Actually the pool dawg tests were conducted using a type A shore durometer which doesn't provide enough force to for the foot to make a proper indentation into a tip when it is in a new out of the box state... Using a shore A the surface smoothness can cause inconsistent results...
The shore d applies more pressure and as such will provide better results across the board since many tips new out of the box and test over 90 on the shore A but will drop into the 60s 70s and 80s using the shore D....
The first test and second test do come close to many of the measurements I have done.... However even these have some issues.... I have my durometers serviced every few months to ensure the spring pressure is correct and the foot is the proper size and shape...
On average Samsara runs at 90 not 95 and I have no phenolics that exceed 95... The predator phenolic actually tests at a 90.. And I had some samples of a break tip sent to me that they had tested at either 90 or 95 that tested at 85 on my shore D which was just calibrated.....
Cuetips1000 has several videos on you tube like this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-EtC8SNIfY
He uses a shore D and on one of the videos he goes into a technical explanation of why shore A is not the proper standard to use.....
In the next few months I will start releasing durometer measurements and COR measurements on different tips... I intend to do these in a life cycle test and am working on a way to simulate play so I can measure the tips new, and at different points down the road... At maybe 500 shots, 1000 shots, 2500 shots and then 5000 shots....
Chris
