Tip suggestions for a 9mm English pool cue? Laminated or pressed.

[Greg M]

Hi, guys.

Recently, I've been looking for new tips for my English pool cue. Before getting a dedicated cue for English pool, I used snooker cues to play, and had Elk Masters on all of them; I currently have an Elk Pro fitted on my 9mm Peradon pool cue.

I recently ordered a set of medium ADR147s, since I've been wanting to experiment with laminated tips. I've heard fantastic things about them, and I'm thinking of ordering in some more, either in soft or super soft to get a feel for them.

What would be a good tip hardness for a 9mm cue, both for laminated and pressed tips? I've heard that softer tips offer less cue ball reaction/spin than harder tips, and vice versa. I'm looking for tips that may impart more spin to make the cue similar to an 8.5mm tip.

I have one or two ideas for pressed tips in mind, but does anyone have any other recommendations for laminated tips? I've been looking at a few American pool tips, such as Kamikaze Elites.

[Mark187187]

Those Kamikaze's have a dark layer and they recommend not using that layer or the layers behind it. Tiger do something similar with their Everests. Problem is that would leave a very tall tip for a 9mm cue. It's a bit of a pain cutting down a tip that big as well, and if your blade isn't super sharp you can pull the layers apart. Talisman do snooker tips which are more suitable as the layers are thinner. Kamui is another decent option. For my non-American cues I use any medium hard pressed tip. Most recently Century. I don't see much difference nowadays between alot of the newer brands tbh

[Greg M]

Those Kamikaze's have a dark layer and they recommend not using that layer or the layers behind it. Tiger do something similar with their Everests. Problem is that would leave a very tall tip for a 9mm cue. It's a bit of a pain cutting down a tip that big as well, and if your blade isn't super sharp you can pull the layers apart. Talisman do snooker tips which are more suitable as the layers are thinner. Kamui is another decent option. For my non-American cues I use any medium hard pressed tip. Most recently Century. I don't see much difference nowadays between alot of the newer brands tbh

Cheers, Mark. I had been considering Talisman, but I hadn't thought of Kamuis. Have you tried the Trinity tips? Those were the ones I was thinking of going for.

I'll keep looking out for more in the meantime.

[Mark187187]

Cheers, Mark. I had been considering Talisman, but I hadn't thought of Kamuis. Have you tried the Trinity tips? Those were the ones I was thinking of going for.

I'll keep looking out for more in the meantime.

Unfortunately, I have a pack of Trinity's but never got round to trying them out. The water buffalo (WB) tips they do are very good though (the do 9 ball and snooker/pool sizes). If I wanted a layered tip on the snooker cue I'd be putting a Talisman WB on. I really don't enjoy putting layered tips on to be honest, they're much more difficult to install than a pressed tip. I can put an elk on in about 5 minutes, but the layered tips I use on my 9 ball cue probably take an hour before I'm happy.