Based upon the improved performance of the hollow probe with tissue types, a high-shear ‘snowflake’ probe was designed and compared to the hollow and Magness–Taylor probes. The Magness–Taylor probe misclassified tissue types in 42% of samples tested, while the hollow and snowflake probes performed better, misclassifying 32% and 34% of samples, respectively. This was an improved accuracy over the Magness–Taylor, but the hollow and snowflake probes were not significantly different (α = 0.05) from each other. These results suggest that of the two, the hollow probe, due to its simplicity, offers an improvement over the industry standard Magness–Taylor in maximum force parameter applications.