your top 3 tips

[TexasTrev]

I have found if i put a tiny smear of linseed oil on my Omin firm laminated tips it softens them nicely and takes away the "clicky" noise.If you put too much on it turns into a cabbage!
Anybody else tried anything like this cos i went through a few before finding what was suitable for me,and the price of some tips nowadays is pretty high.My mate brought me a box of 50 back from Thailand for £8 otherwise wouldnt have been able to experiment.

[Wayne G]

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.

I too used MW Super Tips for the longest while but for the last year have been using Talisman Soft.

[Phil C]

Can someone please tell me the density of the mw super tip? I fancy trying one.

Cheers..

[Raldon]

Quite hard, but nice response.
Just like a very firm elk imho.

[Phil C]

Excellent mate just what I wanted to hear. I can't stand using soft!

Cheers

[chas6868]

If your looking for a great pool tip for 9 ball try a tiger Everest medium that's with a z2 shaft they don't mushroom, or break apart,

they are quality tips, - Reply to someone asking about pool tips!

I would say Tiger make good tips better than moori, bit to hard for snooker( well for me)

[chas6868]

Amazing post mate, I been trying to get these details for years to save me buying tips and finding them to hard or soft ect

This might be handy
Ultimately, it boils down to personal preference. Look at your own game and you should be able to determine which tip is going to work best for you.

The methodology for testing tip density is as follows:

Use a standard Shore A Durometer (0-100 hardness scale)
1Kg (2.2 lbs) of pressure
Measure the density of three tips per brand
Take the average of the three measurements to determine a density rating
Tip Brand Tip Size Density
Elk Master 10-14mm 66.8
Kamui Black (Super Soft) 14mm 67.5
Da Vinci (Soft) 14mm 68.7
Black Heart (Soft) 14mm 68.7
5280 Red Line (Tiger) 14mm 69.2
Kamui Black (Soft) 14mm 72.3
Moori (Soft) 14mm 72.8
Da Vinci (Medium) 14mm 73.6
Hirano (Soft) 14mm 75.2
Moori (Medium) 14mm 75.5
Tiger Everest 14mm 75.7
Aramith Laminated (Medium) 14mm 75.8
Tiger Emerald 14mm 76.0
Tiger Onyx 14mm 76.4
Black Heart (Medium) 14mm 76.6
Tiger Laminated (Soft) 14mm 76.7
Tiger Sniper 14mm 77.8
Kamui II (Soft) 14mm 78.1
Tiger Laminated (Medium) 14mm 78.2
Elite 11 Layer 14mm 78.3
Kamui Black (Medium) 14mm 78.7
Moori V 14mm 79.3
Talisman Pro (Soft) 14mm 79.6
Great White 14mm 79.6
Tiger Dynamite 14mm 80.8
Tiger Laminated (Hard) 14mm 81.7

Talisman Water Buffalo (Medium) 14mm 82.0
Kamui II (Medium Soft) 14mm 82.2
Stingray 14mm 82.6
Talisman Water Buffalo (Hard) 14mm 83.2
Tweeten Virgin 12.5mm 83.3
Kamui II (Medium) 14mm 83.4
Talisman Pro (Medium) 14mm 83.5
Moori (Hard) 14mm 84.4
Talisman Pro (Hard) 14mm 84.4
Hirano (Medium) 14mm 84.8
Kamui Black (Hard) 14mm 84.8
Scorpion 14mm TBD
Aramith Laminated (Hard) 14mm 86.6
Le Pro* 10-14mm 88.2
Black Heart (Hard) 14mm 88.2
WB Water Buffalo 13-14mm 88.2
Talisman Pro (Extra Hard) 14mm 88.7
Hirano (Hard) 14mm 90.6
Triangle 12-14mm 91.0
Triumph 14mm 92.0
Kamui II (Hard) 14mm 92.2
Samsara Jump Break 14mm 95.5

[damienlch]

Agreed... I get the best feel and control with Everest tips when playing 9-ball pool. Not sure if they come in various hardness though.

[chas6868]

That's just a gimmick. It's far easier to just use a sharp stanley blade/craft knife. Also a shed load cheaper

I had one of those tip trimmer for years , they work great, the one I got was a £10, its good for harder laminated tips, if you use elks stanleys knife will do you fine

[chas6868]

The softest leather type laminated one is the medium, they do a soft but it looks like its a standard tip

yes better control than a moori med.

[andywong]

1) MW super tip
2) MW super tip
3) MW super tip

wanted to say the same.......

[Byrom]

3. Try not to play anyone who is as good or better than you are for money.
2. Never eat yellow snow.
1. Always remember she will probably end up looking like her mother.

[Maloy]

3. Try not to play anyone who is as good or better than you are for money.
2. Never eat yellow snow.
1. Always remember she will probably end up looking like her mother.

+100500!!! :applause:

[Dave Walton]

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

Different feel on follow through or something?

Alreet, well with a soft tip it cushions the impact of the shot keeping the cue ball and tip in contact longer which helps generate more spin, you'll also get less miscues with a soft tip, however you won't get a solid feel through the cue on impact and won't be able to generate as much power as with a harder tip. also soft tips mushroom more easily so you have to trim and reshape them more often so they will need to be replaced more regularly. hard tips give a solid feel, more power and to me more control as the hit will stay consistent and not change much throughout the life of the tip, you have to have a better cue action with a hard tip to avoid miscues as they're not as forgiving of bad cuing. totally depends how you play for what hardness will suit you best, try as many different tips as you can to find what suits you

[allan1206]

1. Elk Master
2. Buffalo Diamond
3. MW Supertips