Your question might be better if you asked; "What is the best jump cue tip?" That's where the rubber meets the road. Everything else is either a wooden or carbon fiber stick.
It depends what you're looking for. It's hard to beat the bungee jump cue. It's around $80. There are more expensive cues but if you're still learning it will take you a very long way.
As for a jump/break, my honest opinion is that they don't jump as well as a dedicated jumper. Some are ok, but the ones I've tried were basically a jack of all trades and a master of none. They generally break very well but the jumping can leave much to be desired. YMMV but that's my opinion on j/b cues.
Obviously there are really nice customs and also high dollar cues. I'm not shitting on them, just saying for $80 and a bit of practice you can be jumping with deadly skill.
I've had a few jump cues over the years, with different tips. I'm not sure there's a lick of difference between them. I'm not a great jumper by any means, but I can get the ball into the air with about the same effectiveness with any of them. I currently own two: A $140 Pechauer jump cue with a Samsara tip, and a near-$400 Cuetec Propel with a Taom tip. They both jump and are indistinguishable. Maaaaaybe the Samsara tip gives me a little more control, but that's a tip issue.I've never been a great jumper but I used jump cue a friend of mine had and the tip was hard but not slick.
I'd love to find jump break like that any ideas?
I agree. every jump break I’ve ever had is always good for one but not the other.It depends what you're looking for. It's hard to beat the bungee jump cue. It's around $80. There are more expensive cues but if you're still learning it will take you a very long way.
As for a jump/break, my honest opinion is that they don't jump as well as a dedicated jumper. Some are ok, but the ones I've tried were basically a jack of all trades and a master of none. They generally break very well but the jumping can leave much to be desired. YMMV but that's my opinion on j/b cues.
Obviously there are really nice customs and also high dollar cues. I'm not shitting on them, just saying for $80 and a bit of practice you can be jumping with deadly skill.
I try just about every jump cue I can because, unlike play cues, i find a tremendous amount of very discernible difference between them. So far, I haven’t found anything I like better than the Jacoby jumper. Extremely light, and it works very well with my dart technique.
I particularly did not like the Hanshew, but again, I use a dart style almost exclusively.
As for jump/break cues, I have yet to find one that does both jobs well. Most are far too heavy on the jump side…
Scorpion used to make a value-priced dedicated carbon-fiber Jumper with phenolic tip, which was just fine; and, it also came with a great little hard tube case which snap-hooked onto the outside of your cue case. I don't know why they stopped making them, but I wish Scorpion would make them again. I also wish I had not sold mine back in 2012. Today, I only see them for sale used, out of Japan on FleaBay; and the asking price is just silly. - GJ
If your tip is “slipping off“ the cue ball, I think it’s your technique more than the tip.I ended up with an Air Hog in some trades years ago. I can jump with it at certain angles but the tip is so slick I seem to have very limited success.