Favorite cue tip?
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I used Moori hards for a very long time without complaints. Swapped to Kamui medium, which I think is the best tip I've used so far. When I finally got a Predator shaft, I didn't care for the Everest that came on it, then swapped to a Karomi because it's what the local tip guy likes to sell. I've miscued a few times with the Karomi whereas I didn't have that problem with the Everest or Kamui. Next will be the Ultraskin Pro Soft, which looks like an absolute steal if the reviews are true.
By the way: in the original question is missing the definition of "best tip", the criterias for having status "best".
So let me add my personal criterias that decide about a tip beeing good - better - the best:
- hardness, elasticity, feeling --> in principle extremely subjective and depending very much on the shaft and also a bit on the but.
- effectiveness: my tip mustn't apply too much spin. I don't like that kind of tips giving tons of spin with nearly no action done with my arm.
- maximum consistent tip-action behavior from the beginning to the end: here a well done milkdud is the best, closely followed by the ultra skin soft.
- linearity in spin amount depending on quantity of cue action: some tips behave "strange" at different amounts of action
- form stability (low degree of mushrooming)
- ability to hold standard chalk very well without sanding the tip each day
- very good consistency from tip to tip
- at multilayered tips: never ever delamination of the single layers
So let me add my personal criterias that decide about a tip beeing good - better - the best:
- hardness, elasticity, feeling --> in principle extremely subjective and depending very much on the shaft and also a bit on the but.
- effectiveness: my tip mustn't apply too much spin. I don't like that kind of tips giving tons of spin with nearly no action done with my arm.
- maximum consistent tip-action behavior from the beginning to the end: here a well done milkdud is the best, closely followed by the ultra skin soft.
- linearity in spin amount depending on quantity of cue action: some tips behave "strange" at different amounts of action
- form stability (low degree of mushrooming)
- ability to hold standard chalk very well without sanding the tip each day
- very good consistency from tip to tip
- at multilayered tips: never ever delamination of the single layers
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IMO: Playing with best accuracy is depending on the playing style. A player like me can't be happy with a too hard tips, and a banger plays more consistent with a harder tip.
To me the tip must give enough feeling at soft AND at hard shots, whereas a hard shot is miles away from the strength of a break shot, and I don not masse so extremely. Mainly I'm a soft-style player, means that I try to avoid playing with too much energy. This is why a hard tip feels too "dead". At the other side a too soft tip behaves too inconsistent to me at hard shots, this is why I ignore uising too soft tips. A too soft tip also kills too much of the feeling in general.
Agreed. Had a medium triangle. Just a stiffer hit than I liked. However the triangle played great. No complaints. I have tried several tips the last few years. Not sure why. Don't miscue. Now I question my decision to put a vs ultra skin on both shafts. Was thinking maybe harder tip might be better for summer months. Does anyone put different tips on their shafts to deal with humidity. Maybe one tip for cool bars and another tip for sweat lodges.
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Finally put on a milkdud and played 6 hard hours with it.
The tip never mushroomed at all.
It hardened up after about 2 hours but held chalk well.
By the end of the day my final conclusion was, the tip
when packed down felt like a hard tip but got precise juice and spun
the ball like a soft tip and held chalk beautifully.
Had a lot of fun with this tip and had it on a OB1 shaft.
Fantastic tip for all shots.
The tip never mushroomed at all.
It hardened up after about 2 hours but held chalk well.
By the end of the day my final conclusion was, the tip
when packed down felt like a hard tip but got precise juice and spun
the ball like a soft tip and held chalk beautifully.
Had a lot of fun with this tip and had it on a OB1 shaft.
Fantastic tip for all shots.
Talisman H for playing
Samsara for breaking
Samsara for breaking
I hope you enjoy the tip. I hope you understand I could not fake that many reviews.
Thanks for your support.
Been using SuperPro's for years, with great results.
However, Chuck Starkey turned me on to a layered
tip that I like even more. Born Winner (aka) Lucky.
About $2.00 each and you will never spend big
money on tips again.
Note: This will put me on the shit list with Tip Sellers.
However, Chuck Starkey turned me on to a layered
tip that I like even more. Born Winner (aka) Lucky.
About $2.00 each and you will never spend big
money on tips again.
Note: This will put me on the shit list with Tip Sellers.
For a thread that started as a simple question asking members to list their favorite tip, this thread seems to have been hijacked as an advertisement for folks like Kitech and Ultraskin. I have to be honest, I have considered both of their products but it's a little cheesy when you overdue it on hyping your product in the wrong place. It makes one wonder if they're desperate, or struggling to market their product or just don't care how bad it looks that they've hijacked a thread to advertise said items. I don't see the other tip makers on here doing that, and maybe it's because they're letting their product's quality and popularity speak for itself? My advice is to ease up a bit and advertise in the right place. This guy's thread certainly isn't it, much less for folks like Renfro to actually go after the competition's products such as he did in the post about mild duds.
Chandivert Crowns all day. Barely any mushrooms, rock solid and they help make cue control effortless.
I am a convert. Good luck finding them, though!
I am a convert. Good luck finding them, though!
Er, raw milk is available in many places. If someone has a press and raw milk they can make killer milk duds for like $2 per dozen.
Just like home reloading. If people want to make their own ammo...
Glad you knew that raw milk was a better choice because of the pasteurization.... Most people just assume milk is milk.....
Pooldawg8 makes a killer milk dud that a ton of people love... I am going out a limb and say he likely has his processes down and they won't be pour milk, drop in tips, press..... Otherwise there would be little consistency from batch to batch...
Doing it on your own won't provide much consistency but it is a solid option for the do-it-yourselfer.
Raw milk is better to drink, too.
