Soft cases are good for short term storage of your pool cue. Although they do not feature the tubes that you find in hard cases, soft cases do keep each shaft and butt in seperate compartments to protect from denting. Soft cases typically do not feature as many exterior pockets as hard cases, so you won't have quite as much room for your accessories. Soft cases typically come in the one butt/one shaft variety, but you can get soft cases as large as two butt/four shaft.