Which Tips and Chalk?

[vmax4steve]

I wonder what these play like - look like orange vitamin C tablets !!!

http://www.spinsterbilliards.co.uk/equipment/grip-tip/

I've tried one and they're absolute rubbish.

[mikeyd100]

I've tried one and they're absolute rubbish.

Ah thanks, my gut feeling was that they would be trash - look more suitable for like a kiddies 5 foot table.
Cheers

[Ramon]

That sounds like an interesting cue tip actually - Tiger Soft.
I might try one in the future, although I think I've found the two best tips for me - MW Supertip & ADR soft tips.
Regards the ADR tip I'm finding that the chalk doesn't hold as well as the MW tip - What chalk do you use Ramon ?

Thanks for the reply mate.

I use master chalk ( green one ) !! I know what u mean !! ADR tips , u have to play few frames and keep shaping them few times !! After few days they H th chalk very well !! I do'nt know about Midium btw , never tried them !!

[mikeyd100]

I use master chalk ( green one ) !! I know what u mean !! ADR tips , u have to play few frames and keep shaping them few times !! After few days they H th chalk very well !! I do'nt know about Midium btw , never tried them !!

I've tried same green Master too. I wouldn't say its a really bad problem re the chalk not holding, guess one has to realise that the coverage wont be the same as on an Elk or MW Super Tip.
Had 3 full sessions with the ADR and to be honest it's not really lost shape - which is cool.
All above said it's a good cue tip, much better than a Talisman Soft, in my opinion.

[devilronnie]

About to try the ADR147 tip after hearing so many great comment here about it. Used Elk for the last decade, why change..I am sure you all noticed.

Anyone of your guy ever experience the Kamui Chalk?

[mikeyd100]

About to try the ADR147 tip after hearing so many great comment here about it. Used Elk for the last decade, why change..I am sure you all noticed.

Anyone of your guy ever experience the Kamui Chalk?

I think you will like it. I too only used Elks but the consistency of them over the years has got worse.
Elks have become very hit and miss.
Regards the chalk I would say its rather expensive for a block of chalk. I'd never buy one to be honest, I'd like to try it though, to see why its so expensive !!

[dinovirus]

About to try the ADR147 tip after hearing so many great comment here about it. Used Elk for the last decade, why change..I am sure you all noticed.

Anyone of your guy ever experience the Kamui Chalk?

I've used Kamui chalk a lot and can say that it's the best chalk out there and it's not close. It goes on differently than regular chalk but it lasts way, way longer, sticks on the tip better, and if you use the .98 version you only need to chalk up once about every eight or nine shots (the .121 version requires chalking more like 'normal' chalk). It also grabs the cue ball much better than regular chalk so you can get out to the edges of the cue ball better.

Most importantly, it makes your tips last much, much longer! Many people think that it's playing with a tip that wears it down but it's not, it's the act of chalking that does that. Chalk is like sandpaper and every time you use it you're slowly sanding your tip down. The Kamui chalk is designed specifically to avoid that and it really works. I use it on my pool cue and haven't changed tips (for pool I use a Kamui black in medium) in close to three years now, and really I'm not sure I will need to change it for the foreseeable future. It's still about as high as it was the day I put it on. And I play a lot of pool.

For snooker I have been using elkmasters lately, but same principle here. With Kamui chalk they last way longer than with traditional, with the only caveat that the pressed elkmaster tips get compressed more from playing than the laminated tips do, so they may need changed for this reason. If you prefer laminated for snooker as well , or if you like a hard elkmaster, then grab some Kamui chalk and you'll probably keep your tip on there as long as you own the cue. That's no joke.

The only downside is that the Kamui does mark the cue ball a little more than traditional chalk, but for me this is a minor issue. For one it's easy enough to wipe the ball down once in a while and for two regular green chalk marks it too, it's just harder to see.

[Byrom]

I use the green master chalk and my favourite tip is either the Dave Coutts supreme tip which is a fantastic pressed tip or the Ronnie elk.

[Shockerz]

For the guys using the ADR147 tip.

Do you take the height down or doesn't it make any difference?

When I use a Talisman soft I find that if I take the tip down by around 50% I don't get the wooden clunky noise and I get a far better and more consistent reaction with cueing.

May give the ADR tip a go next time but would like to know what work people do on it prior to use.

[Byrom]

Can I ask if you have to take layers off a tip why bother putting a layered tip on - why do they come like this - with so many layers - and how is it ever going to be a consistent thing fitting or using one?

[mikeyd100]

For the guys using the ADR147 tip.

Do you take the height down or doesn't it make any difference?

When I use a Talisman soft I find that if I take the tip down by around 50% I don't get the wooden clunky noise and I get a far better and more consistent reaction with cueing.

May give the ADR tip a go next time but would like to know what work people do on it prior to use.

When I put mine on I sliced one layer off the top as they are quite high, they are a tough tip though, glued together well so it was a bit tricky but got there in the end.
Just seems to high to leave it as it is, not sure what other people on here do / have done.

[mikeyd100]

Can I ask if you have to take layers off a tip why bother putting a layered tip on - why do they come like this - with so many layers - and how is it ever going to be a consistent thing fitting or using one?

I think they are just too high for Snooker, like Shockerz said also that the reaction is better and more feeling.
Could they be layered so much as they were originally designed for Pool ? ... just a guess.

[Ramon]

For the guys using the ADR147 tip.

Do you take the height down or doesn't it make any difference?

When I use a Talisman soft I find that if I take the tip down by around 50% I don't get the wooden clunky noise and I get a far better and more consistent reaction with cueing.

May give the ADR tip a go next time but would like to know what work people do on it prior to use.

I use adr soft tip !! It does'nt make any diff ( in term of playblty ). Just keep it as H as they are .
As for chalk , u ve to play for a few days . After few days playing , they gonna hld the chalk mutch better !!
I hope this helps !!

[Shockerz]

Can I ask if you have to take layers off a tip why bother putting a layered tip on - why do they come like this - with so many layers - and how is it ever going to be a consistent thing fitting or using one?

I guess the best way of answering that for me would be that with all the layers on it sounds clunky and a little unresponsive. I generally spend a small amount of time taking a layer off the tip and trying it for a session. Take a little more off so it is a perfect as I had hoped and then it is consistent (have had a few now) as I would have liked.

I find with this tip that it doesn't take any wearing in and the additional layers let me decide how many layers I require at the end of shaping. I know this method is not unusual as guys at the club seem to do something similar (not that I do it because of that).

As I take a layer off you can watch the layer circle getting smaller until through to the next so you can be pretty accurate as regards the shape if you struggle to see it by eye.

It's probably one of the most consistent tips I've used (in my opinion) so don't have any concerns there.

[Shockerz]

I use adr soft tip !! It does'nt make any diff ( in term of playblty ). Just keep it as H as they are .
As for chalk , u ve to play for a few days . After few days playing , they gonna hld the chalk mutch better !!
I hope this helps !!

Thanks for that.

I might order a couple and stick them on one of my other cues and give it a go, sounds like a good tip and nice to compare sometimes.