The Taom 2.0 has much better break control I tried it on a friends break cue but since it wasn’t a 3 piece and I didn’t have a butt to match the shaft joint I couldn’t try it to jump other than as a full length cue so they really wasn’t a fair assessment.
I am confident you'll find the same positive result on the jumping end, as well--since it holds chalk better you'll find yourself with better control, even if it "hops" more or less the exact same.
Yeah. It does it´s job and feel more like traditional tip. It is quality product as all from Taom.
I would use one on a jumper, but not on a breaker they wear down quickly. My friend replaced two on his Breach because of the same issue. He aligns his break by cueing into the bottom of the CB, he also is shaft bender on follow through. The motion of these two actions ground the edges of the Taom tip very quickly. He uses a White Diamond break tip now.
I break with mine all the time it’s still in its original shape and just to give an idea I shoot leage 5 nights a week practice about 6hrs a day 4 days a week and shoot on an amateur tour every 4th Saturday of the month. I have had absolutely no wear on mine whatsoever.
My goodness that is a lot of playing.
Yes I am very dedicated.
He lines up his shot at the bottom of the CB to the point you can see marks on the cloth that lead into the CB, and is a big shaft bender on his follow through (also leaving cloth marks - not exactly a table owners best friend lol). It happened because of friction against the cloth creating sloped edges of the tip. It's not the smashing of repetitive breaks, but the friction that misshaped his tip. Maybe he is an exception in this? He has no problems with the White Diamond.
Maybe so because as you described his break mine is very similar and I haven’t had the issue. Maybe there are small differences in the tip colors like with the TAOM V10 it only comes in green cause they don’t have a way to make it another color with the formula they use for it.
Potentially. His was a stock tip on the CueTec Breach (which is white). I think he tried a Samsara after that, before settling on a white diamond. I might ask if he has any pictures for reference. I briefly considered putting a Taom on my Ignite G break shaft, and have a yellow one floating around in my case. He is the one who convinced me to stick with the Sonic tip.
I was ssinf phenolic before switching I have so much CB control on my breaks as well as my jumps. I would say it’s not for everyone but if you are changing tips it’s worth a try.
I had a phenolic tip on my Old LiSi (CueLee's) breaker. There were things, I liked and things I disliked.