AzBilliards Official Tip Poll

What's your favorite cue tip based on maintenance/performance...

  • How soft/med/hard

  • Zan plus soft/med/hard

  • Zan prem soft/max/grip hard

  • Ki-tech ss/soft/med/hard

  • Tiger Onyx/sniper

  • Predator victory/soft/med/hard

  • Kamui tan soft/med/hard

  • Kamui Black soft/med/hard

  • Moori soft/med/hard

  • Kamakaze ss/soft/med

Results are only viewable after voting.
i got a pooldawg8 milk dud on the player, phenolic on the breaker and a white diamond on the jumper and they all seem to fulfill their respective purposes.
 
philly said:
Try shooting through the ball.
Just an aside, tips don't have fingers and a thumb.
They don't grip anything.
It's you shooting through the ball.

I prefer a hard tip and enjoy the sound of a hard tip.
The nice thing about a hard tip is they get harder over time.
Eventually that super soft tip gets harder over time too.
Tips may not grip but I guarantee you that they compress over time, especially a layered tip.
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nope. I don't play with soft tips. the triangle I got is just junk. I know how they are suppose to play. thanks tho (y)
 
Triangle. Use them on my Joss. Holds it's shape even if I break with it for 9ball, has a nice medium hit to it and holds chalk like a champ. Never delaminates or glazes over.
 
Poolmanis said:
Like Earl and Efren i use Mighty Elkmaster!
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I have a question for you. Back in the late 90's I used Elkmaster all the time. I remember when they are first put on that every shot I took would put a dent in the tip until it hardened up a bit. Also they wore down very quickly because of constantly reshaping. However I loved the way they felt and played. I had an Elkmaster installed on a cue several months ago. It did not resemble the Elkmaster I remember. It was one piece of course but was a lot harder, held it shape, didn't dent and didn't seem to hold chalk as well as I remember. Has Tweeten changed the way they make them in the last 25 years?
 
FunChamp said:
I have a question for you. Back in the late 90's I used Elkmaster all the time. I remember when they are first put on that every shot I took would put a dent in the tip until it hardened up a bit. Also they wore down very quickly because of constantly reshaping. However I loved the way they felt and played. I had an Elkmaster installed on a cue several months ago. It did not resemble the Elkmaster I remember. It was one piece of course but was a lot harder, held it shape, didn't dent and didn't seem to hold chalk as well as I remember. Has Tweeten changed the way they make them in the last 25 years?
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they can vary some if you don't hand pick them yourself
 
couldnthinkof01 said:
they can vary some if you don't hand pick them yourself
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THIS ... often box of 50 have 10-15 bad ones. Also installation process is easy to make tip bad.
I also hit hour just center ball with speed after i put new one. Not really shape before it. Just to hammer it tighter. Then I shape it roughly and play couple days. After that I shape it. After that I normally don´t touch it about year.
 
Poolmanis said:
THIS ... often box of 50 have 10-15 bad ones. Also installation process is easy to make tip bad.
I also hit hour just center ball with speed after i put new one. Not really shape before it. Just to hammer it tighter. Then I shape it roughly and play couple days. After that I shape it. After that I normally don´t touch it about year.
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Thank you. I had a local pool repair/cue smith install it. perhaps I just got a bad one.
 
Poolmanis said:
THIS ... often box of 50 have 10-15 bad ones. Also installation process is easy to make tip bad.
I also hit hour just center ball with speed after i put new one. Not really shape before it. Just to hammer it tighter. Then I shape it roughly and play couple days. After that I shape it. After that I normally don´t touch it about year.
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Is there a means to identify the bad ones before installing?
 
philly said:
Tips may not grip but I guarantee you that they compress over time, especially a layered tip.
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The flat earthers on the forum will tell you it's the chalk wearing down the tip, not compression that makes them smaller.
 
philly said:
The nice thing about a hard tip is they get harder over time.
Eventually that super soft tip gets harder over time too.
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Played with the hardest (non breaker) tip I could get for decades. When I changed my equipment +2yrs ago. I demo'd the cue with a Zan soft on it. Absolutely loved the feedback. When I switched to a different shaft I gave my cue guy fits for all the tips I went through trying to get it back. Softs, super softs, or whatever ultra flaccid tip he had kicking around. Eventually I ended up with some kind of soft whatever...

Been playing with it for a long time now. I'm sure it's up to a medium rating now...lol. I'm just going to leave it on until it compresses down to a 'hard' and get back into that groove. Fortunately I know no matter how much I chalk I won't run out of tip. So I should be good to go until it delams.
 
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Attempted to install my first Moori last night. As soon as the tool hit the tip, it completely fell apart. Came from a sealed package. Total delamination.
 
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