How long does your Cue tip last?

Pangit

Pangit

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It's a pain in the ass to need to replace the tip on your playing cue. I tend to prolong it as long as possible.

Depending on how much you play/tip, it's amazing how fast a leather tip "wears" away. Even with two shaft's, ya normally favor one over the other...number two is a nice back up, but it ain't the preferred choice.

About three a year for me.
 
Pangit said:
It's a pain in the ass to need to replace the tip on your playing cue. I tend to prolong it as long as possible.

Depending on how much you play/tip, it's amazing how fast a leather tip "wears" away. Even with two shaft's, ya normally favor one over the other...number two is a nice back up, but it ain't the preferred choice.

About three a year for me.
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I get about a year out of a tip. They usually give out right before a big tournament :-)

Lou Figueroa
 
Pangit said:
It's a pain in the ass to need to replace the tip on your playing cue. I tend to prolong it as long as possible.

Depending on how much you play/tip, it's amazing how fast a leather tip "wears" away. Even with two shaft's, ya normally favor one over the other...number two is a nice back up, but it ain't the preferred choice.

About three a year for me.
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I never favor one over the other, I use both equally. I use one on odd days and the other on even days so they wear equally. I've done this for many years. My current Triangles have been on my Dishaw for somewhere between two and three years. I don't play as long as I used now but I play {at home} for a while take a break and come back again. I generally do this, off and on, all day, every day, though.
For some reason, I think it has a lot to do with the fact that I alternate shafts, I've never had to change tips as often as most people seem to and I sometimes play more, or used to, anyway.
The Triangles on my Dishaw, one is about the thickness of a dime, the other a bit thicker. Due to early reshaping just after they were put on.
 
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My cue tips last between 1.0 and 1.5 years, playing 10-20 hours per week. I use a laminated hard tip for my play cues.
 
I have still have the original tip on my Huebler sneaky pete. Used it in a weekly league for 8 seasons, or nearly 3 years. For me, the key was to refrain from re-shaping it everytime it started to deviate from a nickel profile.
 
Not very long at all. I like a low tip, and I like to keep it at a dime radius. Playing the Kamui Black Soft. Thinking about trying the medium though. I reshape my tip usually about every 2-3 weeks. 1 tip will last me around 3 months or so. Thinking about trying to split 1 tip into 2, because that's about how low I like it anyways.
 
Here's a tip for ya,,,,,,,!!

I like to switch cues alot so tips aren't a big concern for me,,I only actually replaced two in my life, one on a vintage ''Rambow'', that oddley enough I purchased from one of the ''Storage Guys'', before they ever had a T.V. show, the other on a ''Predator'' shaft,,,,both flew off......

Up at the ''Turning Stone'', Dennis Hatch told me he likes to replace his tips every 6 months,,,at the time he was using ''Triangles'',, now I think he has a deal with ''Kamui'',,,he said he shaves them down real low as he likes to feel the feedback the thin tip allows him,,,,,,,
 
Most players will only replace a tip when it start to become dangerous to the ferrule and then they have to adjust to the characteristics of the new tip...

Over the course of time if you continue to play with a soft or medium you will end up with a hard tip according to a durometer test...

I am currently working on the design of a device that will test the bounce in a tip instead of it's hardness... I think tips will lose bounce, COR, well before they get to the point where they visually appear to need replacing.......

So far kamui has been the only manufacturer that I have heard say anything about COR... DrDave has a link to a highspeed camera bounce test on his website that compares soft and hard leather to phenolic but to date I do not thing anyone has tested a tip over it's useful life.....
 
You must play a lot and shape your tip often.
3 a year is ok if you do that. I know at least one guy (my fav customer)
that does about the same as yourself.

For others I believe it can depend on the tip itself. I had a Kamui super soft that was done in a month.

Some players never fuss with their tip so it lasts them a heck of a long time.

I can't give you an answer for myself as I swap out tips frequently so I can give my customers better feed back on how they play.

I try and keep a list so I know some of my customers playing style or preferences in tip hardness so I can match a tip for them a bit easier.
 
I get about a year out of kamui med's . I also bought the Kamui Gator Grip and can't say enough good things about it. Yes I know fine grain sandpaper would prob give the same results but I really like this tool, and it really does remove a bare minimum of material.
 
Used to be about 2-3 times a year. However, I am now using the last4ever tip tool and it seems I can go well over a year on a single tip. I like medium-hard tips such as pooldawg8's milk duds.
 
Yes I know fine grain sandpaper would prob give the same results.
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Yer excused, gadgets are fun to buy. And I'm not saying thr Kamui tool is a useless gadget, just that they are fun to buy and try.

Sean, altho I make my own Duds, I am itching to try one of Dawgs Duds. I gave him that name so I think he owes me one.

I don't put mine on the market because of basic inconsistency. I believe Dawg has it down. Mine can be mediocre to great. When I get one of the great ones, look out.

Actually, once you have a few games on them and broken in, one could expect a serious amount of time on one. They just don't wear out.
I know this isn't a tip thread but if you have never tried a well made Dud, you are doing yourself and game a disservice.
 
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