Favorite non-layered playing tip?

TwoRailDave

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I think they obviously hit more solid than a layered tip. Triangle, le pro, milk-dud, elkmaster, techno dud...what is your favorite non-layered tip? My favotites are a good triangle, or the old chandivert champion or sumo tips. Would really like to hear what other tips might be out there worth a try.
 
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Tadaimarlon

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My favorite is the "plastic" tip made in Japan called Yume. Never mushrooms, needs no maintenance and plays great.
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Zerksies

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The only non-layered i ever used was LePro.

They have always been incredibly inconsistent, they are good tips if you find the right one. It was the only reason i learned to put tips on because i would put on 3-4 tips till i found a good one.
 

garczar

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I think they obviously hit more solid than a layered tip. Triangle, le pro, milk-dud, elkmaster, techno dud...what is your favorite non-layered tip? My favotites are a good triangle, or the old chandivert champion or sumo tips. Would really like to hear what other tips might be out there worth a try.
How does one actually define ' obviously hits more solid'?? IMO a hard Ultraskin black hits just as 'obviously solid' as any non layered tip. Much more consistent two. You're lucky if five Tri's in a box of fifty are worth a crap.
 

hang-the-9

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I have not run across a good Le Pro or Triangle tip in a while, the last few I used basically were shredded wheat, structure was not good. The Outsville KiTech tips were good, I used two of those and both were very consistent in hardness rating and stayed shaped.

While a single piece tip is defiantly "classic", I don't think it has any advantages at all over a layered tip. When me and a friend of mine did some shaft and tip tests years ago we had one setup that were two of the same shaft, but one had a layered tip (don't remember the brand), the layered tip got more spin on the ball over 10 different attempts. It was a pair of LD shafts made by Mike Webb, he had two different tips on them, we used a low right spin shot from near a rail with an angle to see how far down the other rail we could get the cueball, the most spin we got was with an LD shaft with a layered tip, the least amount of action we got with a normal shaft with a single layer tip. I posted this several times before, it was a pretty interesting result, with both of us shooting each shaft/tip combination 5 times, the position of the cueball was very consistent based on the equipment used, the LD shaft and layered tip got over a diamond lower on the rail.
 
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