When do you have to replace a tip?
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I would replace it but that is more because I like playing with tall tips.
The shorter the tip the more of a chance you have to damage the ferrule but you should be fine. It really depends on how hard you hit the ball. If you are doing a ton of stroke shots you might run into some trouble but I doubt it.
If its a break cue change the tip but from the looks of the tip I don't think its a break tip.
The shorter the tip the more of a chance you have to damage the ferrule but you should be fine. It really depends on how hard you hit the ball. If you are doing a ton of stroke shots you might run into some trouble but I doubt it.
If its a break cue change the tip but from the looks of the tip I don't think its a break tip.
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It's actually a Poison VX 2.9 jump/break - not sure what the tip is.
The tip on the Poison jumper is quite thin to begin with. I have one.
If that was your playing cue, it would be considered a little thin.
Generally the rule of thumb is when the tip becomes the height of a dime.
I know sometimes that when the tip is this high, it is when they seem to play the very best.
There is not much tip left to absorb the shock of a hit and you take the chance of cracking your ferrule.
If that was your playing cue, it would be considered a little thin.
Generally the rule of thumb is when the tip becomes the height of a dime.
I know sometimes that when the tip is this high, it is when they seem to play the very best.
There is not much tip left to absorb the shock of a hit and you take the chance of cracking your ferrule.
Some players love thin tips like this. You should see what Rafael Martinez plays with, down to the bone! 
I don't think it's really an issue of how thick or thin it is. Like Jay said, some players like their tips really thin. When the tip stops playing how you like it to play, that's when it's time to replace it. I notice a point where I stop getting the same action out of the cue ball (whether that's real or perceived, I don't know), and that's when I'll usually replace it.
Rule of thumb for me was when the tip was about the thickness if a dime. :smile:
Some players love thin tips like this. You should see what Rafael Martinez plays with, down to the bone!
Very true. While at the US Open around 2005, I noticed that Johnny Archer's tip was this thin. Mika Immonen's tip was also like this. I know because I sat right behind them.
But then in 2012 Fran Crimi tells me about these players now using thicker tips. Go figure. Thin tips must affect the cueball path different than thicker tips is my guess.
