Moori
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I just got a couple moori med tips from a guy on here his name was timc. $10.30 for one including shipping and small paypal fee, which is the cheepest I could find for a single tip. Im not sure but I would guess they would be a little cheeper if you purchased more. Hopefully this will help anyone looking to buy one or a few just in case there really is a shortage.
It is for the kids (ARC) at The Smokey Mountain Shootout. It is tradition. I will get $30.00 a tip and I will donate 20% of my repairs and cue sales to the ARC foundation. It is going to be a big one this year. A lot of top players will be playing.
Cuedog said:
Gene while these tips do have inconsistencies, if you own a Durameter type C the good can easily be separated from the Bad. Now, when all is said and done, I may throw away between 10 and 20 tips out of a box of 50. But, the instalation price I charge $10 per tip, more than makes up for the tips disposed of.
Gene with a Durometer Lepro Tips can be broken down into Med, Med Hard, and hard, and this allows you give your customer what they want without guessing.
Check out my post on page 3 in the thread below where I go into more detail.
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=96211&page=3
Now, layered tips including Moori tips are not perfect. They also have problems, and they are also not always the hardness that is maked on them, just like Lepro tips. The only difference being the cost of the tips which is greatly different. Now do not get me wrong, I have around 20 different types of tips in my inventory, I tip a large number of cues monthly. With this said, first I recommend that anyone who replaces a large number of tips should by a Durometer. Without one, the tips you install can not be gaged for their individual quality, and in my opinion any professional would want to give his customers the best service he is capable of providing.
smashmouth said:
yes the oil boys are doing to ALL of us when we pay $4.00/gal, its a racket, creating a artifical shortage to jack up the price, when was there a shortage of leather to make a tip, you can make alot of tips out of one hide unless your using mouse skins.
Unpopular
I like Moori Soft and it is my tip of choice but Kaumi Soft are fine too.
I cant tell any difference.
I used to love Moori Medium but they now seem too hard. I have moved to Moori Soft and use them on all my cues.
Just for information, TAD tips are the HARDEST tip I can imagine....WOW!
Ken
I like Moori Soft and it is my tip of choice but Kaumi Soft are fine too.
I cant tell any difference.
I used to love Moori Medium but they now seem too hard. I have moved to Moori Soft and use them on all my cues.
Just for information, TAD tips are the HARDEST tip I can imagine....WOW!
Ken
I definitely prefer the medium to the hard. The hard gives a livelier hit which is harder to control.
Banger
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I was playing in Yokohama with Mully last night and I got a bunch of Mooris off a cue dealer. Some for free, some very cheap. Mully asked him about the shortage and he assured us it was a rumor. If there was a shortage, there is no way he would have sold me the tips as cheap as he did. I did make it up to him on the cue I sold him though, so it all evened out.
manwon said:
As to the Durometer.....Don't the tip companies do this test in order to rank the hardness of their tips? Or do they just guess as to the hardness?
Since I just do my own and few others' tips, I don't wanna spend hundreds on a meter...any other way to test hardness that's cheaper?
Jeff Livingston
I assume that there is a 'standard' to which they measure they tips generally, but there can't be two same leathers of which they produce the tips and this can vary the tips hardnesses. I don't believe that the production system / the machines they use to produce are too complicated. Also, even if they test the tips, it would not be beneficial to let sell only those tips that are in a smaller range of hardness.
What is more is that I guess that the tips hardness can change down the road after they leave the factory. (?)
What manwon said about purchasing a durometer made me interested because he made good points for it. I did some calculation, and if a durometer would cost about $400 and if I earned 8 dollars on each tip than after 50 installations the durometer would earn only profit and what is even more important: happy customers. I am really short of money right now, but I am keen to get a durometer in the near future along with a tip supplier.
What is more is that I guess that the tips hardness can change down the road after they leave the factory. (?)
What manwon said about purchasing a durometer made me interested because he made good points for it. I did some calculation, and if a durometer would cost about $400 and if I earned 8 dollars on each tip than after 50 installations the durometer would earn only profit and what is even more important: happy customers. I am really short of money right now, but I am keen to get a durometer in the near future along with a tip supplier.