Tip Question

Favorite Tip

  • Talisman

    Votes: 13 9.0%

  • Moori

    Votes: 63 43.8%

  • Tiger Laminated

    Votes: 15 10.4%

  • Elk master

    Votes: 3 2.1%

  • LePro

    Votes: 7 4.9%

  • Triangle

    Votes: 15 10.4%

  • Soft

    Votes: 2 1.4%

  • Medium

    Votes: 5 3.5%

  • Hard

    Votes: 4 2.8%

  • Other or special made tips please add to forum discussion

    Votes: 17 11.8%
  • Total voters
    144
  • Poll closed .
Champion Tips

SphinxnihpS said:
I do not know what I am going to do when my last box of Champion tips runs out!
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Are they layered tips and are they no longer in production?
 
HIRUN526 said:
I typically prefer Moori Medium. I install different tips (Moori, Triangle,LePro etc) on my shafts and find which tip feels the best for that particular shaft. So my shafts have different tips depending on the hit.(Feel).
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Tap, tap, tap. IMO, this is the post that makes the most sense. I think a lot of people are "missing the boat" once they become brand-loyal. Try different tips on your main playing cue until you find the right combination. It's not as if a tip is gonna set you back a weeks salary or anything. I'll bet many people find a tip they like, buy a new "main" playing cue and stay with the tip they had on their last playing cue without ever trying another brand of tip.

I have an Everest tip on my main playing shaft (Z shaft) and I like it a lot, but when it comes time to re-tip, I'm gonna try a Moori medium or a Sniper, or maybe even a Triumph. I'm gonna try a different tip every time I need a new one until I settle on the one that works the best on that particular shaft.

Maniac
 
Sorry

Sorry txspaderz, I went a little blank when I started the poll, but let me know if that is your vote and Ill tally the "other" responses at the end of the week.
Pauly
 
paulybatz said:
Are they layered tips and are they no longer in production?
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Champion tips are a uni-layer tip and were made by a French company by the name of the Chandivert Tip Company. They were in business forever it seems. I believe, but am not sure, that they were around for about 150 years and then went out of business a few years ago.

The tips are fibre backed and are made from vegetable tanned leather. The only problem I remember about them was that they mushroomed like most other uni-layered tips. Other than that, they hit basically true.

I think I have some left. If you decide to try one, I'll be more than happy to send you one free. Just PM me with your address.

Gene
 
I use a sniper on my playing cue. I like the feel, and it seems I can put more english on the rock than I could with my Moori... It's not mushrooming as bad either...

Tx
 
Cuedog said:
Champion tips are a uni-layer tip and were made by a French company by the name of the Chandivert Tip Company. They were in business forever it seems. I believe, but am not sure, that they were around for about 150 years and then went out of business a few years ago.

The tips are fibre backed and are made from vegetable tanned leather. The only problem I remember about them was that they mushroomed like most other uni-layered tips. Other than that, they hit basically true.

I think I have some left. If you decide to try one, I'll be more than happy to send you one free. Just PM me with your address.

Gene
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I bought three boxes of them after the company went out of business. That was 1989. It was a French company that made them. They are light tan color and have a red fiber backing, and come in a clear plasic box. I had heard that some other company was making them again, but I'm not sure. I know the ones I have are no longer available, and doubt that any subsequent remanufacturing of them is of the same quality.

I always liked them because they were the most consistent and hardest tips available. I have never met a tip that doesn't mushroom eventually unless it starts out thin.
 
I prefer a hard layered tip. Either Morri Quick or Talisman hard or even xhard are what I like. Haven't tried others. Found what I like and will probably stick with it until..... ????
 
I've used Moori for about three years and don't really have any complaints, other than price. I bought a box of 50 laminated tips at the Expo last year for $20/25 and I just put a couple on yesterday. Haven't played with them yet so I don't know if I got a bargain or hosed :rolleyes: They don't look too bad, look to be 11 layer medium/hard.
 
anybody see that Tim Scruggs tip that is for sale on ebay.. kinfa looks like a moori with a ts logo on it..

i never knew he had his own tip at one time..

chris
 
SphinxnihpS said:
I bought three boxes of them after the company went out of business. That was 1989. It was a French company that made them. They are light tan color and have a red fiber backing, and come in a clear plasic box. I had heard that some other company was making them again, but I'm not sure. I know the ones I have are no longer available, and doubt that any subsequent remanufacturing of them is of the same quality.

I always liked them because they were the most consistent and hardest tips available. I have never met a tip that doesn't mushroom eventually unless it starts out thin.
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Actually, the "Rocky" tip, made by them (Chandivert), was even harder than the Champion. Earl Strickland used them for a while because of his love for a hard tip. Don't know if he still uses them or not.

Gene
 
I used hercules tips for years, they were very solid and forgiving tips for me. Just recently started using a moori and after 3 days of agony i love it. Can't decide just yet which i prefer but the moori plays amazing
 
i like the sniper's too...tons of spin...no mushrooming..they do take about 2 weeks of playing to eventually break in....after that, all you have to do is scuff them about every 40-50 games. I've also tried Elkmaster, LePro, Moori III med., water buffalo, Everest and Sumo, all with mixed review...depends of the shaft they are on I guess. The pressed tips, or milk duds you are refering to with LePro and Elkmaster, are: you soak the tip in whole milk for a couple of days, until they are saturated....then compress them in a vice for a week or so, until the tip is dry....have you ever tried to get dried milk from the bottom of a glass after a couple of weeks...the milk somehow firms the tip without it losing it's base characteristics....hardens the leather and somehow acts like a glue and keeps the tip from mushrooming and losing it's shape...kind of a neat trick....i've never tried it personally but have read about it....also gives the tip a firmer hit.
 
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