I’ve always bought Double R ranch tri tips from my grocery store. Choice grade, but they’re ridiculously marbled. I’ve never had a tough one. The consistency and flavor reminds me of flank steak and skirt steak.
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Spend the money on a decent one to take the crappy meat issue out of the equation. Snake river farms are crazy expensive but super awesome tasting. My personal favorite come from brandtbeef.com . They are an all natural brand with excellent beef (their briskets are also my fav)!
Their tri tip always comes out awesome. I think they sell them by the case which is 4 ~2.5lb tri tips. They ship but not sure the cost to the midwest. For mid rare I sous vide at 131 for 8-12 hours. Less time is fine but I like the 8-10 hour range.
Shock and sear with some beef tallow. There's a diagram out there somewhere that demonstrates how to slice.
Alternatively a reverse sear is awesome, indirect until 115 and then sear till 133-135 and let rest tented with foil.
You're probably getting crappy tri tip. Even here in CA I am picky about the cut. Marbling is scarce but can be found and silverskin is a pain in the rear to trim! However the final results are definitely worth it after all the trimming etc.
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