The best tips!

I tell ya what. I bought this tip on a budget one time just to get a tip on my cue and I ended up buying like 5 more. Tiger emerald. I think they play great especially for the money
 
Best tip for me PoolDawg 8's milk duds. I use them on my Schon STL-9 an my R-12. Helps give me better control an feel. An they are 3 bucks a piece. An a plus the man that sells them is one of the many nice people that sell here. :smile:
 
Try ultra skin tips.... great chalk retention, no mushrooming, and great ball control..........

you don't even need to soak them in milk..... LOL


Kim
 
whammo57 said:
Try ultra skin tips.... great chalk retention, no mushrooming, and great ball control..........

you don't even need to soak them in milk..... LOL


Kim
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No need to soak them in milk they are soft enough to eat and drink the milk to wash them down.
 
Legend58 said:
Have a question about cue tips. I would like to know the best tip for english control and over all playing?
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All tips, if well shaped and chalked, are equally good for English control and general playability. The main objective difference between tips is hardness, and that's just a matter of personal preference.

When people say this or that tip "plays great" they really mean it suits their acquired taste for how it feels to them when they hit the cue ball. (This is also mostly true for cue sticks.)

pj
chgo
 
Tiger Onyx or Sniper

Kamuii blacks r good but largely overpriced due to the illegal MAP policy the company places on its resellers.
 
I like Kamui Black M tip on my Sugartree, I recently install Milk dud by pooldawg8 on another shaft and it plays great also.

I would also recommend Kamui Original S, great in generating english with slightly lower deflection than Kamui M
 
Best Tips

I had Ernie install two Tad Tips on my cue.They play very good.You get lots of spin.They are a little on the hard side but it is better than too soft.
 
I've tried these ten tips in the past year, and they all seem to spin the ball very well.
Kamui black soft gets a popularity vote

Tiger Onyx
Ultra Skin medium
Chris Byrne medium 10-layered black / 10-layer brown /5-layer brown
Moori medium
pooldawg8 Dawgduds
Kamui black soft
Black Heart
Tiger Emerald
Tiger Everest
Talisman WB medium
 
i agree that it is a personal preference. i have tried,
le pro....didn't like it & can't remember why
moori....mushrooomed badly
kamui med....glassed over often
sniper...no mushrooming & no glassing over...liked it
someone told me to try onyx...putting that on this evening, if it isn't as good as sniper after a month or so, i'll go back to the sniper.
if it ain't broke don't fix it
 
Patrick Johnson said:
All tips, if well shaped and chalked, are equally good for English control and general playability. The main objective difference between tips is hardness, and that's just a matter of personal preference.

When people say this or that tip "plays great" they really mean it suits their acquired taste for how it feels to them when they hit the cue ball. (This is also mostly true for cue sticks.)

pj
chgo
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I like this answer the best!

James
 
oldplayer said:
i agree that it is a personal preference. i have tried,
le pro....didn't like it & can't remember why
moori....mushrooomed badly
kamui med....glassed over often
sniper...no mushrooming & no glassing over...liked it
someone told me to try onyx...putting that on this evening, if it isn't as good as sniper after a month or so, i'll go back to the sniper.
if it ain't broke don't fix it
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I play with a Sniper tip and I like it.

James
 
I can't remember the name of my Fav right now, It will come to me. Think it starts with a U or one of the other 32 letters in the alphabet.
 
I still really like Elkmaster, for me, it's Elkmaster > Kamui. I actually enjoy working on my tip often, like removing mushrooming.

And I really think that getting the backspin or english doesn't really depend that much on the type of tip you are using, maybe max 15%. I have tried getting backspin with break cue, which has a phenolic tip, and with a successful stroke, it's not that difficult. :p
 
Scott Lee said:
Legend58...There is no answer here. How a tip "feels" and how a tip "plays" is as subjective to the individual as anything else. There is no single tip that is "best"...and FWIW, english control comes from your stroke, not the kind of tip. LePro tips are certainly one of the least expensive tips out there, and perform admirably, imo.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com
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Agree 100%, it is the follow through that generates the english, like a basket ball through; However, soft tips help to reduce miss cue if you go out too far on CB, but generally any tip will do. The expensive layered tips lasts longer than Lepro, or elk master. Highly recommend start with Lepro and when you master english shots switch to others if you feel the need, but again without follow through and loose butt grip your english will always be poorly applied no matter what tip you use.
 
I've tryed several different tips and have found inner peace with the tiger sniper : it feels like a medium-hard tip, yet its very forgiving with extreme english, and it holds chalk really well !
 
naji:
it is the follow through that generates the english
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Followthrough doesn't really generate anything - it's just a way to ensure your stroke is as straight and accurate as possible.

English is generated by having a well-chalked tip and hitting the cue ball offcenter - simple as that.

Generating the right amount of english is done by hitting the cue ball on the correct offcenter spot - followthrough helps with that (by helping deliver an accurate stroke).

pj
chgo
 
This is correct. Follow through doesn't mean squat if you don't have the tip shaped correctly, or an adequate amount of chalk on it, when you venture too far off whitey's center.
As has been stated before, the best tip is the one you are the most comfortable with and have the most confidence in.
Do not buy a tip simply because it is cheap. It will cost you money in the long run. :smile:
 
best tip i ever got was " save your money for your old age "

now as far as a pool cue tip, if i knew the answer to that i would not have to have, triangle, elkmaster, everest, tiger, moori, milk duds, le pro, kumui, lucky, talisman, sniper, and 1/2 dozen lesser known brands in stock for my customers.
every one thinks different, not one size fits all
 
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