best tip for an 8mm cue

[pottr]

Pro granite for 8 ball all the way.

It starts firm enough and if you only play pool, it won't go too firm for months.

[Dave Walton]

Sorry like but you cannot play the same shots with a 9mm or above tip that you can with an 8! You can't hit as low on the ball with a bigger tip and its easier to play over balls with an 8mm tip than it is 9mm or above. Anything between 8-9mm is good for pool but you can do more with an 8mm tip as far as cue ball controll and its a fact! There's a reason most pros play with tips that are 8-8.5mm! Try playing snooker with a 12mm tip and then a more common 9.5mm and tell me you can play the same shots

[Dave Walton]

With my old 8mm cue I used elks, don't last very long though but play great.

[pottr]

I always played pool with a 9mm tip.

[sberry]

Sorry like but you cannot play the same shots with a 9mm or above tip that you can with an 8! You can't hit as low on the ball with a bigger tip and its easier to play over balls with an 8mm tip than it is 9mm or above. Anything between 8-9mm is good for pool but you can do more with an 8mm tip as far as cue ball controll and its a fact! There's a reason most pros play with tips that are 8-8.5mm! Try playing snooker with a 12mm tip and then a more common 9.5mm and tell me you can play the same shots

Pool players play on smaller tables with smaller balls and bigger pockets and don't have to or choose not to play anything like the cue ball control/position that snooker players do, you see nothing adventurous on a pool table ball control wise, 10 mm tip will do it all if you can use it.

[Dave Walton]

Sorry like but you cannot play the same shots with a 9mm or above tip that you can with an 8! You can't hit as low on the ball with a bigger tip and its easier to play over balls with an 8mm tip than it is 9mm or above. Anything between 8-9mm is good for pool but you can do more with an 8mm tip as far as cue ball controll and its a fact! There's a reason most pros play with tips that are 8-8.5mm! Try playing snooker with a 12mm tip and then a more common 9.5mm and tell me you can play the same shots

Pool players play on smaller tables with smaller balls and bigger pockets and don't have to or choose not to play anything like the cue ball control/position that snooker players do, you see nothing adventurous on a pool table ball control wise, 10 mm tip will do it all if you can use it.

No it won't and you're utterly clueless about pool if you think it will! Position is everything in pool, you have to navigate smaller gaps on a more cluttered table so position has to be more accurate. Only pro pool player I know of who plays with a tip bigger than 9mm is Phil Harrison who uses a 10mm, he's known for being an exceptional potter but his cue ball controll isn't great. You simply cannot play the same shots with a 10mm tip that you can with an 8mm.

[Dave Walton]

I always played pool with a 9mm tip.

Nowt wrong with that, anywhere between 8-9mm is imo best for pool, 9mm gives a better balance between potting accuracy and cue ball controll.

[sberry]

No it won't and you're utterly clueless about pool if you think it will! Position is everything in pool, you have to navigate smaller gaps on a more cluttered table so position has to be more accurate. Only pro pool player I know of who plays with a tip bigger than 9mm is Phil Harrison who uses a 10mm, he's known for being an exceptional potter but his cue ball controll isn't great. You simply cannot play the same shots with a 10mm tip that you can with an 8mm.

You're being illogical, most shots in pool are gentle pushing a ball near a pocket or little 2 and 3 ft stun pots, maybe once in a while there will be a tricky 3 or 4 ft shot with screw required - cluttered table yes but no, 8mm doesn't help you, cueing and positional play ability does.

I've played competition and league pool, snooker and billiards for 30 years to a pretty good level so I'd have a guess I'm not as clueless as you think I might be about pool or positional play, please explain which shot on a 6ft pool table you can play with a 8mm tip that I cannot with a 10mm tip and why.

[perpetualboredom]

best tip for an 8mm cue

Nonsense about pool players playing no position! Obviously never played it or seen it played to a reasonable standard.

[sberry]

Nonsense about pool players playing no position! Obviously never played it or seen it played to a reasonable standard.

Read above.

Tell me which shots you can play with a 8mm that I cannot with a 10mm on a 6ft pool table and how it requires more precise position than potting a ball 6ft away, sending the cue ball off a side cushion, between green and brown and off bottom and side cushions missing the yellow to pass the blue to leave a red beneath the pack, navigating 20 odd foot and balls in the way...

Maybe if you cannot play position with a larger tip it's because you don't have the knowledge or confidence to do so and think a smaller tip will help you be more surgically precise when all it will do is help you miss pots and have more miscues.

[pottr]

I think you could get away with a 10 but I think a 9 is comfortable.
Anything less than an 8 and you run the risk of not feeling much.
I've played Phil Harrison a couple of time, he's a gent.
Most of the pool lads are in fairness.

[Dave Walton]

Its far easier to play position with a smaller tip, you can hit the cue ball lower meaning for the same power, acceleration through the ball and follow through you will generate more spin. The harder you hit the ball The less control you have. Screw back up and down the table with an 8mm tip then try doing the same with a 10mm with the same power, acceleration and follow through as before and you'll see the difference! I can and have played to a good standard with a 10mm tip at pool but you change your shot selection to suit. Sorry Sberry but you're showing you don't have a clue about pool, snooker is a harder game yes but positions wise you've got a massive margin for error, pool you don't, you often have just fractions of an inch as your margin of error!

[Dave Walton]

I think you could get away with a 10 but I think a 9 is comfortable.
Anything less than an 8 and you run the risk of not feeling much.
I've played Phil Harrison a couple of time, he's a gent.
Most of the pool lads are in fairness.

You can no problem mate just makes positional play harder but potting easier. A good cue action will let you play pool with a 10mm tip but its a lot easier with an 8-9mm :-)

[Dave Walton]

Nonsense about pool players playing no position! Obviously never played it or seen it played to a reasonable standard.

Exactly mate

[sberry]

Its far easier to play position with a smaller tip, you can hit the cue ball lower meaning for the same power, acceleration through the ball and follow through you will generate more spin. The harder you hit the ball The less control you have. Screw back up and down the table with an 8mm tip then try doing the same with a 10mm with the same power, acceleration and follow through as before and you'll see the difference! I can and have played to a good standard with a 10mm tip at pool but you change your shot selection to suit. Sorry Sberry but you're showing you don't have a clue about pool, snooker is a harder game yes but positions wise you've got a massive margin for error, pool you don't, you often have just fractions of an inch as your margin of error!

So apart from repeating that I don't have a clue about the game which is one not true and secondly irrelevant you still can't tell me which shot you can play with an 8mm that I can't with a 10mm. Also, how many shots out of 10 in a game of 8 ball require tricky position or any amount of power? Everybody knows that a smaller tip increases the chance of hitting off-centre and therefore imparting side or shooting slightly off-line but considering the distance of the pot and size of the pocket on 8 ball I guess you do have more margin for error so you may get away with it without noticing. Your key point however is you say it is easier with an 8mm which does at least admit you don't have the positional ability to do what is needed with a bigger tip. Keep the insults coming and I won't bother replying again as it's getting repetitive now.