# 10ball or centering in a One Drop? Poll **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [June 15, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951 "2019-06-15T16:40:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/1 "2019-06-15T16:40:23Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/1))_ When you buy a new One Drop as a player do you switch out the 10 ball for a centering bearing? This poll is for yoyos that are players, not duplicates that are kept as collectibles. ---
**Author:** ![moby323](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moby323/32/57094_2.png) [@moby323](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/moby323)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/2 "2019-06-15T16:45:30Z")
If I’m buying a bearing I don’t get OD but I have no issue with them in the yoyos that come with one. I think a lot of people are fooling themselves if they think there is a huge performance difference. I actually even kind of like the fact that they are noisy. I think my friends are more impressed with tricks when they can hear just how fast it is spinning. ---
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/3 "2019-06-15T16:48:34Z")
> [@moby323](#): > > If I’m buying a bearing I don’t get OD but I have no issue with them in the yoyos that come with one. I don’t either. I’m interested if people swap them out or leave them in when they buy. ---
**Author:** ![Imdavid122](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/imdavid122/32/87913_2.png) [@Imdavid122](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Imdavid122)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/4 "2019-06-15T16:57:58Z")
I don’t own a one drop but if the flat was quiet its staying in ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/5 "2019-06-15T17:03:38Z")
Any yoyo that I expect to spend a lot of time throwing–which pretty much means any One Drop I buy–is going to get a Boss Rage bearing put in it. However, sometimes a yoyo comes with a KK of some kind and I will often leave that in and save my Rages for future One Drops. ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/6 "2019-06-15T17:24:04Z")
One Drops are the only high end yoyos that I even consider using flats with. I do play them with flats sometimes it also kind of depends on the throw but usually I swap them out ---
**Author:** ![mightycoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@mightycoyote](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mightycoyote)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/7 "2019-06-15T18:30:55Z")
It depends. I like a centering bearing better in most of the ones I’ve tried, but not all of them. ---
**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/8 "2019-06-15T18:33:30Z")
Yeah, it just depends really. I always give the flats an honest amount of playtime first to determine whether I’ll keep it or swap it. ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/johnnyj/32/94616_2.png) [@JohnnyJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JohnnyJ)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/9 "2019-06-15T18:55:28Z")
I use whatever bearing cane stock in the yoyo 99% of the time. ---
**Author:** ![beeebon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/beeebon/32/30672_2.png) [@beeebon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beeebon)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/10 "2019-06-15T19:02:42Z")
Only Onedrop I swapped out the flat bearing was the Vanguard, I really like how it plays with a string centering bearing. ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/11 "2019-06-16T00:25:59Z")
I keep flats on. There has been only one time i’ve considered to switch to a centering bearing is with the Dang 2, but just because that yoyo plays so damn fast and stable it can benefit to have a centering bearing to boost it’s performance to the max. ---
**Author:** ![d34dj3d](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/d34dj3d/32/105169_2.png) [@d34dj3d](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/d34dj3d)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 4:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/12 "2019-06-16T04:27:41Z")
I usually leave the flat in there, those one drop bearings are just so smooth. I have a few where I changed to a centering bearing, the v-two and eclipse come to mind. I didn’t buy any new yoyo’s between ~2003 and last december, so I had only played flat bearings. When I broke down and started buying new yoyo’s last year, I discovered centering bearings are a thing now. Yeah, they make a difference and I like them, but I’m just fine with flats. ---
**Author:** ![lumanasty](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lumanasty/32/80550_2.png) [@lumanasty](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/lumanasty)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/13 "2019-06-16T06:01:10Z")
For some reason i just like the 10 balls. The ones i have seem to be smooth glass and quiet to boot ---
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/14 "2019-06-17T21:28:32Z")
So far it’s about two to one in favor of keeping the flat 10 ball in. I’m honestly surprised. I thought the number of switch outs would have been at least half and probably more. Props to you @da5id and @The_Machinist. You know your customer base. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![da5id](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/da5id/32/48214_2.png) [@da5id](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/da5id)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/15 "2019-06-17T21:55:00Z")
Thanks. This is what we have been trying to say. Bearing choice is personal preference and our experience is that it’s about 50/50 so that changing to a different bearing wouldn’t solve the problem that about half of our customers are getting a stock bearing they don’t prefer. ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/johnnyj/32/94616_2.png) [@JohnnyJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JohnnyJ)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/16 "2019-06-17T21:59:43Z")
10 ball flat for life ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/17 "2019-06-17T22:03:03Z")
Presently, I’ve got a Cabal, Deep State, and Kuntosh. Original 10-balls in all three and they work perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/18 "2019-06-17T22:34:08Z")
Honestly I was kind of expecting this result. If there’s any company’s yoyos to use flats with, its OD. And people who are indifferent or don’t feel that strongly about it will just keep the flat in as well A better question to ask is who swaps out the centering bearing in another companies yoyo for a flat :thinking: especially companies that have a strong focus on competition designs like UNPRLD or YYR I definitely don’t think flat swaps would be more common and the ratio would very likely be greater than 2 to 1 ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/johnnyj/32/94616_2.png) [@JohnnyJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JohnnyJ)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/19 "2019-06-17T23:15:31Z")
Great point, I’d agree with you on that one. I don’t swap out any bearings ever personally. Whatever it’s comin with is what I’m rockin with ---
**Author:** ![da5id](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/da5id/32/48214_2.png) [@da5id](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/da5id)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951/20 "2019-06-17T23:26:45Z")
So i’m guessing a different poll would go like this: Play the stock bearing 60% Always use Flat 20% Always use Nudging 20% [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10ball-or-centering-in-a-one-drop-poll/303951.md?page=2)