Tip's...What do you use and why?

CaptainHook

CaptainHook

NOT Mike Sigel
Silver Member
I am what you might call Old School. I have used LePro tips since the 70's.
Am I missing out? are there better Tip's ? What do you use and why?:)
 
I use to use LePro and kept reshaping and replacing them every 3-6 months depending on my playing time.

I switched to Talisman Pro Med/Hard tips in the late 90s and only need to replace once a year and they keep their shape. No mushrooming and a very consistant hit from tip to tip.
 
Tip

I use triangle, have used talisman with delamination problems. like the hit of a triangle better and only replace once a year.
 
Poolhalljunkie said:
I use triangle, have used talisman with delamination problems. like the hit of a triangle better and only replace once a year.
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I've used Elk Master for a long time. I keep on reading how people say they like harder tips so just last week I bought a Morri medium and put it on. Don't know yet. It would take a lot of getting use to. Big skins game tournament locally this Sat. I think I'll be using my other shaft with the Elk Master still on it.
 
Poolhalljunkie said:
I use triangle, have used talisman with delamination problems. like the hit of a triangle better and only replace once a year.
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I'm sure Tony at Talisman would have replaced those. I use Talisman and have never had a problem. I love the feel you get from a leather/layered tip. I will never go back to those solid composite things again. (famous last words...I'm sure)
 
CaptainHook said:
I am what you might call Old School. I have used LePro tips since the 70's.
Am I missing out? are there better Tip's ? What do you use and why?:)
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Better tips? Probably not. More consistent from one tip to another, definitely.

If you get your hands on a good LePro, Triangle, or Elk Master, you're doing fine. Get a bad one and all bets are off.

The good thing about layered tips is that by and large, they are consistent from one tip to the next.

Fred <~~~ Triangle tip user
 
I used to swear by Le Pro, but just sent my shafts off not even 30 minutes ago... to have them retipped with Moori... Quick and Medium. I still use Le Pro when I retip my own shafts. They are easy to groom, burnish and shape. I did not trust myself to install the Moori tips....

I have a lot of fond memories of games I have played with Elkmaster (house cue) tips... but they are just too soft and it is difficult to get a nice finish on the sides of the tip. Maybe I need a lathe to burnish the sides of an Elkmaster...
 
I like Talismans.

CaptainJR said:
I've used Elk Master for a long time. I keep on reading how people say they like harder tips so just last week I bought a Morri medium and put it on. Don't know yet. It would take a lot of getting use to. Big skins game tournament locally this Sat. I think I'll be using my other shaft with the Elk Master still on it.
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I tried the Moori Mediums and found them to hard for my liking, they also seem to "glaze over" real fast, requiring you to chalk after each and every shot. I switched to Talisman Mediums and found them much more to my liking. Stick with the Elk Master until you get used to the Moori. See you Saturday at the Eagles too.
 
I use Moori medium. I used to use LePro, but I had to change them pretty often, maybe every three to four months. The moori's lasts much longer, and they don't mushroom.
 
A good way to use the moori is the cut it in half (down the side) making it thinner.....I seem to get alot more feel and response that way, fiddly but it works....and still lasts a good while.

A fair few top pros do this to I believe.....
 
Moori medium. Seems to be a good compermise between good feel and shape holding with little musherooning.
 
I used LePro for a very long time and then switched to Moori slow.

Once they are groomed to where you want them, they don't require a lot of maintenance. The current tip has been on there for almost 2 years.
 
I use moori med.they seem to retain their shape and have good feel..I do know you should chalk after every shot but this should be done with any tip.
 
Tips

I shot with Le Pro tips most of 30 years, but switched to using
Hercules medium hard layered tip, and couldn't be happier. Wish
I had done it sooner. Saw an immediate improvement in consistency
of hit and play. Maybe have to just touch up sides of tip twice
during life of the tip with a little sandpaper, other than that, never
have to shape or anything.
 
Poolhalljunkie said:
I use triangle, have used talisman with delamination problems. like the hit of a triangle better and only replace once a year.
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I've been using Triangle too. Been using them for about a year and am very pleased with them.
 
I sear by Hercules h2 which are 12 layered or the originals. I replace my tip back late september early october not sure exact date. but have played at least 5hrs everyday and still have plenty of tip left. this is at least 450 hours and I still have at least another 3 months left on this tip... I love it.

-Brandon
 
Had a LePro on my predator for a long time (the one that came with it... not exactly sure of the hardness, want to say med?). Replaced that with a Med. Moori and liked that better. Then my latest cue has a Talisman Pro Med and its by far my favorite. So there is my 2 cents for whatever that is worth :)
 
I was using Morri medium for a while. Then everyone I was playing pool with and the guy that was teaching me at the time was using triangle tips. I heard that Talisman Pro tips was a harder tip than the Morri, so I tried those. I had trouble with the center falling out. I then tried the Talisman Water Buffalo, and those was seperating. I e-mailed Tony and he said that he would send me some replacements but I never got them. I use a Schon cue so I called Schon and had them send me some of there tips. They are almost like hitting with Triangle tips to me. I just had a Le Pro medium placed on my cue, and I think it hits a lot like the Morri medium tip. I have only been competing for about three years now, but I think that each tip is going to feel different to each person due to the difference in everyones stroke.
 
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