Wizard medium
Gives great spin, rarely miscues
Gives great spin, rarely miscues
What tip is on your playing cue, and why?
- Thread starter Thomas McKane
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Pooldawg milkdud from right here on AZ... why you ask?
Firm, reliable hit, but grabs like a softer tip
Holds chalk well
Nice, clean sound (very important!)
High consistency from tip to tip
No mushrooming, even when breaking with your player
No layers to delaminate
Practically zero maintenance
Lasts a long time
A fraction of the price of layered tips
Jeff is a cool guy
They have a little dimple on top that's cute
I could go on forever....
Firm, reliable hit, but grabs like a softer tip
Holds chalk well
Nice, clean sound (very important!)
High consistency from tip to tip
No mushrooming, even when breaking with your player
No layers to delaminate
Practically zero maintenance
Lasts a long time
A fraction of the price of layered tips
Jeff is a cool guy
They have a little dimple on top that's cute
I could go on forever....
Killer medium.
Tiger Onyx....
No mushroom
Never scuff or pick....NEVER!
Plays the same from break in to when I gets to the orange warning layer.
Lasts me one year....about 50 games a week average. A little more on my short work weeks.
Never had a delam problem
Holds chalk even without scuffing. Almost like it has magnetic or static properties.
Only "maintenance" I do is occasionally burnish the side.
No mushroom
Never scuff or pick....NEVER!
Plays the same from break in to when I gets to the orange warning layer.
Lasts me one year....about 50 games a week average. A little more on my short work weeks.
Never had a delam problem
Holds chalk even without scuffing. Almost like it has magnetic or static properties.
Only "maintenance" I do is occasionally burnish the side.
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Pretty much everyone is saying the same thing about 'their" tip. LOL
KiTech medium.........
It plays like the best laPro I ever had.
It doesn't overspin the ball.
Keeps it's shape and consistency.
What more can you ask for.
It plays like the best laPro I ever had.
It doesn't overspin the ball.
Keeps it's shape and consistency.
What more can you ask for.
KeyHammonds
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Ultra Skin Soft
New tip thought I would try it
Reasonably priced
Works great
New tip thought I would try it
Reasonably priced
Works great
Kamui Black Clear.......
Long ago, I was forced to switch from the original Moori tips to another brand when the supply became seemingly impossible to find, basically akin to locating Cortland Linen #12. I've tried a variety of brands over the intervening years and about 3 years ago, switched to Kamui Black medium.
I'll admit it was not the perfect tip because it glazed rather quickly and was harder than I expected in the medium firmness. But it grabbed the cue ball nicely and so I stayed with it until the Kamui Clear line came along. I consulted with Tom, aka Shooter08 who's a Kamui distributor, about the cues I was having made by Bob Owen. I wanted to avoid the glazing problem and rather than steer me towards another brand which he naturally has available, he told me about the Kamui Clear line of tips.
These tips seem to play a little softer than the Kamui Black and Tom suggested going from a medium hardness in Kamui Black to a soft hardness in Kamui Black Clear. Well, I had 2 cues underway with Bob Owen and so I had Tom send him 5 Kamui Clear tips in a combination of 3 soft and 2 super-soft tips. Soooooo glad I did and Tom was right in his advice.........Now I know everybody has a preference, or if not, they should at least take the time to find out what they like.
The glazing problem is gone.......the hardness is perfect.......you still hear the ivory tink against my cues' ivory ferrules but it's softened and the feel is so subtle. Even a power draw stroke doesn't create the tonal quality that my other cues with Kamui Black medium tips make. I love these Kamui Black Clear tips and Jerry Rauenzahn will be installing Kamui Black Clear on my Bushka Tribute cue he's making.
I know some people knock Kamui on its higher price or the glazing problem, or some other aspect they don't care for. Let's face it........most of us have a favorite brand tip or else just go with whatever came with the cue. Some of us prefer a multi-layer tip or pig leather or buffalo leather, etc. All I can state with absolute certainty is that the Kamui Black Clear tip (soft) is just hands down the best playing, feeling, sounding cue tip I've ever used.
Matt B.
Long ago, I was forced to switch from the original Moori tips to another brand when the supply became seemingly impossible to find, basically akin to locating Cortland Linen #12. I've tried a variety of brands over the intervening years and about 3 years ago, switched to Kamui Black medium.
I'll admit it was not the perfect tip because it glazed rather quickly and was harder than I expected in the medium firmness. But it grabbed the cue ball nicely and so I stayed with it until the Kamui Clear line came along. I consulted with Tom, aka Shooter08 who's a Kamui distributor, about the cues I was having made by Bob Owen. I wanted to avoid the glazing problem and rather than steer me towards another brand which he naturally has available, he told me about the Kamui Clear line of tips.
These tips seem to play a little softer than the Kamui Black and Tom suggested going from a medium hardness in Kamui Black to a soft hardness in Kamui Black Clear. Well, I had 2 cues underway with Bob Owen and so I had Tom send him 5 Kamui Clear tips in a combination of 3 soft and 2 super-soft tips. Soooooo glad I did and Tom was right in his advice.........Now I know everybody has a preference, or if not, they should at least take the time to find out what they like.
The glazing problem is gone.......the hardness is perfect.......you still hear the ivory tink against my cues' ivory ferrules but it's softened and the feel is so subtle. Even a power draw stroke doesn't create the tonal quality that my other cues with Kamui Black medium tips make. I love these Kamui Black Clear tips and Jerry Rauenzahn will be installing Kamui Black Clear on my Bushka Tribute cue he's making.
I know some people knock Kamui on its higher price or the glazing problem, or some other aspect they don't care for. Let's face it........most of us have a favorite brand tip or else just go with whatever came with the cue. Some of us prefer a multi-layer tip or pig leather or buffalo leather, etc. All I can state with absolute certainty is that the Kamui Black Clear tip (soft) is just hands down the best playing, feeling, sounding cue tip I've ever used.
Matt B.
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Zan Premium Soft on my playing cue and Taom on my break stick.
The Zan Premium has become my tip of choice after testing most of the tip brands that`s easily available on the market.
The Taom tip on my break cue is a new tip from Finland, it seems to be some kind of thermoplastic, it`s the best break tip I have ever tried. Beats Samsara, Mezz, G10 and White Diamond hands down. I didn`t think it was possible to get so much controll with a hard tip.
The Zan Premium has become my tip of choice after testing most of the tip brands that`s easily available on the market.
The Taom tip on my break cue is a new tip from Finland, it seems to be some kind of thermoplastic, it`s the best break tip I have ever tried. Beats Samsara, Mezz, G10 and White Diamond hands down. I didn`t think it was possible to get so much controll with a hard tip.
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Black Heart V_CLASS
Soft, but still firm. Great for spin, holds chalk. Never missed cued in tournament play :thumbup:
Soft, but still firm. Great for spin, holds chalk. Never missed cued in tournament play :thumbup:
I switched to Zan premium soft from Kamui about 2 months ago, far prefer the Zan tip.
Same here. They are awesome and dirt cheap. I was a Kamui fan until I tripped over these.
