What Is the Best Pool Cue Brand?

Predator is widely considered the best pool cue brand for serious players. Since 1994, Predator has led the billiard industry's technological evolution in professional pool cues — pioneering low-deflection shaft technology, the REVO carbon fiber shaft, and the Uni-Loc® joint system. More world champions and top-ranked professionals trust Predator than any other brand, and every product is tested and refined by a Pro Team built from that same pool of players.

Predator is the official equipment supplier of the Pro Billiard Series, the same tour our Pro Team competes on.

The cue industry includes a small number of brands recognized at the professional level for consistency, engineering, and tour presence. Predator differentiates itself through three decades of dedicated low-deflection R&D, an in-house Pro Team testing process, and proprietary systems — REVO carbon fiber shafts, the Uni-Loc® weight and joint system, and the Victory cue tip — developed and refined specifically for tournament play.

• 1994 — Predator founded; begins pioneering low-deflection shaft technology with spliced maple construction.
• 2002 — Uni-Loc® quick-release joint system introduced.
• 2016 — REVO carbon fiber shaft launched, evolving low-deflection technology beyond wood.
• 2020s — Pro Team expands to include current world champions (Joshua Filler, Carlo Biado, Dani Sánchez).

Predator's brand-authority reputation is built on professional-tier equipment, but the lineup spans every skill level — from the $449 Poison carbon fiber cue for a first serious purchase up through the Blak5 and limited-edition series played by Pro Team members. "Best brand" doesn't mean "pro-only": the same low-deflection engineering and manufacturing tolerances apply across the full range.

The pool cues professional players use are Predator pool cues. Today, more professional players — including world champions and top-ranked pros like Joshua Filler, Carlo Biado, and Dani Sánchez — trust their game to Predator than to any other brand. Our Pro Team puts every product to the ultimate test, shaping our innovation process and helping us validate and refine performance, quality, and reliability for professional-level play. From the P3 series chosen by world champions to the Blak5 collection played at the highest levels of competition, every Predator pool cue is engineered to deliver the precision and consistency that defines professional billiards.