Tom, I visited our favorite cue maker today and installed one of each. The medium plays great and sounds better. Grabs as good as the soft ultra imo. I love it so far. The hard one is, well, it's hard. Grabs the ball well, but too hard for me after getting used to the soft ultra feel. They both installed easily and cut down nice. Unless something changes, I think the medium will be my tip of choice. Thanks for a nice product Tom.