Pressed tips, what's available on the market?

[Raldon]

I´ve tried a triangle tip once. Wasnt too hard, wasnt to soft, but still not the right response to me. Until i start playing with kamui black mh i prefered the Mastercue tips.
Bought a box of 50 tips in bangkok in 2008. I have a lot left. If someone is interested to get some for chicken feed pm me.

[McNeill]

big fan of the old elk myself been playing for 6 months tried several seem most fitting for me

[jonnylovessn8ker]

the triangle sounds perfect to me then :P will give it a go soon, when i'm done with the buffalo diamonds.

[poolqjunkie]

I have recently tried a new pressed tip from brother 4. You may want to ask him about it.

[Inoffthered]

Kamui
Mw laminated

Just put a Kamui on mine , great reviews on them . Hopefully will try it out tomorrow .

How did it go Neil... What's the verdict so far?

[Neil Taperell]

How did it go Neil... What's the verdict so far?

Really like the Kamui , not too hard not too soft . Holds its shape very well . Virtually no time needed to break in at all . Not mis-cued yet either .
I think they are just slightly better than the MW Supertip , which is also a very good tip .
I was playing someone on Monday night who has had one on for 2 months amd finds it a bit hard . I will let you know if it changes at all during time .

Thanks

Neil

[cazmac1]

I would like to try a few different types of tips but find that their just to expensive. Who is the cheapest supplier of tips?
Can some post a link please.

[poolqjunkie]

If you have spend 100 GBP on a cue, 10 GBP is 10 % of the total cost of your cue; if you have spent 500 GBP on your cue, 10 GBP is 2% of the total cost of your cue.

Most people would not hesitate to get a mini butt and a SD joint installed, which they may use only once a game and cost much more than the most expensive tip in the world-- but they would not want to spend from as little as 2% to 10% of their total cue cost to get a tip which they use on every single shot, although a good tip is paramount in helping a player to win frames.

If you buy a box of cheap tips in order to try many of them until you get one that you like, you are going to waste a lot of time. Depending on who does you tip, you also risk damaging your cue/ferrule during the process. Everytime you take the tip off, you may take away a bit of wood and brass. You may leave a bit of glue on the ferrule that needs to be cleaned up, the guy might sand your ferrule down a bit making it smaller and smaller...

When you do find one that you like, there is no guarantee you can find another one which hits the same a few months later unless you know how to select a good one--but if you do you wont be trying out a whole box to begin with.

All these extra time, risk, and trouble also come at a cost.

[BoBnoGG!n]

well said yo~
u can never really pay TOO much for the right tip. its just that much more satisfying to ur game.. and yes it is probly one of the most important aspect of your game lol

which is why i bought 60 packets of pro granites LOL 300 tips should last me a few days.. if i dont stop eating them -_-

[Freddie Ng]

well said yo~
u can never really pay TOO much for the right tip. its just that much more satisfying to ur game.. and yes it is probly one of the most important aspect of your game lol

which is why i bought 60 packets of pro granites LOL 300 tips should last me a few days.. if i dont stop eating them -_-

bro~~ where do you get pro granite from ? Interested to try some out

[BoBnoGG!n]

ADR sells them on his ebay
i get mine from stu directly but thats cause i buy bulk.

[Freddie Ng]

ADR sells them on his ebay
i get mine from stu directly but thats cause i buy bulk.

Thanks bob. . will check out with them

[jonnylovessn8ker]

Master Cue tips - good harder tip, well recommended.

Oh, I've tried a Le Pro tip - hated it!! I found it way too hard for UK pool or snooker, and really hard to chalk. It didn't seem to have any porosity at all.

I've seen triangle tips, but I didn't buy any as they felt too hard for my likes. They had no give in them at all, like a Le Pro.

Hope this helps!

P.S. If I were to recommend a tip it'd be the Buffalo Diamond +. I love that tip!

Sorry for the late reponse. I got so excited about putting on the buffalo diamond plus that i sliced my finger while putting on the tip (smart!)....which forced me to delay playing with the new tip a few more days later in order to let me finger recover...

nonetheless, i managed to put a diamond +

a few thoughts. I find them are slightly harder than MW super tips, but not as hard as the pro granite tips.

its got all the characteristics of a good tip. holds chalk, responsive to all shots consistently. and easy to cut.

a comment i would add, and im not sure of this........ it seems to me that the diamond plus is a tall tip. maybe its my hallucination. but absolutely no biggie. you can always sand it down, if you dont like the idea of a tall tip.

i thought this is a very good purchase, since i bought a box of 50 for about 40gbp i think. on a per tip basis, its cheaper than the pro granite and the MW super tip. it plays better than the elk and the old blue diamond.

bottomline is that its not a bad tip to play with, and has satisfied its owner. good stuff.

[BoBnoGG!n]

im gonna hav to try some but i dont really want to buy a box lol

[jonnylovessn8ker]

im gonna hav to try some but i dont really want to buy a box lol

and i dont think you would want to cut yourself from over excitement, like i did