What is the best tip for the money in your opinion....and why? When I am making cues, I get different requests and hear all kinds of reasons so I am just curious.
What is the best tip?
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its twice that size now, old pic :thumbup:
i have not had a lot of experience with different tips. i usually bought another cue before i wore the tip out until i got the cue i currently play with.
i dont know what it came with but i did not like the way it played but as much as i paid for it i was determined to get better with it. one day the tip fell off and i had a triangle put on, i miscued several times in my 1st game so i put it in the case and continued playing with my breaker, never miscued again. i had the triangle replaced with a moori med and i love it. i play better than i have in a long time.
kamuii seems to be the most popular around here. i want to try one but every time i go to get one he is sold out. he said he cant keep up with the demand. same with kamuii chalk but thats for another thread, finally picked up a cube and love it.
i dont know what it came with but i did not like the way it played but as much as i paid for it i was determined to get better with it. one day the tip fell off and i had a triangle put on, i miscued several times in my 1st game so i put it in the case and continued playing with my breaker, never miscued again. i had the triangle replaced with a moori med and i love it. i play better than i have in a long time.
kamuii seems to be the most popular around here. i want to try one but every time i go to get one he is sold out. he said he cant keep up with the demand. same with kamuii chalk but thats for another thread, finally picked up a cube and love it.
A Tip
And what are your specifics? ...my opinion. This is a purely subjective question unless you care to quantify it.????????:yeah:
Gerry S
And what are your specifics? ...my opinion. This is a purely subjective question unless you care to quantify it.????????:yeah:
Gerry S
Good Tip
Good One!!!! I missed that straight line. On that note, this year I'm going to plant my corn a whole bunch earlier. :groucho:
Gerry
Good One!!!! I missed that straight line. On that note, this year I'm going to plant my corn a whole bunch earlier. :groucho:
Gerry
best tip for the money
imho a le pro is a good all around tip and very reasonably priced
imho a le pro is a good all around tip and very reasonably priced
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I have pre-1990 LePro tips....they are much more consistent than the ones you get now. At least IMHO....
Ive tried quite a few, elkmaster, sniper, everest, moori, talisman, talisman black, triangle, le pro, flying pig, kamui brown,, but imho none of them compare ,or hold there shape better than Kamui Black...
TheThaiger
Banned
Agreed, but for the money, it has to be Triangle.
After trying a variety of tips, I keep coming back to Moori. I've switched from a Moori Medium to a Moori Soft. Been playing with a Moori Soft for almost a year now (have it on two different cues). Rarely miscue and I use a lot of extreme English at times. Neither tip has mushroomed - which was surprising to me because I thought a soft tip would be prone to mushrooming. I like the feel of the hit with this tip. I didn't like the Kamui brown or black. Yep, it's Moori Soft for me on a McDermott I-3 shaft (11.75mm tip diameter).
I really like the Kamui tan tips, but the not so much on the black ones. Moori would be my second choice.
Decision of which tip to us based upon cost of tip just doesn't make sense.......
When a person is considering what is the best tip for their money, they need to factor in some other IMPORTANT criteria such as:
How long does a tip last them? Even the most expensive costing tips are less than $.20 per day and some cost far less than $.20 per day.
What is their level of play? For some people, it will not matter how much the tip costs. For some people with a propensity to get the most from their tips, cost may not be a consideration at all.
I experiment with tips quite frequently and don't believe that the purchase price for the cost of the tip is relevant in making a decision about which tip to use. Our table time as well as our free time that we use to participate in this sport is worth FAR MORE than the cost of the most expensive tips.
My current tip favorite happens to be Kamui Black SS but will soon try out the Kamui Black Soft. After that it will most likely be the Medium Black. Even with as much as I play, it will probably be a couple more months before I go to the Kamui Black Soft.
I am trying to determine that I actually prefer a shorter tip based upon wearing one down or cutting it shorter right out of the gate. Some people might think cutting the tip in half is wasteful but the time I spend playing pool is far more important that of a ten or twenty cents a day.
The bottom line is that people like different tips for the same reason that they like playing with different cues....................
As a cue maker, I would think you could easily get any type of tip in a couple of days, so just provide whatever the customer base dictates and charge accordingly.
When a person is considering what is the best tip for their money, they need to factor in some other IMPORTANT criteria such as:
How long does a tip last them? Even the most expensive costing tips are less than $.20 per day and some cost far less than $.20 per day.
What is their level of play? For some people, it will not matter how much the tip costs. For some people with a propensity to get the most from their tips, cost may not be a consideration at all.
I experiment with tips quite frequently and don't believe that the purchase price for the cost of the tip is relevant in making a decision about which tip to use. Our table time as well as our free time that we use to participate in this sport is worth FAR MORE than the cost of the most expensive tips.
My current tip favorite happens to be Kamui Black SS but will soon try out the Kamui Black Soft. After that it will most likely be the Medium Black. Even with as much as I play, it will probably be a couple more months before I go to the Kamui Black Soft.
I am trying to determine that I actually prefer a shorter tip based upon wearing one down or cutting it shorter right out of the gate. Some people might think cutting the tip in half is wasteful but the time I spend playing pool is far more important that of a ten or twenty cents a day.
The bottom line is that people like different tips for the same reason that they like playing with different cues....................
As a cue maker, I would think you could easily get any type of tip in a couple of days, so just provide whatever the customer base dictates and charge accordingly.