I bought a bottle with one of those small tips --- bummer. If you let it set very long it stops up and then you have to soak it in hot water, etc. I finally went back to just using the tip straight from Elmers - just barely opening it -- no problems. As mentioned on the board recently, if you buy a large supply of glue sticks you might want to store them in a plastic bag in the fridge &/or freezer to keep them from drying out. I had never thought of that but I did find some of my sticks dried out and I didn't have a big supply.