Tip hardness vs taper

[X Breaker]

Someone just told me he believes a harder tip should be chosen for a softer shaft(a longer taper) and a softer tip should be installed on a shaft with a stiffer taper.

I know it is mostly a matter of personal perference, but is there any truth to the above claim in general?

Because if it is true, then the choice of tip hardness is not dependent only on the player but also on the shaft that he is using. In other words, if I use a Moori M on a Lambros, and I am switching to a Meucci, I should also switch to a Moori H because my new shaft is now softer. Has anyone ever experienced this?

Richard

 

[Flex]

Can't say as I agree. I have shafts which are stiff as heck, medium, and very whippy. I think it all depends on the way you like to play, the speed of the tables you'll be playing on, your stroke and how you hit the ball, the kinds of english you like to apply, your tolerance for miscues, how often you like to shape the tip, mushrooming toleance, yada yada...

It's personal, IMHO.

Flex

 

[pooltchr]

I don't think one has anything to do with the other. The kind of shaft you use and the kind of tip you use are both a matter of personal preference.
Steve

 

[Billy_Bob]

My thinking is that I will play more consistently if I always play with the same shape tip. And that when I replace my tip, if the new tip has the same exact shape as my old tip, it will play the same.

Predator has confirmed what I have been thinking all along. At the below link, they say that a dime shaped tip will have less cue ball deflection. So what this says to me is that different shaped tips will play differently and that if always playing with the same shape of tip, you will always have the same amount of CB deflection or whatever.

And this is just a common sense thing. Keep as much stuff the same as you can (brand of tip, hardness of tip, shape of tip, same cue weight, etc.) and you will be more consistent with your shooting. There are a lot of variables in this game (cloth, humidity, condition of balls, rails, etc.), so why not control the variables you can?

With that said, I have found that a hard tip will keep its shape longer (without needing to be reshaped), and each time you reshape a tip, you are using up some of the "life of the tip" and will need to replace the tip more often.

So a hard tip to me means less maintenance, don't need to reshape as often, don't need to replace tip as often.

FYI - I use a Moori Q (hard) dime shaped tip.

Dime shaped tip has less cue ball deflection...
(3/4 way down page)
http://www.predatorcues.com/predator_cues_tech_tips.html

 

[Craig Fales]

Can't say as I agree. I have shafts which are stiff as heck, medium, and very whippy. I think it all depends on the way you like to play, the speed of the tables you'll be playing on, your stroke and how you hit the ball, the kinds of english you like to apply, your tolerance for miscues, how often you like to shape the tip, mushrooming toleance, yada yada...

It's personal, IMHO.

Flex

Mine too...
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