Tips? Hard or Soft , Layered or Not

[TomHay]

I'm sure everyone has tried lots of different tips and id like to know why you ended up playing with what you have. Ive been thinking about trying a softer tip, I've been shooting with a triangle all my pool life, 20 years, and the only others tips I have tried is a everest, came on my jacoby , hated it, lepro, triumph , and I think a emerald that came on my pechauer (its greens), the main reason for the triangle is I love how well it holds chalk, but the last couple have seemed really hard. I think I want to stay away from a layered tip bc of how much I disliked the everest. What the advantage of a soft tip? I would think it would cause more squirt. Any in put would help as tips aren't cheap and I have lots of cues. Thanks Mike

Mike,

If you have been playing with a Triangle for 20 years and enjoy the hit, tried others that were not to your liking why not stay with what you like being the Triangle?

 

[Mikiemopa]

I feel there might be something I'd like better, is just seems that some triangle tips are harder, Ive had cuemakers tell me that they throw 2/3 of the box away and only keep the good ones, how ever they determine if there good or not, I know acouple years ago the local billiard shop got a bad batch where they were coming unglued, if that's the right term , not from the ferrule, the leather itself was coming apart. Which he just put a new one on for free.

 

[Pushout]

I feel there might be something I'd like better, is just seems that some triangle tips are harder, Ive had cuemakers tell me that they throw 2/3 of the box away and only keep the good ones, how ever they determine if there good or not, I know acouple years ago the local billiard shop got a bad batch where they were coming unglued, if that's the right term , not from the ferrule, the leather itself was coming apart. Which he just put a new one on for free.

They used to do the same with LePros. Gods, I don't know how many of them I had to replace after just a day or two.

 

[EasyEJL]

As far as Hard, Medium, or Soft goes, that's personal preference, too. Hard tips give more spin, but are more prone to miscues if the stroke isn't great. Soft tips are more forgiving on the miscues front, but don't give as much spin. That's typically why Medium tips are very popular.

I had a friend say "you can't get any english with a hard tip, thats why I play with a soft tip". So after a game I handed him my cue - a McDermott g-core shaft with a moori hard on it. Took all of three shots for him to say "crap, guess I was wrong"