# General Yo-Yo **URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/c/general-yo-yo-forum/5.md?page=34 [Latest](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/categories.md) **Page:** 35 --- ## [Any ideas on good yo-yos for new 3A players?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-ideas-on-good-yo-yos-for-new-3a-players/418616)
**Author:** [@TheKoreanYoyoer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheKoreanYoyoer)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-ideas-on-good-yo-yos-for-new-3a-players/418616 "2025-02-05T19:42:38Z")
I don’t want to drop a ton of money on (4) new yo-yos for 3A. At the moment I’m looking for plastic or monometal models where I’ll only have to spend less than $50 for each one, if anyone has any good suggestions please … --- ## [Bad Ideas for Yoyo Themed Months](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bad-ideas-for-yoyo-themed-months/418633)
**Author:** [@yoyo\_cubicle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo_cubicle)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bad-ideas-for-yoyo-themed-months/418633 "2025-02-05T15:36:47Z")
Here are some really bad ideas for yoyo themed months: Banuary - You can ban any other member from the YoYoExpert forum for the entire month of January with no questions asked. Full Time February - You must yoyo all da… --- ## [Old Yoyo’er back in the hobby](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-yoyo-er-back-in-the-hobby/418494)
**Author:** [@Caike](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Caike)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-yoyo-er-back-in-the-hobby/418494 "2025-02-05T14:51:07Z")
I picked my yo-yo’s back up about a year ago, all responsive and was surprised at how many tricks I still remembered. I was gifted a Duncan roadrunner and barracuda to start my unresponsive collection and have since add… --- ## [After learning 5A for a month, I found that it is important for yoyo players to learn different styles](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/after-learning-5a-for-a-month-i-found-that-it-is-important-for-yoyo-players-to-learn-different-styles/418533)
**Author:** [@HKYoyoWing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/HKYoyoWing)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/after-learning-5a-for-a-month-i-found-that-it-is-important-for-yoyo-players-to-learn-different-styles/418533 "2025-02-05T09:39:43Z")
In 2024, I try to learn different 1A tricks per day. So I’d launched the Play yoyo everyday project. But after 366 days, I found that my skill are not wide enough and so, I started trying learn 5A tricks on Jan25. When… --- ## [A Curious Injury](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-curious-injury/418579)
**Author:** [@alexACE](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/alexACE)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-curious-injury/418579 "2025-02-05T02:18:03Z")
I just got done with my first extended practice session. (About 35 minutes, for comparison, most of my causal sessions are 10min tops) and as i was walking back to my car I noticed the middle finger on my left hand had s… --- ## [Is ots good for offstring?/good string for offsring?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-ots-good-for-offstring-good-string-for-offsring/418552)
**Author:** [@dragonfruitea](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dragonfruitea)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-ots-good-for-offstring-good-string-for-offsring/418552 "2025-02-04T15:45:45Z")
hey all, i just want to know if ots (normal) is good for offstring, i use it for 1a and 5a, so i was just wondering. maybe form personal experience??? thanks in advance. --- ## [Yoyo players with disabilities](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-players-with-disabilities/418448)
**Author:** [@Mez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mez)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-players-with-disabilities/418448 "2025-02-03T22:01:26Z")
Hi my 11 year old son loves yoyoing… hes also deaf and going blind (classed as beafblind) and dreams of competing in a yoyo contest but hes reluctant because hes worried that he may not hear the music or might not hear t… --- ## [Which players at worlds used sochi fat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/which-players-at-worlds-used-sochi-fat/418464)
**Author:** [@Login246](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Login246)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/which-players-at-worlds-used-sochi-fat/418464 "2025-02-03T17:29:42Z")
Which yoyoers at worlds 2024 used sochi fat --- ## [Appreciation thread...Wooden Duncan butterfly? (sparkle)](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/appreciation-thread-wooden-duncan-butterfly-sparkle/417524)
**Author:** [@Terrarian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Terrarian)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/appreciation-thread-wooden-duncan-butterfly-sparkle/417524 "2025-02-03T04:31:56Z")
Hi there. New around here… But i’ve seen the butterfly hype thread (an amazing collection of posts that got me started collecting butterflies) and been getting really into fixed axles… Wood in particular… There’s not… --- ## [Do you finish most tutorials you watch?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-finish-most-tutorials-you-watch/418371)
