which are the latest most popular cue tips?
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I do do not chase fads, been using same Brand & Type of Tips for years. Skill sinks baqlls, not fastest, greatest $25.00+++TIP
JMHO
JMHO
lets see. the best player that ever lived plays with a 2 dollar tip. maybe its a one dollar tip.
and if he wanted, any tip company would even pay him to play with their tip. which goes on his 100 dollar cue.
he uses whatever chalk is on the table. never asks for the balls to be cleaned. doesnt pick up lint off the table. and just says why he wins is he was just lucky.
and if he wanted, any tip company would even pay him to play with their tip. which goes on his 100 dollar cue.
he uses whatever chalk is on the table. never asks for the balls to be cleaned. doesnt pick up lint off the table. and just says why he wins is he was just lucky.
Me neither. You are very demure.
Zerksies
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To me the tip is more about feel to me.
I use to use LePros for many years and I'll tell you it was tough finding a tip that felt right. I would have a tip on for a few test shots and rip it off and other times i would have it for a week. I could not stand the inconsistency. It was a pain to find a tip that would last months.
Then layered tips came about. I tried Moori and it was great and used them for quite a long time. Then they changed things and went to the V4 and i could not stand the feel of that tip.
So i went searching for a new tip. The funniest of things i looked on Amazon and I looked for what sold the best. Not just the reviews but ranked best sellers and i found Kamui. It was $25 and i've spent money on dumber things. I bought it and put it on myself. I don't care about all the performace stuff people talk about. I care about the feel of the hit.
As far as break tips and jump tips. I am using Kamui Sai. I like the feel that the ball grips the tips and not bounces like the Samsara i had on it or the Victory.
Jump tips i am liking the feel of the Samsara. I like the bouncy feel of that tip.
To me tips are all about feel.
I use to use LePros for many years and I'll tell you it was tough finding a tip that felt right. I would have a tip on for a few test shots and rip it off and other times i would have it for a week. I could not stand the inconsistency. It was a pain to find a tip that would last months.
Then layered tips came about. I tried Moori and it was great and used them for quite a long time. Then they changed things and went to the V4 and i could not stand the feel of that tip.
So i went searching for a new tip. The funniest of things i looked on Amazon and I looked for what sold the best. Not just the reviews but ranked best sellers and i found Kamui. It was $25 and i've spent money on dumber things. I bought it and put it on myself. I don't care about all the performace stuff people talk about. I care about the feel of the hit.
As far as break tips and jump tips. I am using Kamui Sai. I like the feel that the ball grips the tips and not bounces like the Samsara i had on it or the Victory.
Jump tips i am liking the feel of the Samsara. I like the bouncy feel of that tip.
To me tips are all about feel.
more over-hyped, over-priced shit for techno-tip-geeks to drool over.
WobblyStroke
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Totally agree.
How the CB behaved didn't change when I had a G2 on my cue compared to my regular Kamui. As the G2 compressed it got very hard on me. I hated the feel and even the sound. Back to a Kamui and everything just feels right again. Feedback is more what I'm accustomed to and prefer. But as you mention, the performance had nothing to do with my preference. They both do the job and any variance is much more attributable to my performance variance rather than the playability of either tip.
FWIW, I've tried several other tips and actually really liked the Tiger Everest, but those weren't consistent tip to tip like the Kamuis. Ultraskin is next up for a test run, but I absolutely hated the G2. It was too squishy soft when tall and way too hard when it got short. Maybe that's more of a soft tip problem but still, you expect a little hardening, but what I experienced with the G2 will keep me away. Not to say the G2 doesn't have a sweetspot....the whole reason I gave it a shot is because I loved it on my buddy's cue. Problem was that the feel and feedback was just a massive sliding scale as it got more used.
Precision at only 10 bucks a tip is nowhere near over priced... especially considering it is a layered tip from Dennis Searing.
the real difference is hard or soft. that makes a tip somewhat of a personal choice. brands and technical ratings are worthless as any tip compresses as it is played. so all tips will get harder as they get older.
as a good player with a mind that doesnt affect his play, then you just get used to the slight changes as tips wear down.
as a good player with a mind that doesnt affect his play, then you just get used to the slight changes as tips wear down.
Rusty in Montana
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WS , I'm surprised to hear you didn't like the G2 tips on your cue , I've got them on two of my main playing shafts and like everything about them as long as I do my part , no I'm not saying that you didn't by any means .
On a back up cue I've got a techno dud tip on it and on another cue Le Pro .
The bottom line is which girl is the prettiest or Ford Chevy or Dodge it's all personal experience and preferences .
On a back up cue I've got a techno dud tip on it and on another cue Le Pro .
The bottom line is which girl is the prettiest or Ford Chevy or Dodge it's all personal experience and preferences .
WobblyStroke
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Ye maybe it was just the soft one I got. And I do like em soft. It started off a bit too squishy for my liking but that went away fairly quickly and I did like the tip quite a bit. But after a while it hardened up much more than I'm used to as it got shorter and I absolutely hated it by the end of its time on my main player. I never had a soft tip harden up so much tbh so that kind of range of hardness is really what put me off. Every other layered soft tip I've played has stayed much closer to where it started in terms of hardness.
Soft tip lovers issue. I'm sure the mediums and def the hards play much more consistent. Also a chance I just got a weird one in the bunch.
Rusty in Montana
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The G2 tips I'm using are medium for a hardness I don't break with either of those 2 shafts but can get more control and cue ball/ object ball reaction that I've gotten in year's , it may also be the shaft wood that Mike Gulassy uses for his cues or a combination of the two but I certainly enjoy the results I get .
I have G2 Hard on two of my favorite shafts. One replaces a Moori Hard that I also enjoyed. Both are/were fine tips.