What tip do you feel mis-cues least?

Thanks for all the input, folks.

I was not really trying to argue about proper technique, just the most forgiving tip, especially for those of us with less than perfect technique.

Growing up playing pool in the 60s and early 70s, I never owned a pool cue, but I could play really well. I always grabbed the house cue that had the least warp, and went with it. They all had Elk Master tips on them. I have almost no recollection of any miscues back when I was playing then, although 90%+ of my pool-playing was snooker. I doubt that my technique was all that much better then than now, although I do have a lot of miles on me now, I have bad eyes, bad hand, bad back, and pretty much every other part is worn out, too.

I think I was asking for the tendencies of the tips of today. There are so many choices...hard vs soft, layered vs non-layered, etc. It also seems that many tips do not hold chalk as well as many others do, also.

Thanks again,
Joe
 
pretty subjective . . .

But I agree with the ghost . . . most good quality tips (basically any and all mentioned on this thread) won't promote miscue's. The Indian needs a better stroke . . . not necessarily a better arrow.

Lately, I've been doing tip research with this young lady . . . I believe her technique is damn near perfect . . . and she's very good at taking feedback on her stroke . . . so as for now I will stick with my current tip (yup - its a Wizard!) and see if we can concentrate on the stroke with my trainer.
 

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Well she certainly has got the shaft cleaning down real good; BUT her focus is very questionable!
 
In all fairness to the tip, unless it's a real dud, the one causing the miscue is the person shooting the shot. He or she, has either failed to chalk properly or flat out miss hit the shot.
 
Well, I can see by the last several posts that we have successfully gotten off the subject of tip miscues.
However, never let it be said that the old Steamer was ever against keeping one's shaft as clean as possible. Goodness no. :grin:
 
Ive tried them all ,,well almost..

Ive tried Moori med(all gen.),moori hard(all gen), le-pro, triangle,
talis medium , talis black medium, elk master, Hercules,
kamui medium<--(current tip),sniper..

Id have to say,, the one tip that hardly miscues,
out of the tips Ive mentioned, is the Sniper, and it holds it shape very well and provides a good feel.........
 
Bamacues said:
Thanks for all the input, folks.

I was not really trying to argue about proper technique, just the most forgiving tip, especially for those of us with less than perfect technique.

I think I was asking for the tendencies of the tips of today. There are so many choices...hard vs soft, layered vs non-layered, etc. It also seems that many tips do not hold chalk as well as many others do, also.

Thanks again,
Joe
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Joe, it's a good question and a valid one.....the same tip, all nice and scuffed up, will allow you to go further towards the outer edges of the cueball.....you simply play with that tip for a few weeks, without working it, and you cannot cue as close to the outer edge as before because it will miscue....ie, it glazes over a bit or loses it's grip....all tips are not created equal - I had two moori meduims put on two shafts of the same cue - one would glaze over in about 10 minutes, the other required much less work and would hold chalk better, ie, less miscues....

Honestly, I have no idea which tip is the best one....it's been my experience that the softer tips do tend to allow you to approach the outer edge a little more....but, there is such an array of what people prefer, it's tough to weed out....and I'm not aware of an "iron cueman" machine that can create the exact same stroke each time and do actual measures of tips, shafts, balls, and other....
 
Big Perm said:
Joe.....the same tip, all nice and scuffed up, will allow you to go further towards the outer edges of the cueball.........
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Here's a little test. Get one of the Elephant training balls. Chalk up ANY tip you want, and try to hit the ball outside of the red circle on the training ball. Is there any tip that won't miscue beyond that circle?

Steve
 
pooltchr said:
Here's a little test. Get one of the Elephant training balls. Chalk up ANY tip you want, and try to hit the ball outside of the red circle on the training ball. Is there any tip that won't miscue beyond that circle?

Steve
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the brown WB tips
 
pooltchr said:
Here's a little test. Get one of the Elephant training balls. Chalk up ANY tip you want, and try to hit the ball outside of the red circle on the training ball. Is there any tip that won't miscue beyond that circle?

Steve
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Yes, but some tips have the power to go beyond the reaches of the red circle....some of us like to live on the edge :D Methinks Joe is looking for the tip that will go the farthest without that dreaded tink sound....
 
I use these tips. Big Perm has seen me shoot with them. You get total cue ball contact, but use a lot of chalk.
 

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pooltchr said:
It's not about the tip...it's all about where the tip makes contact with the cue ball. If you contact the cb more than half way out from the center, it won't matter what kind of tip you have. It's tip placement...not tip type.

Steve
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Steve

I believe there is a lot of truth in what you are saying. My question is if this is the case why do they make different hardnesses of tips?

Thanks

Kevin
 
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