**Author:** [@Rhythm162](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rhythm162)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-finish-most-tutorials-you-watch/418371 "2025-02-02T16:43:29Z")
poll Curious because most my tutorials have a retention like this. It’s always like, 15% max amount of people actually finish them :skull: --- ## [What’s the status of the current Freehand line up?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-s-the-status-of-the-current-freehand-line-up/418393)
**Author:** [@Durfee](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Durfee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-s-the-status-of-the-current-freehand-line-up/418393 "2025-02-02T16:52:48Z")
So last plastic Freehand I was around for the release of was the Next Gen, which I actually really like. Now I see there are Freehand Ones with modern guts and even a schmoove groove type thing, as well as multiple diff… --- ## [Why The "Peak 2" Dislike? / P3AK HYP3 Thread!](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-the-peak-2-dislike-p3ak-hyp3-thread/414880)
**Author:** [@Snoopy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Snoopy)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-the-peak-2-dislike-p3ak-hyp3-thread/414880 "2025-02-02T01:06:47Z")
Alright, I want you to throw out all of your experience with the OG Peak for a second, and then give me your honest opinion on the Peak 2. What do you think of it now? is it actually a bad yoyo? or is it just a bad sequ… --- ## [Hubstack o-ring](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hubstack-o-ring/418166)
**Author:** [@washyjoshe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/washyjoshe)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hubstack-o-ring/418166 "2025-01-30T20:36:53Z")
I’m looking to hubstack my yyf five, and I’m trying to just assemble the parts a la carte. I ordered some A bearings off amazon, had a friend 3d print some hubstacks, and returned some 007 o-rings back to amazon that wer… --- ## [When does it stop being a hybrid?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-does-it-stop-being-a-hybrid/418210)
**Author:** [@Tempura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tempura)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-does-it-stop-being-a-hybrid/418210 "2025-01-30T18:35:04Z")
I think it’s funny that hybrids are seen as budget alternatives to bi-metals but tri-brids command a premium. --- ## [New Yoyo Arrived](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-yoyo-arrived/418202)
**Author:** [@Lee\_sihyeon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lee_sihyeon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-yoyo-arrived/418202 "2025-01-30T13:28:17Z")
:slight\_smile: --- ## [Should I make more challenge videos like this?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-i-make-more-challenge-videos-like-this/418168)
**Author:** [@Rhythm162](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rhythm162)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-i-make-more-challenge-videos-like-this/418168 "2025-01-29T17:37:31Z")
https://youtube.com/shorts/ZZorLSXK80k?feature=share --- ## [YoYo Gloves?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-gloves/418062)
**Author:** [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-gloves/418062 "2025-01-29T16:57:03Z")
Anyone here use them? I get cuts and scrapes on my hands at work all the time so I was looking to pick one up, likely a Large Zeekio in black. Thoughts, feelings, emotions? --- ## [What brand am I thinking of](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-brand-am-i-thinking-of/418094)
**Author:** [@Richard](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Richard)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 4:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-brand-am-i-thinking-of/418094 "2025-01-29T04:26:14Z")
A seemingly now defunct offshoot of the now also seemingly defunct R2FG. Were marketed as upmarket bimetals etc and had a German sounding name. My mind has gone blank. --- ## [Disapropriated metal](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/disapropriated-metal/418086)
**Author:** [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/disapropriated-metal/418086 "2025-01-28T21:17:17Z")
This is your amazing story of the day. You may wonder what Disapropriated metal is? Obviously, I’m here to tell you. So I get this yo-yo from Julio in Japan. It’s 56 mm in diameter 46 mm wide. And it weighs 66.6 grams. … --- ## [Cheapest yoyo review](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cheapest-yoyo-review/418078)
**Author:** [@Des](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Des)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cheapest-yoyo-review/418078 "2025-01-28T02:18:51Z")
--- ## [Poll - Best Title for a Yoyo Soap Opera](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poll-best-title-for-a-yoyo-soap-opera/418048)
