Switch back to what you were using and quit experimenting with your own cue.
Stick with what you know worked fine. If and when you encounter a cue you can
try that has a different tip than Kamui Black soft, and I recommend you actually
use Kamui Clear Black soft, then switch your cue’s tip. Just play what you know
you like until you find a cue with a tip you prefer more. Tip hardness is important.
Normally, that might be good advice, but I see two problems.
1. A tip the feels good to you on someone else's cue, may not feel close to the same on your cue. Even cues from the same manufacturer, same make, same model. What if the other guys cue uses a nickel radius, and you like a dime radius? What about the weight of the cue.... say for instance he likes 21 Oz and you like 18? There is no way you can get a good feel for that tip in those situations.
2. A person cannot judge a tip by banging around with it for 5 minutes. That only applies to your wife!:smile: It can take a week or more to mentally adjust to a new tip (again...same for the wife!) Some people more, some people less.
Back when I used to use LePro's, I discovered that they played best for me when they were very close to the end of their life. About the time I started liking them, they had to be changed. Then you had to readjust to the feel of a new tip. That's why I gave up on them. Not to mention the constant maintenance.
Then tried Everest. Took a while to get used to the feel. It was an adjustment, but after a while, it was playing good for me. But it also gets harder as it wears. Then after some feedback and reviews from other players, I started using the Onyx. It's a good tip. But it also is harder at the end of it life. Not as big of a difference as the other ones , but I consider the Onyx more of a medium hard tip , not a medium . The reason I gave up on them is they doubled the price to over $21 a tip. There's no reason any tip should cost $21. It seems to be a common theme among Tiger products (Kamui also) and their M.A.P. pricing , So I moved on. That's when I decided to play with a hard tip..... based on I liked the others better after they became compressed and harder.
Now enter Moori tips. The thing I like about the Morri is they play the same from start to finish. Then when I replace it, the new one feels very close to the old one I took off. That applies to the hard one anyway.... no idea about the soft or medium. Again, there was a learning curve, but after a month or two I seen no reason to ever try something else. They are around $10 bucks, but with this one I'm only replacing it every third year. The reason is I don't have to do constant maintenance to it. Shape it after install, then twice more in the first couple of months. then it's pretty much good for the rest of its life. I do occasionally burnish the sides. NEVER have to scuff it. Won't glaze. I have discussed my tip conditioning in a previous thread. You have to be careful where you buy the Moori's, as the are counterfeits out there.