tips? whats your preference?

rackemky

rackemky

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id like to get everyone's opinion on tips for cues? kumai from japan is really a big hit now days. what is the take on them? also curious about tiger, moori, and other higher end layered tips. or old school? like le pro, hurcules, triangle, elk and single layer tips in that family?

thanks, jonathan

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I've become a fan of Everest tips. They hold their shape great and play very well.
 
Ya, I'm with him about the Everest tips; they spin the *%#@^ out of the cue ball!

And, the Mad Man Super Hard for my Jump Cue; As good as Phenolic for getting the cue ball off of the table ... It's priced right .... And it's legal.
 
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The kumai brown med. I fell the tip is the most important part of my cue. That coupled with blue diamond chalk, I'm good to go. :smile:
 
Everest for me, but I do like the triangle tips if you can find a good one as well. At some point I want to try a Kamui.
 
Moori soft or Kamuai soft. To me the play equally well, and they are my preference.

I usually specify Moori soft.

Ken
 
kamui black medium for me.

i used to be a die hard triangle user for the longest time until i got my first layered tip and wow was i in love lol for me layered is the only way to go (keep in mind i said for me) i like the low maintance and consistancy of the tips. and i used to play with a sniper but i tried a kamui black when it came out and i have fell in love i will probably never play with a diffrent tip great action, feel and consistancy. (i said the same thing about triangle a while back also lol)

Id highly recomend!!:smile:
 
Wow , probably 100 different opinions for every different tip.
But anyway ,

Kamui Black (for around the last year or so)
 
The search function will prove to be a priceless asset in this matter. There are literally hundreds of threads discussing tip preferences on AzB.
 
pooldawg8 said:
Milk Duds for me, second choice a good triangle
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Ditto! I'll never switch back from a Milk Dud. They hit like a Sniper for a fraction of the cost, but they are on the med. side of the hardness scale, but that's what I like.

Pooldawg, I'm about to order a couple of your Duds. Having a little problem with the Dudleys lately. Ron
 
I'm happy with the Moori III medium. It's always held its shape well and gotten good bite on the cueball.

Right now it's at my favorite stage of wear. The sidewall is about the thickness of a quarter but the dome radius is perfect and stays that way. If the tip gets glossy I hit it gently with a tapper, chalk up and go. I won't do anything else to it, and I'll use it till it goes down to a dime thickness.

YMMV
 
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1. Triangle 2. Kamui

I currently play with a med tan kamui, I love it. Had a supersoft balck as well and it played like my triangle just less maintance. But I would rather play with good triangle, they take a beating and just ask for more lol
 
You know, just ONCE I would like someone to ask about tips and indicate what game they might be playing. The kind of game you are playing and your skill level will alter the kind of tip that is potimal for your stick and your game. The thought that one kind of tip is optimal for ALL games ALL tables or ALL cloth is (ahem) not rational.

For example: Games where power is key (say 9-ball) will want a tip on the harder end of the scale, while games where delicasy and precision are key (say 14.1) will want a tip on the softer end of the scale. Players with a well developed deliberate stroke can get along with a harder tip than players with less deliberate strokes. Tables with slow fuzzy felt require slightly harder tips than tables with fast as heck billiard cloth.

I have a friend that plays with a hard tip in 8-ball, but changes to a medium tip for 1-15 (a varriant of 8-ball where the 1 and the 15 are assigned specific side pockets). The added strategy imposed on the 1 and 15 balls, alters the strategy and dynamics of the game enough that tip hardness comes into play. He amanges this with two identical shafts (excepting the different tips).
 
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