Which do you like more? That is your answer.
Tips
- Thread starter sciarco
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Well, I guess that's me. I prefer the CB travel the shortest distance possible when I can and I use a hard pressed triangle. I think the harder the tip, the better it takes spin as the tip compresses less and more of the stroke is transferred to the CB. Less energy is transferred to the tip. I think is wrong thinking that a soft tip produces more spin. Perhaps Dr. Dave will weigh in again.
Carom player, libre,balkline and 1 cushion use tons of spin
And masse, lil masse, shots all the time
They primarily use soft tips,
Never hard
If it's solid and hard, it'll just push through, that's why they use them on jump cues
The soft tip will grab the ball, and produce the spin better than a hard one
Take a pen , with the cap on, lay a spray can on the side and stroke it trying to spin it
Then try that with a pencil eraser
And masse, lil masse, shots all the time
They primarily use soft tips,
Never hard
If it's solid and hard, it'll just push through, that's why they use them on jump cues
The soft tip will grab the ball, and produce the spin better than a hard one
Take a pen , with the cap on, lay a spray can on the side and stroke it trying to spin it
Then try that with a pencil eraser
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Yep, after having a few different tips this is where I ended up too.
Cheap, plays great, don't feel like I'm scrubbing dollars off my tip when I scuff it up.
"Can a hard (soft) tip put more spin on the CB than a soft (hard) tip?"
The short answer is: No.
For the long answer, see the cue tip hardness effects resource page.
Regards,
Dave
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It really depends on if you have a carbon fiber cue such as Revo. Revo is high up on the good and may well play more stratospherically better when paired with a semi-layered tip.
Now, if you prefer a Birdseye maple shaft with a fairly oblong ferrule, then this condition usually calls for 11.4 layers of salt cured buffalo eyelids. Anything else and you will be shooting skidders!
Now, if you prefer a Birdseye maple shaft with a fairly oblong ferrule, then this condition usually calls for 11.4 layers of salt cured buffalo eyelids. Anything else and you will be shooting skidders!
If there was a best then everyone would be playing with the same type of tip.
As I am sure you have read in this thread there are pros and cons for both, but it really all comes down to what you prefer, and there is no right or wrong to that.
As I am sure you have read in this thread there are pros and cons for both, but it really all comes down to what you prefer, and there is no right or wrong to that.
literally doesn't matter
any tip that holds chalk and keeps shape is going to be perfectly fine
lepros are fine, triangles and elkys are great (with or without milk), kamui plays swell, and zan's the man
all the same as far as i'm concerned