Ultraskin vs Sniper vs Kamui Tan

nibrobus · 2017-05-10T20:03:29+00:00

Hey guys need a bit of advice on tips, appreciate your help as always. I recently purchased a new Mezz EC7-WMW about a month ago and my previous cue was an EC7-R. Old cue had the WD700 shaft and the new cue has the updated WX700 shaft, where the only difference is supposedly a new ferrule material. Anyway, I've been really struggling with the new cue in regards to shotmaking and position and I was not expecting that since the shafts are essentially the same. After playing with the new cue/shaft exclusively for the last month (as I wanted to make sure I wasn't being affected by any mental bias) I decided to throw my old shaft on for a practice session. Immediately my shotmaking and position are back to where it was before. The new shaft (WX700) comes with a standard Kamui Brown Medium, so the new only thing I can assume is that the tip is just not for me. I had a Tiger Sniper tip on my old shaft, so I'm going to try switching out the Kamui for a Sniper to see if that helps the new cue play how I want it to. However, I'm also curious about Ultraskin (regular and SIB) tips and was wondering how they compare to Kamui/Sniper tips. Honestly, if they play close to Kamui's I might just pass and stick with Sniper tips. I know they're cheap to try but I don't want to buy a pack of 10 and be left with 9 tips I'm not going to use.