What tip lasts the longest?

[Sarnia Shorty]

Can anyone tell me what tip they think will last the longest. I have been going through tips on my cue pretty quickly and I am looking for something that I won't have to change quite as often. Its seems every time I ask someone around town what tip lasts the longest I get a diffent answer.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

 

[pooltchr]

The tips that last longest are the ones that aren't frequently picked and reshaped and scuffed to death. Without overworking your tip, almost any brand will last up to the point where the leather just dries out and becomes brittle.

I regularly use Triangles and have gone almost 2 years without needing to replace them.

Steve

 

[skor]

Can anyone tell me what tip they think will last the longest. I have been going through tips on my cue pretty quickly and I am looking for something that I won't have to change quite as often. Its seems every time I ask someone around town what tip lasts the longest I get a diffent answer.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

The one on your backup shaft....

Seriously, hard tips last longer. I find the Kamui II hard as the one that last the longest, even more then the Kamui Black hard.
The Wizard hard and the blackjack hard tips will last about the same as the Kamui II hard.

If you play with soft tips and you play about 15 hours a week then I guess you're going to replace a tip every 45 to 60 days, depends on your stroke.

 

[DJKeys]

Kamui Black

For me, these tips last forever and hold their shape. They compress down but it takes a long time. Playing two or three times a week for three hours each time, these tips last a year. Also, I never pik or scuff the tip, when I miscue, it is invariably because of a faulty stroke, not the tip.

 

[1pRoscoe]

The tips that last longest are the ones that aren't frequently picked and reshaped and scuffed to death. Without overworking your tip, almost any brand will last up to the point where the leather just dries out and becomes brittle.

I regularly use Triangles and have gone almost 2 years without needing to replace them.

Steve

I completely agree. I have a VERY heavily played cue that has the original triangle tip on it - it's never needed to be picked, scuffed, or sanded....

Leave the tools alone and your tip will last much longer.

 

[Sarnia Shorty]

I very rarely use any tools on my tip but I still only seem to get 3 or 4 months out of it until it becomes worn down. I usually use a soft tip so maybe this is the problem? Gonna have to try something different next time I guess.

 

[Majic]

I very rarely use any tools on my tip but I still only seem to get 3 or 4 months out of it until it becomes worn down. I usually use a soft tip so maybe this is the problem? Gonna have to try something different next time I guess.

You might wannna look at the way you apply chalk to the tip. If you rotate the chalk and grind and grind, the tip won't last very long. Just wipe the chalk across the tip until its covered.

 

[nancewayne]

.......g-10......

 

[macaframa]

I don't know my tips generally last I would say from 2 years or until I just want a new or want to try a new one, with the exception of the new moories only last a month or so due to frequent mushroom problems

 

[TATE]

Can anyone tell me what tip they think will last the longest. I have been going through tips on my cue pretty quickly and I am looking for something that I won't have to change quite as often. Its seems every time I ask someone around town what tip lasts the longest I get a diffent answer.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

I play a lot and my Sniper's last for several years. They rarely need to be shaped either, and I always scruff them before I play.

I used to play with Moori mediums and they didn't last nearly as long.

Chris

 

[Tramp Steamer]

The best tip I ever got was from a guy I knew named Snuffy Smith.
I walked up to Snuffy one morning out at the shooting range, and he was white as a sheet. I asked him what was the matter and he said he had just crapped his pants. He said he had gone behind a berm to take a leak, and while there had peed on an old wire that was lying on the ground. He said he felt a shock and that's when he s**t his drawers. Turns out it was an electrefied fence that had recently fallen down. He advised me to be careful if I needed to go to the bathroom, anywhere near the berms.
Now, I know this isn't pool related, but it's still one of the best tips I ever got.

 

[jlrowe]

Molavia hard, Sniper & Triangle are good choices. Sniper holds it shape very well but i dont like the feel of hit as well as the other 2. Triangle, you may have to take off half the tip to get the shape you want but after that no maintenance at all and last long time. Molavia hard holds shape very well and get great action on the cueball but has to be constantly maintained to hold chalk. This is from my experience.