How is the BAT better than the Spider?
A. Aside from the fact that the BAT is less than a 1/3 of the price of the Spider, it is better on many counts, beginning with the fact that when you use the BAT, you will actually gain knowledge that you can take with you for applying later in your game. As soon as you use the BAT, you will know the degree of the angle, the amount of the ball being cut, the path of the cue ball, etc., all of which can be used for assessing cut shots when you later play. With the Spider, however, once you remove it from the table, you will not have any practical knowledge to take with you. The biggest drawback of the Spider is that it’s aiming reference is a green circle projected on the table. Such a green circle does not exist in real play, so how can this system be transferred to the real world of play? The BAT on the other hand uses the edge of the object ball as its aiming reference. The edge is always there. You can see it and it never changes.
