What cue tips are the top pro's using ?

[cazmac1]

By all means experiment with tips, but go with what you find works for you and don't get hung up on what the pros use. For a start their playing conditions are so different from what your use to playing with that there really is no way of comparing the performance of any tip in the professional arena and that of a club table. Because of their tables they can hit the ball a lot softer to achieve the same amount of spin. So there tips will take less punishment. Just something to bear in mind

[Neil Taperell]

I've gone back to Elks , as advised by a player . Changed my tip too many times . Now going to just go out and play . Maybe was looking for excuses and then trying a different tip when not playing well . No excuses now .

[cris0000food]

What about silicone tips. Yes Silicone. They're on Ebay Australia. No chalk required WOW.

[gazza147]

I would also say Dont worry what Pro's or your Mates are Using the Most Important thing is what Works for You!

As this differs with most people some have Heavy Cues/Light Cues/Stiff Shafts/Whippy Shafts etc etc.

I do alot of Tips every Week and after many years of Practice you are able to make the Tip the way you want it or the way your Customer likes it so if they want it abit harder/softer you can with a Ordinary Tip Like Blue Diamond/Elk.

I have to Admit if they want a Tip Rock Hard like Talisman Hard or Kamuai and ask for them then I do fit them for them but I wouldn't Pay that Silly amount for them £5/£6/£8/£12 for a Tip!!!


Gaz.

[kavkav]

I have been using a medium Kaumi Beige for the last couple of weeks instead of my usual soft Talisman. I am still appraising the difference but so far the Kauimi feels a little stiffer but I suspect it will soften up a little.

[Strickimicki]

Hi,

I've tried all the pig skin Talisman tips (S,M,H) and I have to say that the Soft one felt very hard at first, like playing with a marble. After a while though (Around 1 1/2 years) I thought I'd have a bash at the Medium tip just to see how it felt, how responsive and so forth. I was again astounded by how hard it was, again like playing with a marble on my cue tip. But having said that, both tips were very responsive when well chalked, next to no miss cueing and sound tips. I then last year ordered a Hard Talisman tip, just to try out, I thought if the medium is better than the soft, then the hard maybe better than the medium. So here I now am after 4 months use of the hard tip. I have learnt that all these tips are very good, and mostly hold up for quite some time (I play or practice around 20 hours a week) and 3-4 months is the norm. They must hardly be reshaped, just a second reshape after around 6-10 hours of play. I use a rough file (emery cloth(80 grain)file) to press against the tip if it starts to gloss over and not take chalk.

Well I went back this week to use a medium tip and to be quite honest, it feels like I'm playing with a sponge at the end of my cue. I think this may get better over the next few weeks but I've ordered 6 Talisman (H) tips and if I don't get the feel for it by next monday the medium is coming off! I've also ordered the Talisman WB tip, I'll review that after I've tried it or them according to what I think.

I've also over the last two years tried the Kamui Black tips in M & MH, they are sound tips but I personally think the Talisman tip are the better choice. Kamui tips don't keep as long and are more expensive, Talisman tips can and have split on me but rarely and I think only the soft ones!

I will try to answer any questions if asked,

Bri.

[1blonde]

All the pro's mess around trying different tips, as does everyone else.

My better half as tried them all pro granite, talisman soft medium and hard, Kamui etc, all of which where to hard and not responsive enough.

He kept changing back to elkmaster and told me he would stop buying these overpriced tips and then by chance I bought him a cue with some tip called (aruora) on it and he says its the best tip he has ever tried and says he is sticking with them from now on.

Does anyone know were I can buy some more of these tips please?

[cally]

All the pro's mess around trying different tips, as does everyone else.

My better half as tried them all pro granite, talisman soft medium and hard, Kamui etc, all of which where to hard and not responsive enough.

He kept changing back to elkmaster and told me he would stop buying these overpriced tips and then by chance I bought him a cue with some tip called (aruora) on it and he says its the best tip he has ever tried and says he is sticking with them from now on.

Does anyone know were I can buy some more of these tips please?

pm poolqjunkie on here(owner of aurora) or i'm sure stu at greenbaize sells them too...

[1blonde]

pm poolqjunkie on here(owner of aurora) or i'm sure stu at greenbaize sells them too...

**** ... no way, he is still miffed about not winning the Alex Higgins book, just blown my discount dam it.

[sootyvrs]

Also here for Aurora tips

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-AURORA...item35ad073455

[1blonde]

Thanks for that.

These tips are the dogs doo da's apparently....got to get some more.

[Deepscrew]

for £9.50 a tip it better had be the dogs! An actual living pedigree dog actually!

[damienlch]

I wouldn't have made my very first century break without Aurora tips, turned pro and there has been no looking back since... is what I hope to be able to say at some point in my life... lol.

But seriously, I find them to be very good tips, responsive yet hold their shape well... I was over hitting everything with it initially before I got used to it.

[sootyvrs]

for £9.50 a tip it better had be the dogs! An actual living pedigree dog actually!

£11 after p&p

Problem with changing tips is that they all respond differently to a greater or lesser extent and unless you play with one make for a long time to get used to it and adapt to it, you will naturally tend to go back to what you know.

As mentioned above, ultra responsive tips will generally give you "more" and you will tend to over screw, stun, side etc... and leaving you out of position if not used to it. Same goes for a tip that is less responsive than what you are used to and you will give you "less" but the results are that you end up out of ideal position.

This can easily lead to people saying that the tip is no good but I assume the end of the day it's what you end up comfortable with.

I have tried Talismans and found that I had problems getting used to putting "too much" on the cue ball leading to losing ideal position and I persevered with it for a few months but it doesn't take long before you end up losing too many games because of this lack of control and then start to lose confidence.

I changed back to a pressed tip and the confidence was back and I now could control the cue ball much better. I was getting "less" response but better consistent results

My advice any one changing to these super grippy laminated tips to make sure you try and get used to it before deciding the old "Elks" are better. There are times when you can't teach an old dog new tricks... which seem to be the case with me lol

[cazmac1]

I tried most of the tips now and have to say that out of a box of 50 elks for around £18 I could get quite a few that would mimic the feel of any laminated tip. With tips the art is knowing how to select the tip you want and then fitting it correctly. Simply buying a laminated tip is no guarantee that it will be a great tip or the same as the previous laminated tip you just replaced..