# General Yo-Yo **URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/c/general-yo-yo-forum/5.md?page=6 [Latest](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/categories.md) **Page:** 7 --- ## [Does tri-material offer anything new?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/does-tri-material-offer-anything-new/449242)
**Author:** [@Ed-C](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ed-C)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/does-tri-material-offer-anything-new/449242 "2026-07-20T13:56:09Z")
I’ve been seeing quite a few tri-material yoyos lately. By this I mean yoyos made out of aluminum, SS, and plastic. I’ve yet to try one, but they seem a little gimmicky, to me. I get that they may offer some protection a… --- ## [New here-Give me some of your all time favorites, please!](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-here-give-me-some-of-your-all-time-favorites-please/449184)
**Author:** [@TBell](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TBell)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-here-give-me-some-of-your-all-time-favorites-please/449184 "2026-07-18T13:42:00Z")
Hey all, My names TJ. Posted in the inteo thread recently and have been trying to engage in the few threads i can add anything to. Mostly lame jokes, but like i said, im real new to the hobby. Ive been reading a ton … --- ## [The End Part II](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-end-part-ii/378625)
**Author:** [@Hojo-YoYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hojo-YoYo)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-end-part-ii/378625 "2026-07-17T12:57:12Z")
Anyone else grab one of these, I’ve got an A grade inbound The End Part II is a release by Round Spinning Objects and Doctor Popular. It’s an updated tribute to the original The End, by Yes, Absolutely!. The End Part I… --- ## [G-string ux, yoyoexpert string](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/g-string-ux-yoyoexpert-string/449130)
**Author:** [@Bznalcapone](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bznalcapone)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/g-string-ux-yoyoexpert-string/449130 "2026-07-16T13:51:08Z")
Has anyone used the yoyoexpert 100 pack poly string? Or possibly the g-string ux poly/nylon?. I’m on the hunt for string now --- ## [Polycarbonate Bimaterial Yoyo Volume?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/polycarbonate-bimaterial-yoyo-volume/449016)
**Author:** [@ltd224](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ltd224)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2026, 12:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/polycarbonate-bimaterial-yoyo-volume/449016 "2026-07-16T00:29:15Z")
Are yoyos with a polycarbonate body and steel rims generally louder than aluminum mono or bimetals? I watched @LX\_Emergency’s excellent comparison video on the Speedaholic series, and the Speedaholic FX, polycarbonate bo… --- ## [What shape do you prefer and why?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883)
**Author:** [@Bznalcapone](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bznalcapone)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2026, 12:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883 "2026-07-16T00:25:44Z")
Sorry about making so many posts but I have a question. I’m new to the yo-yo game and everybody knows this and I’ve been buying some yo-yos mostly undersized in one mini. I do have a forma which is a normal size but most… --- ## [Consumerism: How do you respond?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/consumerism-how-do-you-respond/448687)
**Author:** [@throwvid\_19](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/throwvid_19)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/consumerism-how-do-you-respond/448687 "2026-07-15T17:11:31Z")
I asked myself recently: “Do I spend as much time windowshopping online as actually throwing?” That kinda terrified me. My shop/throw ratio might be 1:1, 1:3, 1:5, whatever, I can only guess. Either way, it feels too big… --- ## [Questions about W1LD Wildest](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/questions-about-w1ld-wildest/449038)
**Author:** [@SuperTrooper](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SuperTrooper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2026, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/questions-about-w1ld-wildest/449038 "2026-07-15T12:05:08Z")
So I just used affirm for evil and grabbed a Wildest. I’m currently in the process of trying to collect 1 of each W1LD throw and this definitely helped by knocking off the highest priced one early lol. I’m wondering if … --- ## [Yoyo Pro Clicker App FOR ANDROID! IS HERE!](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-pro-clicker-app-for-android-is-here/448878)
**Author:** [@joeyoo1998](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/joeyoo1998)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-pro-clicker-app-for-android-is-here/448878 "2026-07-14T14:50:32Z")
Hey guys! It’s finally here! ANDROID users can now enjoy the Yoyo Pro Clicker app FOR FREE!! Please enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it! -Joseph V. Founder of PHC, The Play. Hard. Company --- ## [PIF: Featherspin - The Ptarmigan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/pif-featherspin-the-ptarmigan/434361)
**Author:** [@Cmchappell97](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cmchappell97)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/pif-featherspin-the-ptarmigan/434361 "2026-07-14T00:40:02Z")
Hey Everyone! Same shin dig as last time, but for the Ptarmigan! Ill be sending out a C and D Bearing version half swaps so there is the opportunity to try both! The PIF Rules: Post your Feedback thread to to enter … --- ## [Noobish journey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noobish-journey/448957)
