NEW Bulletproof Synthetic Playing Tips.

SeniorTom said:
Does using a bulletproof synthetic 'playing tip' for breaking cause it any damage, compression, mushrooming, or cracking?
Click to expand...
None that I have noticed so far, keep in mind I use the Hard Green. I don't always use it to break but when I'm feeling lazy to bring out my breaker or when I'm breaking 9ball sometimes. I mean it's a given that it won't hit as hard as a proper break tip, but I do get a ton of action, sometimes too much if I'm not being conscious of my break.
 
Mensabum said:
Always something. Don't envy anyone with a new product line having to handle all the feedback.
I realize it's part and parcel of the process, but I'm lazy. Too old to work that hard. At that anyway.😉😉
Click to expand...
True! I know tips can get quite hot during the installation process but we have no way to tell if the crack was caused from heat or something in the manufacturing process.
 
I finally have tried all 3 and medium It my fav with soft 2nd. The hard was too much, medium is perfect. I hope these continue to be available
 
Tbh, I don't see the advantage of playing with a synthetic tip , at least not the soft one . I have been playing with the bulletproof synthetic soft tip for about a year now , and it still mushrooms like a leather tip . I don't have any complaints about this synthetic tip, but it does mushroom . I have had even others tell me the same thing when I showed it to them. I haven't tried anything but the soft , and wonder how the medium and hard hold up as far as mushrooming .
 
SeniorTom said:
Tbh, I don't see the advantage of playing with a synthetic tip , at least not the soft one . I have been playing with the bulletproof synthetic soft tip for about a year now , and it still mushrooms like a leather tip . I don't have any complaints about this synthetic tip, but it does mushroom . I have had even others tell me the same thing when I showed it to them. I haven't tried anything but the soft , and wonder how the medium and hard hold up as far as mushrooming .
Click to expand...
I have the hard on my "trunk cue". It sits in the trunk of the car "just in case". As such it gets played very infrequently but leather tips tended to get dry and hard in that environment, which is why I decided to try the synthetic.

So far it's worked well, but the infrequent use hasn't tested mushrooming at all so far... it doesn't play quite like my favorite leather tip, but so far it has worked well for this purpose...
 
  • Like
Reactions: bbb
As posted earlier in the thread I installed the soft blue on a house cue and left it at my local bar. This was in Sept 2024. At the end of the month I cut off the expected mushroom. I have not done anything to it in the past 20 months other than scuffing the top a few times. I do play with it myself. I never told anyone about the tip so there is no bias for or against. No one has complained as far as I know and it obviously has been used. Miss-cues and chalk grinding is apparent.

Here are a couple pictures. First installed and 20 months later. Also next to some of the other popular cues. They have triangles installed Spring of 2022 so they have a couple more years on them.

photo-output.jpeg


IMG_6872.jpeg
 
SeniorTom said:
Tbh, I don't see the advantage of playing with a synthetic tip , at least not the soft one . I have been playing with the bulletproof synthetic soft tip for about a year now , and it still mushrooms like a leather tip . I don't have any complaints about this synthetic tip, but it does mushroom . I have had even others tell me the same thing when I showed it to them. I haven't tried anything but the soft , and wonder how the medium and hard hold up as far as mushrooming .
Click to expand...
Been using the green (Hard) for 2 years, doesn't mushroom, it's a really hard tip, I started with soft tips then went to med tips, when I tried the Taom Fusion I expected it to be a med tip but it was much harder, if I try a new tip and I don't like it I always leave it on for a couple of months, I usually practice everyday so that gives plenty of time for break in, after playing that tip I grew to like the harder tip, I liked the Taom but didn't love it and was curious about the Recoil tips, 30 minutes of play after installation, I knew I found my tip, 2 years later still loving it, I will say a hard tip is unforgiving with a poor stroke and helps with transfer of power when stroked properly, I have no plans to change from the Recoil tips, put one on my spare shaft and these tips play exactly alike, I haven't replaced a tip with the one's made since Koda bought Bulletproof.
 
SSDiver2112 said:
As posted earlier in the thread I installed the soft blue on a house cue and left it at my local bar. This was in Sept 2024. At the end of the month I cut off the expected mushroom. I have not done anything to it in the past 20 months other than scuffing the top a few times. I do play with it myself. I never told anyone about the tip so there is no bias for or against. No one has complained as far as I know and it obviously has been used. Miss-cues and chalk grinding is apparent.

Here are a couple pictures. First installed and 20 months later. Also next to some of the other popular cues. They have triangles installed Spring of 2022 so they have a couple more years on them.

View attachment 913977

View attachment 913978
Click to expand...
The tip on the left has a proper nickel radius, the one on the right doesn't, looks just like the one I did by "eye" after using the proper tool and returning the tip to a nickel radius the difference in play was dramatic, I now use a Willard's nickel radius tool about every 6 weeks to verify proper radius, if your shaft radius is 10mm or less the dime is the one to go with but the tip is too round in the picture, I didn't believe it till I tried it myself, I was able to hit the cueball lower with the proper radius, see Dr. Dave's video on this.
 
SSP said:
The tip on the left has a proper nickel radius, the one on the right doesn't, looks just like the one I did by "eye" after using the proper tool and returning the tip to a nickel radius the difference in play was dramatic, I now use a Willard's nickel radius tool about every 6 weeks to verify proper radius, if your shaft radius is 10mm or less the dime is the one to go with but the tip is too round in the picture, I didn't believe it till I tried it myself, I was able to hit the cueball lower with the proper radius, see Dr. Dave's video on this.
Click to expand...
That’s all bar room chalk grinding to create the state it is in. You can see the same on the triangles. Once people burrow into the chalk the tip soon gets that curvey radius.
 
  • Like
Reactions: SSP
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top