Tips? Hard or Soft , Layered or Not

Mikiemopa

Mikiemopa

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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
 
I played 18years with a meucci paramaount collection 5 with a le pro .then i bought a joss(DE-1) with a triangle for 4 years, then the last 2 years i bought a 314-2 predator with an everest tip.I think i play better know but its kind of personal feel.Anyway with a stiff shaft and a fard tip i play shots with less effort and more confident
 
It's a good thing you want input cuz you're going to get a million different responses. :)

Sorry to hear you had a couple bad experiences with layered tips. In my experiences, many layered tips are excellent and (IMHO) much better than solid tips.

I personally prefer Moori's, but Kamui makes darn good tips too. Also, I've heard nothing but good things about fellow AZ'er Tom Hay's Ultraskin layered tips.

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 have played for 46 years with soft Elk Masters & Brunswick Blue Diamonds. They are very very inexpensive. They are solid not layered.

As to possible advantages, & I'm sure some may disagree & argue, but...since I shoot wih english almost always, I feel that a soft tip stays in contact with the cue ball just a bit longer due to more compression & therefore can put a bit more spin on the ball with less effort, therefore giving me more options & control.

That's just my Humble experienced opinion.

Regards & Best Wishes,
 
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Why not try a Black Heart? I've ordered one - will let yawwl know...
From what I've heard - they're the BOMB DIGGY!
 
If you want to give layered tip's a try once again I would recommend a medium by UltraSkinLayered tips.

If you want to stick with a single layered tip try out PoolDawg8's Milkduds, they are a soaked and pressed consistent medium/hard tip that plays freaking awesome.

Either way im sure you will be pleased.

PS: PoolDawg8's duds are 3 for $9 free shipping last time I checked... You cant go wrong :cool:
 
What happened to the $100 Black Heart tip? Wasn't it called the XO? I wanted to get one last year, but I bought a car instead. :wink:

But, never mind that. The Black Heart Mediumistic tip is all any player should ever need. According to their website it has "Porosity Technological Advancements ensuring that the impact of tip to cue ball is 100% accurate". Am I reading that correctly? Are they trying to say you'll never miscue? Or are they just making up words to make it sound good in order to sell their product? :grin:

One final dig: Black Heart tips, quite possibly the most expensive tips on the market, recommend Master Chalk. I really thought they'd recommend Kamui Chalk, since the prices are just about the same. :rolleyes:

Sorry, just being a smart-aleck, I couldn't help it. In all seriousness, I've been curious about Black Hearts. I'd like to hear from players that use them.
 
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I started out with "French" Champions and only a little later went to LePros. I've used a few different layered tips and like Mooris a lot but they are too expensive for me. A friend got me onto Triangles and I've used them ever since, roughly, about 12 or 13 years. I tried softer tips when I started playing but not for long, didn't like the feel of them. I've always preferred hard tips, in the long run. Just not so hard that you had to scuff them often to get them to hold chalk.
 
I've always used either le pro or triangle hard tips. Recently I've tried something different because of some reviews I've heard. On one Meucci I've got a Kamui SS and on another Meucci I've got a Zan Soft tip, and on one Viking a Tiger Medium Tip. So far, I get much better control with the Kamui SS than anything I've tried.
 
Rhino foreskin layered tips are the best I've tried. Oldhasbeen turned me onto them years ago.
 
I'm going to second HH7's recommendation for PoolDawg8's Milkduds because "you love how well it holds chalk", and it is not layered. I just went from a Kamui black Medium tip to a Milkdud. I had an issue with glazing that some others on the forum have mentioned and I felt this had resulted in a few miscues at inopportune times. I am very impressed with how well the Milkdud holds chalk. This gives me the impression that is a bit softer than the Kamui, but I can't say for sure. I got a little mushrooming in the first couple days, trimmed that up and it has been fine ever since. It may just be mental on my part but I now feel more confident at extremes of english. Good luck with your choice, I'm sure you will have loads of input. Steve
 
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I've been thinking about trying a milk dud and a kamui medium. I will have to order some as the billiard shop doesn't sell them. Thanks for all the input, I knew going into this there would be a lot of opinions, maybe I just some hard triangles and need to get different ones
 
Mikiemopa said:
I've been thinking about trying a milk dud and a kamui medium. I will have to order some as the billiard shop doesn't sell them. Thanks for all the input, I knew going into this there would be a lot of opinions, maybe I just some hard triangles and need to get different ones
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The Triangles I've had were hard, I've never had one I'd consider medium.
 
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