**Author:** [@YoGeezer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoGeezer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noobish-journey/448957 "2026-07-13T04:44:21Z")
Amazing how this quirky little wonder of physics can entrance, entertain, instruct, frustrate. I love the many facets of this hobby: skill development, collecting, aesthetic appreciation, self-harm. Being a relative noo… --- ## [Shielded bearing damaged?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shielded-bearing-damaged/448864)
**Author:** [@dsch17](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dsch17)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2026, 3:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shielded-bearing-damaged/448864 "2026-07-13T03:56:09Z")
This is off a yoyo I got secondhand. It’s got a small tear in the bearing shielding, should I just replace it? Will it even affect it? --- ## [Assassin v2 check](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/assassin-v2-check/448973)
**Author:** [@Lido](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lido)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/assassin-v2-check/448973 "2026-07-13T01:32:36Z")
I’ve got both, but can’t remember which was which. I know there’s an extra cut in the v2 so I’m think ing the one on the right is the v2. If you know, please let me know: --- ## [Does anyone remember CLYW slackline?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/does-anyone-remember-clyw-slackline/448958)
**Author:** [@Its\_Steve](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Its_Steve)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/does-anyone-remember-clyw-slackline/448958 "2026-07-12T20:53:38Z")
This is both a question and also looking for the old string clyw use to make as it was my favorite string. If anyone still has any new ones from a while ago I would gladly buy it off you. Thanks. --- ## [Okay folks, I need your help apps and tutorials](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/okay-folks-i-need-your-help-apps-and-tutorials/448939)
**Author:** [@Bznalcapone](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bznalcapone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/okay-folks-i-need-your-help-apps-and-tutorials/448939 "2026-07-12T19:01:30Z")
Okay folks I need your help other than the yoyo expert website, either yo-yo apps or better training apps or training websites other than yoyo expert. And if you can please message me a link. If you can’t post it here, I… --- ## [How Far Have You Come?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-far-have-you-come/6779)
**Author:** [@kevlar14](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevlar14)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-far-have-you-come/6779 "2026-07-12T15:34:11Z")
I remember, five months ago, I was watching Andre Boulay’s Dark Magic Video and saying, “How the hell is he grinding that thing??!!” I remember, three months ago, I was taking a peek at the tricks in the master section … --- ## [Anyone Using Buyee?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-using-buyee/448936)
**Author:** [@kaozmachine](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kaozmachine)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-using-buyee/448936 "2026-07-12T15:08:48Z")
Hey everyone! I found one of my dream yo-yos, (I had help), on buyee. Any Americans here have experience buying from Japanese retailers with buyee? I’m wondering what sort of fees and shipping charges I should expect.… --- ## [Undersized slimline bimetal....D bearing...?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/undersized-slimline-bimetal-d-bearing/448799)
**Author:** [@The\_Throws\_Of\_Yo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/The_Throws_Of_Yo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/undersized-slimline-bimetal-d-bearing/448799 "2026-07-12T13:30:31Z")
Before I pull the trigger on a Slap Jr, I’m wondering if there is I similarly spec’d throw that runs a D. The only D I own (or have thrown) is ‘The Don’ and I find myself reaching for it often. Thanks a plenty. Throw on … --- ## [Gentry Stein Olympus is anyone throwing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/gentry-stein-olympus-is-anyone-throwing/448776)
**Author:** [@Bznalcapone](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bznalcapone)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/gentry-stein-olympus-is-anyone-throwing/448776 "2026-07-12T04:37:25Z")
Have a question. Is anybody or did anybody pick up that new Gentry Stein Olympus yo-yo? Apparently it took him about a year to create it and it has double metal and it sleeps for about 12 minutes. I found a video on it b… --- ## [Is there a name for this throw?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-throw/448815)
**Author:** [@SpaceCat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SpaceCat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-throw/448815 "2026-07-11T17:25:21Z")
There’s a throw that I’ve been doing for a while that I like the way it feels. Not sure I’ve seen others doing it, or if it has a name. I wouldn’t call it a trick at all, because anyone who can throw a sleeper and forwar… --- ## [Picked up a Duncan butterfly XT. Question on many yo-yos also](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/picked-up-a-duncan-butterfly-xt-question-on-many-yo-yos-also/448819)
