Best Pool Cue Tip

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I'm just trying to find out what the best pool cue tip is. I play with a Kamui Super Soft Brown Tip. I'm noticing that it is flattening out really fast. Any idea why that would happen so fast? I'm considering go back to a Moori medium. What does everyone else use for tips and why? Thanks
 
MAlmeida1217 said:
I'm just trying to find out what the best pool cue tip is. I play with a Kamui Super Soft Brown Tip. I'm noticing that it is flattening out really fast. Any idea why that would happen so fast? I'm considering go back to a Moori medium. What does everyone else use for tips and why? Thanks
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No such thing exists, players have different preferences.
Two players can have a wildly different experence of the same tip.
 
Played with:
Kamui Brown SS
Kamui Black SS/Soft/Medium
Moori Medium

I found the kamui's are nice, but don't age well. They tend to glaze and harden uncomfortably. Moori, doesn't have as much bite as kamui initially, but would feel nicer throughout the life of the tip.

I'm been playing with a Zan Medium now for a couple months and I like it more than either kamui or moori. I think it grips the ball a little bit better than a moori, and ages better than a kamui.

My order of favourites is:

Zan Medium
Kamui Brown SS
Moori Medium
Kamui Black Soft
Kamui Black SS
Kamui Medium

That's just for layered tips though.
 
Soft tips flatten early because they are...soft. If you have it reshaped it will probabably hold its shape this time because the leather has been compressed some now. Soft tips require more shaping,hard tips not nearly as much.
 
I do prefer harder tips, but if your tip is flattening out excessively it's possibly too soft for your stroke/style. But, once it does flatten, if you just shape the edges round and leave the center alone, it should keep its shape longer.
 
I had a Kamui Black Super Soft tips on my Predator FAT shaft until it wore out.

I replaced it with a Kamui Black Medium and hated it.

I replaced the Medium with a G2 Soft tip and it plays better than the Kamui Black SS.

The G2 Soft plays good on my Predator FAT shaft and on two custom solid maple shafts. If I had to buy another tip today for any of my cues, it would be the G2 Soft.

The G2 hasn't glazed over yet, it grips the ball good, and it hasn't hardened up so far.
 
Precision Tips (medium)
Blackjack (medium)

I've played with a few different tips, these two are my favorite. As for the reason, the latter of the two are what the cue maker suggests and I tried and loved them, great tips! The Precision, was recommend by a friend and seen many reviews on here, so I decided to give a layered tip a try.
I would recommend both of the tips I have listed.
On another note, in my experience tips are not magic, try a few until you find one that does what you need it to do and leave it alone, keep it shaped and move on. When I came back to playing after a few years off I got caught up in trying every tip made, because I thought it was the tips fault for MY shortcomings in the game. As it turns out, instead of wasting loads of money searching for the magic tip I should have focused on fundamentals and table time. Just my opinion, good luck.
 
Also, if you use a tip shaper... I'm always bewildered why the companies that make them use something that looks like 50 grit. I will rough slightly with the stock grit, but not touch the center. Tough to control the cut, and the tip pills up leaving a rough surface, that flattens out, causing you to rough it up again. I cut strips of 100 and 150 grit, and stick them over the shaper tool, before I place the tip in. Doesn't pill the surface like the rough abrasive inside, and makes a more accurate shape that lasts longer, in my opinion.
 
Searings Precision tip. You are talking about the man who has the highest standards for anything he does, and I mean THE HIGHEST bar none.
Jason
 
Like someone else said "it's personal preference". I tried a Kamui black medium and it sucked especially for 20 bucks. Lots of people love them though. The water buffalo tips I use are just right and only cost about 80 cents each. It just depends on what you like. Don't get caught up in the widely varying prices. My point is that the tip that works best for you may cost a 50 cents or 25 dollars. Efren Reyes, one of the best players to have ever lived, uses or used to use Elk master tips which are about 50 cents each.
 
jasonlaus said:
Searings Precision tip. You are talking about the man who has the highest standards for anything he does, and I mean THE HIGHEST bar none.

Jason
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I'd agree with this choice. I was never a real fan of layered tips after Moori's changed years ago & I went back to Triangles. I installed one of these Precision tips recently & will never look back.

Very high quality, cut & ribbon beautifully on install & amazing grip & control in play. These things are amazing. JMO/YMMV
 
I used tiger tips for years. No complaints. I tried cyborg recently and it's comparable to tiger. Now I'm shooting with rock hard pressed tips because the 20$ layered tips aren't any better. I hate kamui tips.
 
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