Question about Tips...

vivalaraza

vivalaraza

<----Massey Ferguson 1100
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i had a moori hard on my espiritu but recently took it off because it felt like it was too hard and i didn't like the hit. i know that tip selection is strictly preferential and varies player to player. i just have a lepro on there now and with the ivory ferrule it has a pretty soft hit. i like the softer hit. i can feel the cue ball better. i am thinking of taking the lepro off and putting a moori medium on it.

what are some options i have as far as medium tips go? isn't moori the best?
 
I play with a moori hard but have had moori mediums in the past. Moori will last forever and they are pretty consistent from tip to tip as far as hardness goes. Another good tip is talisman. They are slightly cheaper and also come in medium. A lot of players also swear by tiger tips. I tried one once and didn't like it as much as the moori. I had a medium tiger and it mushroomed pretty bad on me. Might have just been that particular one but I didn't try another. They are also a little cheaper than moori tips. My advice would be to just try a couple different ones until you find one that fits you best. The tip is probably the most important part of your cue so you want to make sure you use one that your comfortable with. It's kind of a trial and error personal preference type thing. Also some of the cheaper nonlayered tips are real inconsistent from tip to tip. You might get one that is perfect and then the next time get a completely different hitting and feeling tip. You could probably do a search on google and find plenty of information on how different types of tips play. Hope this helps a little.
 
Hey Viva,

If you liked the softer hit you could try the Moori soft. It feels really soft at first but it hardens. The more layers you cut off the harder it gets. At least this is my observation. The Moori III's are alot harder than the previous Moori's. I used a medium and it was too hard so I tried the soft and it has proven to be a good tip. Just a suggestion.

Sarah
 
Moori and Talisman

To be honest, I think they are both fantastic too. I use the Talisman, becasue they do cost less. I feel they both play about the same.

I use the Pro Soft from Talisman, but most guys like the Pro Medium.

Now you said you are liking a little softer feel, here is a solution. Try the Buffalo Medium from Talisman. It is slightly harder than the Pro Medium. So it is like a Med-Hard tip. The Buffalo tips are made much the same, but it is a little tougher hyde.

Here is the hardness scale of the Talismn tips. I hope this helps you some.

Pro Soft
Pro Med
Buf Med
Pro Hard
Buf Hard
Buf XHard
 
sarahrousey said:
Hey Viva,

If you liked the softer hit you could try the Moori soft. It feels really soft at first but it hardens. The more layers you cut off the harder it gets. At least this is my observation. The Moori III's are alot harder than the previous Moori's. I used a medium and it was too hard so I tried the soft and it has proven to be a good tip. Just a suggestion.

Sarah
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That would be a Moori SLOW. It is not soft. It will not mushroom and plays real nice if you are a slow easy does it kind of player you should like it.
I love mind! Seperate break cue, reccomended.
 
Sorry Rackem, I forgot they changed the names of the tips as well. I haven't had any problems with mine since I started using it. I'm not exactly a slow take it easy kind of player, but it does work well for me. And yes, I use a seperate break cue...with a Moori Medium...or whatever the new name is.

I can also say that the Talisman tips are a good tip as well. I have used them in the past. I never tried the soft, only medium.

Sarah
 
I really like my Talisman tips. I have one shaft with medium and one shaft with soft and I'm comfortable using both. On another cue I have a medium moori, but I honestly think Talisman and Moori plays pretty much the same. The only difference is that Talisman costs about half of what moori costs.
 
sarahrousey said:
Hey Viva,

If you liked the softer hit you could try the Moori soft. It feels really soft at first but it hardens. The more layers you cut off the harder it gets. At least this is my observation...

Sarah
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I agree 100%. A fine tip choice/.
 
vivalaraza said:
i had a moori hard on my espiritu but recently took it off because it felt like it was too hard and i didn't like the hit. i know that tip selection is strictly preferential and varies player to player. i just have a lepro on there now and with the ivory ferrule it has a pretty soft hit. i like the softer hit. i can feel the cue ball better. i am thinking of taking the lepro off and putting a moori medium on it.

what are some options i have as far as medium tips go? isn't moori the best?
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A good tip will not be any better than another good tip, IMO. I shoot with single layer Triangle tips.

That being said, if you must shoot with a layered tip for consistency and anti-mushroom qualities and want the soft feel, you have a few options. The Tiger Soft is the softest layered tip on the market currently. It's made of cowhide instead of boar's hide, so its range of hardness ends up ... softer. The range of hardness for Mooris, even the Moori Slow is harder than most other tips.

If you must play with a Moori, to make the sound softer you can install the tip on a fiber pad. That's what I do with my Triangles. The fiber pad mutes the sound between the tip and the ferrule. The overall sound and feel makes it seem like you're playing with an Elk Master, even though the Triangle is relatively hard.

YMMV, of course.

Fred
 
Wasn't there talk a while back about exotic foreskin tips? I defintely think they are the way to go. If I recall correctly, the foreskin's of animals on the endangered species lists are the best for feel and control!
 
vivalaraza said:
i had a moori hard on my espiritu but recently took it off because it felt like it was too hard and i didn't like the hit. i know that tip selection is strictly preferential and varies player to player. i just have a lepro on there now and with the ivory ferrule it has a pretty soft hit. i like the softer hit. i can feel the cue ball better. i am thinking of taking the lepro off and putting a moori medium on it.

what are some options i have as far as medium tips go? isn't moori the best?
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I find the Moori III medium performs quite well, but I don't care for the clicky sound. The Everest tip suits me best. It has a sound and feel somewhat like my favorite solid tip--Triangle--and it performs superbly in every way. I've actually used the same Everest tip for almost 2 years (no I don't break with it) and it still has a lot of life to it. It holds its shape very well, as is the case with most layered tips, yet it holds chalk well. Best of all, it has more feel than a Moori III medium or some other layered tips I've tried.

I won't say the Everest puts more English on the ball than the Moori, only that it feels better. When I have to softly feather the cueball, I have the sense the cueball stays on the tip longer with the Everest; with the "clickier" Moori III Medium, the cueball seems to jump off the tip. I'm sure this is supported by fact, but that's how it feels to me.

As for solid tips, I used to play LePro, but I discovered the Triangles were more consistent, tip to tip, out performed the LePro, and held shape much better.

The only significant advantage I've found with any layered tip is they hold their shape better than any solid tip. But if layered tips were to suddenly disappear, I would very comfortably go back to a Triangle.
 
Seems to me the problem most players have is when they switch tips or get a new one installed.

I would say try different tips, find the brand/type you like best, then get the hardness you like, then the radius you like (nickel/dime), then *STICK* with that forever.

And if you always keep your tip the same radius (nickel/dime), then when you get a new tip installed (same brand/hardness) and give it the same radius, it will play the same as the old tip!

(I use a dime shaped Moori Q hard tip for my playing cue.)
 
zeeder said:
Wasn't there talk a while back about exotic foreskin tips? I defintely think they are the way to go. If I recall correctly, the foreskin's of animals on the endangered species lists are the best for feel and control!
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They mushroom. Especially when chalking the hard ones.

HTH,

Fred
 
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