What kind of tip do you play with???

What kind of tips do you use??

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Tried a bunch. Used to really love Sumo but they suck lately. Kamui tips impress me, superb tip, the best playing tips I have tried in a long time. For my personal cue, I use SuperPro. It's sharp feeling & hard, but exactly the way I like it.
 
I use a Mike Wooldridge Super tip. Not only the best pressed tip I have ever used, the best tip altogether I have used.
 
I change them depending on me. Some days I shoot good with a Moori, otherdays a Talisman or a SuperPro. They all interchange on my cue.
Neil
 
My .02

If the tip is shaped like you like it and the cue is straight and around the weight you like, you should be good to go.
I recently changed to an OB-1 on my favorite playing cue. I am not sure what tip they put on it but it is working very nicely after I put the radius tip I desire on it.
JMHO, Purdman :)
 
When I'm on a bar box with the slug ball I use a milkdud on most of my cues. When I want a hard time on wet days I use Hercules 23 layer or a superpro both feel the same. On a Joss cue I always have a sumo or triangle on them just works for me.
 
I have triangle, elkmaster, screw-on cheapies, everest, phenolic, and some others I can't think of right now.
 
tips

I just recently switched to Kamui soft tips. I have been playing with Moori Soft for about 5 or so years. Love moori tips, the kamui is holding chalk much better with Less miss cues and kamui tips do not mushroom! Something about this tip is nice and I like it!

Good Luck in the tip quest!

John
 
I've spent enough on expensive tips and find myself being too anal about it. For me, they have all worn down about the same in the same amount of time, except for a bad Le Pro I had once. I have a Sniper now and . . . it's okay.

I think I'll go cheap and start heading over to Elkmasters.
 
Moori Medium

Currently using the Moori Med. Feels good, but nothing spectacular.

Doesn't seem to hold chalk as well as one would expect.

My next tip will be either a Kamui or Sniper.
 
Kamui all the way.

Made the switch about 2-yrs ago, now all my cues have Kamui.

Kamui Soft for Ivory ferrules, Medium for non-ivory.

-von
 
subdude1974 said:
Curious as to what kind of tips are the most popular.
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I am a firm believer that many tips are over rated today. I think while layered tips should be more consistent due to the fact that they are thin layers glued and pressed, this is not always the case. I am also not certain that they justify the prices that are charged for them.

Last year, I purchased a Type C Durometer, and I have been very happy with the results. By testing the tips I receive before installation, I can save my customers problems from tips that have issues internally that can not be seen. In addition I have found that ever the most expensive layered tips do not also meet the hardness rating they are packaged as. In fact I have found that in many cases a Moori medium will play no better or last no longer than a good Lepro.

When I receive a new box of tips (any kind) I test every tip and separate the good from the bad. With Lepro, Triangle, and Elk Master tips on average, I throw away between 10 and 20 tips per box, or if they are borderline, I use them on the house cues in my pool room.

Layered tips normally fair better, than the tips outlined above, however, they still can vary greatly in their individual hardness, which to me is a problem. Because you can not get the best performance from a tip that is not consistently the same hardness throughout. Below is a scale I use for tip hardness, some people may not agree with my numbers, but it works well for me.

Soft - 65 to 75

Soft Medium - 75 to 80

Medium - 81 to 90

Medium Hard - 91 to 95

Hard - 96 - up

Now with the above said, I can go through a box of Lepro Tips and find Tips that have a hardness from the 78 to above 96. I have found through use that Lepro Tips in the 90 and above category play as good as any tip on the market. Once installed and shaped they need very little attention except scuffing, and they will hardly even Mushroom.

Now the same can be said about layered tips, or any other tips, all I can say is this little meter is the $hit, and if you do repairs and want to tip cues in a professional manner get, they are worth the Money. But most of all your customers will really appreciate the service you provide them and that is what it is all about.

Here is picture of the Durometer!!!

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Have a great day!!!!
 
I've been playing with a compressed water buffalo tip for about 4 months now and like it alot. I thought I would miscue more but that's not the case. I was using a Sniper but I really don't like layered tips. Hate all the circles of edges on a layered tip where the tip contacts the cueball. Do they use a binder between the layers or just press them together? Just curious.
Curly
 
manwon said:
I am a firm believer that many tips are over rated today. I think while layered tips should be more consistent due to the fact that they are thin layers glued and pressed, this is not always the case. I am also not certain that they justify the prices that are charged for them.

Last year, I purchased a Type C Durometer, and I have been very happy with the results. By testing the tips I receive before installation, I can save my customers problems from tips that have issues internally that can not be seen. In addition I have found that ever the most expensive layered tips do not also meet the hardness rating they are packaged as. In fact I have found that in many cases a Moori medium will play no better or last no longer than a good Lepro.

When I receive a new box of tips (any kind) I test every tip and separate the good from the bad. With Lepro, Triangle, and Elk Master tips on average, I throw away between 10 and 20 tips per box, or if they are borderline, I use them on the house cues in my pool room.

Layered tips normally fair better, than the tips outlined above, however, they still can vary greatly in their individual hardness, which to me is a problem. Because you can not get the best performance from a tip that is not consistently the same hardness throughout. Below is a scale I use for tip hardness, some people may not agree with my numbers, but it works well for me.

Soft - 65 to 75

Soft Medium - 75 to 80

Medium - 81 to 90

Medium Hard - 91 to 95

Hard - 96 - up

Now with the above said, I can go through a box of Lepro Tips and find Tips that have a hardness from the 78 to above 96. I have found through use that Lepro Tips in the 90 and above category play as good as any tip on the market. Once installed and shaped they need very little attention except scuffing, and they will hardly even Mushroom.

Now the same can be said about layered tips, or any other tips, all I can say is this little meter is the $hit, and if you do repairs and want to tip cues in a professional manner get, they are worth the Money. But most of all your customers will really appreciate the service you provide them and that is what it is all about.

Here is picture of the Durometer!!!

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Have a great day!!!!
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Craig, have you attempted to compress any of the not-so-hard LePro tips to get them closer to the med-hard rating?
JoeyA
 
JoeyA said:
Craig, have you attempted to compress any of the not-so-hard LePro tips to get them closer to the med-hard rating?
JoeyA
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Joey, what I have found is that they appear to be OK at first however, with time they still Mushroom. I think the reason they are soft in the first place is the leather, I think that all the tips in a box can not possible come from the same piece of leather. I suspect that while they attempt to keep good quality control bad leather still gets through.

The concept of pressing tips has been around for along time, and I use to press all my tips before. However, I no longer bother doing it unless I am making my version of the Milk Dud. I do not think that pressing a tip without wetting will not do much long term. However, by first wetting the tip and then pressing it dry over a period of days, the leather will shrink and stay compressed better.

All I know for certain, is that with the Durometer I am 99% sure that what I am using for a customer is good to go.
 
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I will say, when it comes to tips, I'll listen to what Craig has to say on the subject....
 
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