately didn't measure them when I first received them. 1g balls come at a size of 2 1/16" as stated in the description when buying the balls which is 52.39mm. This would put the balls out of specification on arrival. Just thought if you had the ability to check them accurately, would be good to know.

[@miistercrayon]

I think what the price is paying for is the extra work to ensure consistency. They have to chuck away balls that don’t meet the tolerance or run through moulds and so on more often. The other thing is if it’s £90 over year that’s only £9 a year or 3p a day if you play every day.

[@sewob147]

What about condition, age, quality of cloth? I'm playing billiards on my newly recovered table (Hainsworth Precision) with new cushion rubbers. The balls I use are between 3 and 10 years old depending on the set. I find all the sets consistent in terms of run through on the 20+ league tables I use them on but achieving similar run through in the new conditions I find much harder, I find this counter-intuitive.