**Author:** [@Bznalcapone](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bznalcapone)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/picked-up-a-duncan-butterfly-xt-question-on-many-yo-yos-also/448819 "2026-07-11T00:34:09Z")
So I ended up going to four different hobby lobbies and not a single hobby lobby had yo-yos. Somebody said that hobby lobby sells the whip but now looking online they don’t have the whip in the store anymore. So I went … --- ## [Worlds in Himeji](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worlds-in-himeji/448823)
**Author:** [@Yoyoed](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyoed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worlds-in-himeji/448823 "2026-07-10T18:25:41Z")
With world’s only a month away, and me never having met another thrower before, I’m extatic to finally go to a contest. Will be cool to finally see another person throw in real life. Who else is coming? Hope to see other… --- ## [Just got my turner sprout. What an unboxing experience](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-got-my-turner-sprout-what-an-unboxing-experience/448812)
**Author:** [@Bznalcapone](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bznalcapone)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-got-my-turner-sprout-what-an-unboxing-experience/448812 "2026-07-10T15:59:33Z")
So I just got my sprout today and what a crazy unboxing experience. It came with a sticker a pog. They even included some extra string for me. This thing is so cute. It is so little. I did not think it was going to be th… --- ## [Bearing Size Preference](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-size-preference/425040)
**Author:** [@Cmchappell97](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cmchappell97)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-size-preference/425040 "2026-07-10T13:19:14Z")
Hey Everyone, I am designing my next throw, and want to know yall’s take on bearing sizes. C bearing or D bearing? What do you think makes one better or worst over the other? I ask this purely for your opinion, its n… --- ## [2013/14 yoyofactory value?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2013-14-yoyofactory-value/448795)
**Author:** [@Bbuilds](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bbuilds)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2026, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2013-14-yoyofactory-value/448795 "2026-07-10T05:48:42Z")
Hey all, im new here- but recently dig up my old yoyos from elementary school. Looking to sell them. Nothing super crazy but i do have a dv888 in a HTF color and the old Paul Han onestar(?) any help on rarity/value would… --- ## [It is 2021 and One Drop](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/it-is-2021-and-one-drop/334889)
**Author:** [@RABid](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RABid)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/it-is-2021-and-one-drop/334889 "2026-07-09T19:17:02Z")
It is 2021 and One Drop still has not released the bi-metal yoyo that was leaked 7 years ago. Were we “played” with that leak? Is it never going to happen? Does it even need to happen? Are bi-metals really that much bett… --- ## [A question on Bearings](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-question-on-bearings/448699)
**Author:** [@Tri4901](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tri4901)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-question-on-bearings/448699 "2026-07-09T18:58:42Z")
Hi all, I have a quick question. Bearings! When one buys a new throw online from, it doesn’t matter but let’s say a new “Japan technology” or a new “offset”. Where does these different manufacturers get their bearings?! … --- ## [Is there any new undersized coming out soon besides the sprout](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-there-any-new-undersized-coming-out-soon-besides-the-sprout/448628)
**Author:** [@Bznalcapone](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bznalcapone)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-there-any-new-undersized-coming-out-soon-besides-the-sprout/448628 "2026-07-09T15:07:54Z")
So I took all my yo-yos on my trip to Tennessee and I can honestly say that the undersized is where I want to be. I took my forma and I’ll be honest with you. I don’t like how big it is. I do not like the chunkiness of a… --- ## [🇨🇦 Free string samples?! 👀 Sharing Big Red Strings Cloud 9 with Fellow Canadians! 🇨🇦](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/free-string-samples-sharing-big-red-strings-cloud-9-with-fellow-canadians/447898)
**Author:** [@StrawhatDeku](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/StrawhatDeku)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/free-string-samples-sharing-big-red-strings-cloud-9-with-fellow-canadians/447898 "2026-07-09T11:43:48Z")
Good evening everyone! Recently I purchased a large order of @BigRedStrings after falling in love with their Cloud 9 blend! To make a long story short, my first package got lost in the mail and ended up arriving today … --- ## [Reflections of a crappy intermediate](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/reflections-of-a-crappy-intermediate/448639)
**Author:** [@YoGeezer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoGeezer)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/reflections-of-a-crappy-intermediate/448639 "2026-07-08T18:46:08Z")
Based on gracious recommendations by folks on this forum, I just threw some $ into 2 new throws: an Iceberg & a Wilderness 7075, been working with Magicyoyo Node & Purple Line until now. Also got serious about string & o… [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/c/general-yo-yo-forum/5.md?page=5) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/c/general-yo-yo-forum/5.md?page=7)