your top 3 tips

[culraven]

Yes it is strange first of all buy when you get the hang of it , it does a great job . Its perfect for hard tips buy not tried it on elks etc so cant comment on that . I would advise to mask off the ferrule until you get used to it .

I'm a recent big pencil sharpener convert, £1 from toys r us with a mahoosive pencil attached! Still use scalpel to trim it, then tidy it with the sharpener and burnish it with the new teflon gadget ADR has just found, amazing job!

[coomsey76]

burnish it with the new teflon gadget ADR has just found, amazing job!

Indeed those little beauties from Andrew work a treat......

[gulliver]

My top 3:

[1] kamui black MH

[2] kamui original M

[3] talisman PRO S

[snookerbum]

talisman soft
kamui mh
still working on my third one...hmm not sure yet tho.,..

[Tiger800]

Sniper
Tiger S
Moori S

[Phil C]

Noob question but, can someone please tell me what the difference is between soft/hard tips?

Different feel on follow through or something?

[Raldon]

Noob question but, can someone please tell me what the difference is between soft/hard tips?

Different feel on follow through or something?

It is of course a different hit/feel on every shot. You have to find out what is right for you and your cue.

[lesedwards]

Yes you are right on that one. I recently bought some MW Super Tips but I found them too hard for me. I just finished putting on a Tally soft so I am going to try it and see how it is.

[jrc750]

Yes you are right on that one. I recently bought some MW Super Tips but I found them too hard for me. I just finished putting on a Tally soft so I am going to try it and see how it is.

Hmm well you surely won't like the Tally then !!! lot lot harder than a MW supertip, they are like a stone on the end of your cue
The term "soft" is very very very misleading
In my opinion the MW supertips are the best tips out there

[lesedwards]

I will let you know. I did notice when I was shaving the edges that it seemed pretty hard. I am looking for something that hits soft where you can put a little more into it but the cue ball won't jump on me. I played professional golf for a couple tears back in the 80's and I always preferred regular shaft irons with balata balls gave me that soft feel around the greens and when putting. I find snooker much like golf just a lot harder.

[SouthPaw]

My updated top three:-

1)MW supertip
2)Phoenix Medium
3)Hard Elk

Just had the phoenix on for a week but it's shot up my list, really enjoying the nice firm hit with plenty of feel, could be a future number one if it doesn't delaminate anytime soon, my first taste of a phoenix but quite impressed thus far...

[lesedwards]

I have done some practicing with Tally soft and I find I can get more screw back with it but I will not know for sure till I play a match with it. One thing I am not sold on is a laminated tip. Went to use my Joe Popper on it to shape it and it cut into the first layer.

[damienlch]

Funny thing... I used to fancy softer tips, but now am leaning towards hard tips... I'm so fickle-minded.

Current flavour of the month? Mastercue tips (the blue ones)... Recently discovered that I have a couple of them, decided to try on 2 different cues, liked them a lot... so I'm going to stick with it for awhile, until the next time I miss a black off its spot...

[hunter101]

I've just put a Baron, soft tip on my mastercue. Plays lovely when in amongst the balls, but feels spongey using power. I have some black mastercue tips so i may try one of those. When i can be bother to re-tip it again. The Baron re-tip was my first time re-tipping in around a year. So i'm a little rusty

[lesedwards]

Now I am into my second week with my Tally soft and I think for now I will stay with it. Still like my MW Super Tips.