cue tips

whammo57

whammo57

Kim Walker
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I see some people that use one specific cue tip and would never switch. I also see some customers that have tried a dozen or more different tips and will go for anything new..... there are many excellent cue tips........... some inexpensive tips are as good as some very expensive tips.... It comes down to personal perception as to the quality and ability of a tip...................


Just a note.......... if you have a good stroke, you can play well with most any tip.................. there is no magic tip that will make you pocket more balls..........



Kim
 
whammo57 said:
I see some people that use one specific cue tip and would never switch. I also see some customers that have tried a dozen or more different tips and will go for anything new..... there are many excellent cue tips........... some inexpensive tips are as good as some very expensive tips.... It comes down to personal perception as to the quality and ability of a tip...................


Just a note.......... if you have a good stroke, you can play well with most any tip.................. there is no magic tip that will make you pocket more balls..........



Kim
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I agree, but would just add that even within one brand and specific hardness of tips, there are differences, some people don`t seem to understand that tips are made from a natural material and slight variations happen.
Also some brands have changed their tips many times, thickness of the layers, amount of layers, tanning process etc.
Quite a few players ask for a tip with good draw or something like that. Hoping to find a shortcut to play better, by buying product X seems fairly common in the pool community.
 
I am probably considered a weaker player by many on this forum, so my opinion may not carry much weight. But I do think I pocket more balls with a medium hard tip like a Moori Medium or a LePro. But I do not draw the ball as well with either as I do with a Triangle. And I miscue more often with those two. So for a player of my speed the tips do seem to have advantages over each other. I have not found a tip that draws the cue ball as well as a Triangle, but also hits as straight as a LePro.
 
cueman said:
I am probably considered a weaker player by many on this forum, so my opinion may not carry much weight. But I do think I pocket more balls with a medium hard tip like a Moori Medium or a LePro. But I do not draw the ball as well with either as I do with a Triangle. And I miscue more often with those two. So for a player of my speed the tips do seem to have advantages over each other. I have not found a tip that draws the cue ball as well as a Triangle, but also hits as straight as a LePro.
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How does a tip hit straight Chris?
You are the one guiding the cue. Can some tips have more grip than others? Sure. But it's still within a relatively small spectrum.
 
Kim Bye said:
How does a tip hit straight Chris?
You are the one guiding the cue. Can some tips have more grip than others? Sure. But it's still within a relatively small spectrum.
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Use a little side English on the cue ball with several different tips while cutting in longer shots and you will see the cue ball squirts differently.
 
cueman said:
Use a little side English on the cue ball with several different tips while cutting in longer shots and you will see the cue ball squirts differently.
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Yes of course, but that`s not a tip helping you shoot straight. That`s how much grip and spin a certain tip imparts. I understand that this is just semantics, but seeing how confused many players are by the physics of pool, we should be clear what we are talking about. I just had a guy conntact me, telling me he was looking for a new shaft.
I asked the usual questionsm what tip diameter, taper, laminated or not, what kind of joint etc.
After a few strange replies, I asked if he could be more spesific. I`m quoting: "I`m basically looking for a shaft that want let me miss balls"
Kinda funny, but lots of players think that if they just get that cue, shaft, tip, grip or whatever, they will be competing with SVB and Jayson Shaw the next day...
 
Kim Bye said:
Yes of course, but that`s not a tip helping you shoot straight. That`s how much grip and spin a certain tip imparts. I understand that this is just semantics, but seeing how confused many players are by the physics of pool, we should be clear what we are talking about. I just had a guy conntact me, telling me he was looking for a new shaft.
I asked the usual questionsm what tip diameter, taper, laminated or not, what kind of joint etc.
After a few strange replies, I asked if he could be more spesific. I`m quoting: "I`m basically looking for a shaft that want let me miss balls"
Kinda funny, but lots of players think that if they just get that cue, shaft, tip, grip or whatever, they will be competing with SVB and Jayson Shaw the next day...
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Anyone who thinks the tip will make them the next SVB is delusional. If someone wants a tip that helps send the ball straighter to the aiming point with English or if they want more Draw or side spin then I can make suggestions as tips play differently. Not much confusion with that.
 
cueman said:
I am probably considered a weaker player by many on this forum, so my opinion may not carry much weight. But I do think I pocket more balls with a medium hard tip like a Moori Medium or a LePro. But I do not draw the ball as well with either as I do with a Triangle. And I miscue more often with those two. So for a player of my speed the tips do seem to have advantages over each other. I have not found a tip that draws the cue ball as well as a Triangle, but also hits as straight as a LePro.
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I would have to agree with you Chris. Although I do not get the chance to play much anymore, I seemed to have better results with certain tips over others. My favorites are a good Triangle, a Sniper, and a G2, not necessarily in this order. :cool:
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cueman said:
Anyone who thinks the tip will make them the next SVB is delusional. If someone wants a tip that helps send the ball straighter to the aiming point with English or if they want more Draw or side spin then I can make suggestions as tips play differently. Not much confusion with that.
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Good post....
 
qbilder said:
I'm still pissed that Sumo isn't made anymore.
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If tip diameter preferences keep getting smaller I may have a gold mine with my old 12mm Sumos. :)
Who knows. I paid $10 for the original Moori tips with the M, ME, MS, and H on them and sold the last ones I sold for for $60.
Someone told me they heard of them bringing a hundred. I will still sell any hardness besides M for $60 each.
I have a feeling I sold all those BB French Crowns and Champions way too cheap in that tip bundle I sold a a few weeks ago on here.
 
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cueman said:
If tip diameter preferences keep getting smaller I may have a gold mine with my old 12mm Sumos. :)
Who knows. I paid $10 for the original Moori tips with the M, ME, MS, and H on them and sold the last ones I sold for for $60.
Someone told me they heard of them bringing a hundred. I will still sell any hardness besides M for $60 each.
I have a feeling I sold all those BB French Crowns and Champions way too cheap in that tip bundle I sold a a few weeks ago on here.
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I'm not a nostalgic kind of guy. But man I just can't shake the feeling that tips today are horrible compared to 15-20yrs+ ago. LePros used to cut so clean, held up great, and played awesome. Triangles were just like a harder LePro. Sumos were harder yet than Triangles. Mooris played as if God himself created them. Nowadays, I'm afraid to even buy a layered tip and won't use a solid tip without somehow modifying it. What happened to using tips right out of the box & knowing what to expect?

Not to change the subject, but the same thing has happened with melamines, micartas, and phenolics. Where's the nice red/brown standard phenolic that was hard & cut so nice? Now it's pale tan. How about a melamine that actually has a crisp hard texture & doesn't get so dirty? Again, i'm not a nostalgic guy, but things have changed.
 
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qbilder said:
I'm not a nostalgic kind of guy. But man I just can't shake the feeling that tips today are horrible compared to 15-20yrs+ ago. LePros used to cut so clean, held up great, and played awesome. Triangles were just like a harder LePro. Sumos were harder yet than Triangles. Mooris played as if God himself created them. Nowadays, I'm afraid to even buy a layered tip and won't use a solid tip without somehow modifying it. What happened to using tips right out of the box & knowing what to expect?

Not to change the subject, but the same thing has happened with melamines, micartas, and phenolics. Where's the nice red/brown standard phenolic that was hard & cut so nice? Now it's pale tan. How about a melamine that actually has a crisp hard texture & doesn't get so dirty? Again, i'm not a nostalgic guy, but things have changed.
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This is essentially what happens when raw material quality drops, and the manufacturing process is "trimmed" to help the "bottom line." :frown:
 
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