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Product: Sisti
Professional Copper Cups
Maker: Jim
Sisti
Overview: 5/5
Review
Price:
These are the original Sisti Professional's so
the price is down to their market value (the cup market seems to be having a bit of a rough time at the
moment.) These were bought from a forum for $100. In a good market these should fetch around the
price of any decent set of cups.
What's Included?:
I received just the cups, no bag or
balls
Delivery Time /
Packaging:
I received these well packaged, each cup wrapped in paper, the set wrapped in bubble wrap and the
cups protected in a stout box.
Delivery from the USA took only a couple of
weeks (there were postal strikes in London during that time
too.)
Construction /
Durability:
As I understand it (I don't have any RNT2
Sisti's to verify) the Sisti Professional's have a slightly smaller saddle and thinner guage copper than the
RNT2 reworking.
Having said that these cups are
excellent. In terms of construction and durability I wouldn't give them anything less than 5 out of
5. They are a very stout feeling cup, perhaps that is because of the overall rounded shape and the
single bead?
In terms of construction they have a
similar shape to a Paul Fox cup, to me they are a perfect balance between a Moni and a
PF.
Suitability:
These are
now my favourite set of smaller cups (i.e. non tennis ball load cups) so I love them. What makes them
desireable workers for me is the patina contrasts so well with brightly coloured working and load balls
against a dark
mat.
They handle like a good set of PF cups and allow all the usual moves that are made that touch
easier by a rounded top cup. They comfortably take 3 1" Ambitious card Monkey Fist balls on
the saddle and have the same size final load as my PF cups so I am assuming lacrosse ball
size.
Overall:
Overall another 5 out of 5. These are a great little set of cups which perform well and
feel great to use. Bruce Smith reviewed his set of RNT2 Sisti cups over at cupscon and mentioned
the legal issues between Sisti and Jeff Busby and Bill Palmer has also shed some more light on this situation
from his research.
Personally I think they are
different cups and there was no issue, others opinions may differ. Legal issues aside these are fantastic
cups and I prefer them to my PF cups to work with, I'm not sure what it is about them, they just feel
right.
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