What is the best tip?

[Overlandy]

I think Pool Dawg 8 milk duds are hard to beat. You install them and chalk them. To me they perform well with any chalk and need little to no maintenance. I have tried Moori Soft, Le Pro, Triangle, Elk Master, Tiger Soft, Triumph, WB, etc.

 

[prulhiere cues]

As far as for cue building, I prefer the Triangle or the Tiger Emerald if no tip is specified. The low cost and play of them makes them a good basic tip. I don't go to high end when building a cue as most people tend to change it out to there favorite if they didn't have me do it already.

 

[tedkaufman]

The Onyx tip is a Sniper tip that is hand-selected and aged longer. Anyone wanting a Onyx but are unwilling to pay the price...a Sniper is your choice. Sniper's cost about 34% less than an Onyx!

I have played almost exclusively with Sniper tips for the past 3 years. I think it's a great tip. Nothing better until I tried the Onxy. The Onyx has a firmer feel and better hit. It's worth the slight amount more money than the Sniper. Hell, I only paid $20 for the Onyx. How much less could a Sniper be?

 

[SKILLZELITE]

You must not have tried the Tiger Sniper! In 56 years of playing, I have never found a tip that keeps it shape better and hold chalk better than the Sniper!

It clearly states in my original post that I tried the sniper tips...There ok but not better than kamui brown let alone kamui black.

 

[Snapshot9]

I am going to post this here

since I don't want to start another thread, but I made an interesting observation last night. I have a J&J break/jump cue with 2 shafts, one shaft has phenolic tip and I just had a super dud put on the other shaft. I did this because the tournaments I play in on the weekends now play under BCA rules who forbide phenolic tipped break cues.

I was using the super dud shaft last night to break (first time using it), and it was doing okay. During the course of the evening, my jump portion of my break/jump cue was borrowed 4 times by 2 different guys to make a jump shot. Each time I asked them whether they wanted the super dud tip or phenolic tip to jump, and each time they said they wanted the phenolic tip.
I did notice they hit the ball, but neither made the object ball.

I just thought it was interesting that both preferred the phenolic tip.

BTW, I use a Hercules medium hard layered tip on my playing cue, and I am very happy with it. They last a long time and require little if any maintenance on them.

 

[alstl]

At the dog track, bet on either the inside or outside dogs. The dogs in the middle, 3,4,5 run into each other and it slows them down.

I have another tip but Mr Wilson would frown on it.

 

[prulhiere cues]

since I don't want to start another thread, but I made an interesting observation last night. I have a J&J break/jump cue with 2 shafts, one shaft has phenolic tip and I just had a super dud put on the other shaft. I did this because the tournaments I play in on the weekends now play under BCA rules who forbide phenolic tipped break cues.

I was using the super dud shaft last night to break (first time using it), and it was doing okay. During the course of the evening, my jump portion of my break/jump cue was borrowed 4 times by 2 different guys to make a jump shot. Each time I asked them whether they wanted the super dud tip or phenolic tip to jump, and each time they said they wanted the phenolic tip.
I did notice they hit the ball, but neither made the object ball.

I just thought it was interesting that both preferred the phenolic tip.

BTW, I use a Hercules medium hard layered tip on my playing cue, and I am very happy with it. They last a long time and require little if any maintenance on them.

Just out of curiosity, were they higher or lower ranked players? I have noticed a lot of middle to lower players liking the phenolic....almost like it is just cool, for lack of better terms.