**Author:** [@yoyo\_cubicle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo_cubicle)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poll-best-title-for-a-yoyo-soap-opera/418048 "2025-01-28T00:38:49Z")
Which of the following titles is best for a yoyo centric soap opera? poll Which famous yoyoer could star in a yoyo soap opera? Please comment below. --- ## [Eclipse - A 3d Printed Unresponsive Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/eclipse-a-3d-printed-unresponsive-yoyo/418026)
**Author:** [@liggis](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/liggis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/eclipse-a-3d-printed-unresponsive-yoyo/418026 "2025-01-26T20:40:33Z")
After over 20 iterations, I have created the Eclipse, a 3d printed unresponsive yoyo. It is entirely 3d printed except for the response pads, bearings, and a nut and bolt to hold the yo-yo together. It’s very good at … --- ## [Replay Pro real or fake?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replay-pro-real-or-fake/417975)
**Author:** [@Zippohead1399](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zippohead1399)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replay-pro-real-or-fake/417975 "2025-01-26T10:52:04Z")
Bought this Eric Koloski edition YYF replay pro on AliExpress recently. Came straight from China new in box and plays well like my other replay pro but the arrows are bigger than my other replay pro. --- ## [Yoyos at Disneyland?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-at-disneyland/388383)
**Author:** [@Beverchakus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Beverchakus)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-at-disneyland/388383 "2025-01-26T02:02:07Z")
I read somewhere a fee weeks about about yoyos getting taken away at Disneyland? I guess because they sold them and don’t want outside throws in the park? Any truth to this? I’m on my way to disneyland right now, should… --- ## [Asian market only yoyos to buy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/asian-market-only-yoyos-to-buy/417943)
**Author:** [@dooder](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dooder)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/asian-market-only-yoyos-to-buy/417943 "2025-01-25T18:07:40Z")
Turns out that I will be travelling in a coupla months to Malaysia. I wanted to ask yalls if there are any high end end collectable yoyos that are marketed there that I need to get? --- ## [W1LD New Year Lucky Box](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/w1ld-new-year-lucky-box/417021)
**Author:** [@Lex](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lex)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/w1ld-new-year-lucky-box/417021 "2025-01-25T15:34:09Z")
Anyone else get the W1LD lucky box? Mine arrived yesterday so I’ve been giving them all a go this weekend. From right to left: Shutsujin, Milder, Wilder, new inner ring double rim bimetal, Wildless 2 and Adrenaline S… --- ## [I made a playlist for left handed tutorials!](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-made-a-playlist-for-left-handed-tutorials/417947)
**Author:** [@Rhythm162](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rhythm162)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-made-a-playlist-for-left-handed-tutorials/417947 "2025-01-25T13:43:42Z")
Left handed players don’t get enough love or attention, so I made a playlist that Imma update with all my tuts for left handed players! Please share this to any of your friends who’re left handed players! https://youtub… --- ## [Favorite RSO?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-rso/367945)
**Author:** [@fatguysnacks247](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fatguysnacks247)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-rso/367945 "2025-01-25T05:41:36Z")
what’s up y’all! i was playing my favorite RSO, but I was curious, what are other people’s favorite RSO. i’ve owned most but the end and droid series, and my favorite is still the e1nstiein. it’s a perfect size, great… --- ## [Android app](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/android-app/417860)
**Author:** [@dooder](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dooder)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/android-app/417860 "2025-01-24T18:09:29Z")
What happened to the app? I installed it about a month ago when I signrd up. I just got a new phone and now it’s gone. I can’t find it in the playstore anymore either. Itd be cool to get the app so i can side load it. --- ## [How do you convince your parents to buy you a yoyo?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-parents-to-buy-you-a-yoyo/45964)
**Author:** [@system](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 4:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-parents-to-buy-you-a-yoyo/45964 "2025-01-24T04:27:06Z")
I wanted to hear how you guys convince your parents to buy you new throws this is meant to be creative, please don’t judge on how people convince their parents I either: Buy them myself Beg(last resort) Get good gra… [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/c/general-yo-yo-forum/5.md?page=33) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/c/general-yo-yo-forum/5.md?page=35)