I know this is not the place - but I would think twice about the Regulus. I had one. It is the only yoyo I have ever sent back to the vendor.
Because the stock response is too thick for the response seat - the yoyo is almost impossible to throw straight. Somewhere on the breakaway - your string will catch on the protruding response and cause a tilt or wobble. If that does not get you - the placement of the steel rings on the very edge of the rims means that this yoyo precesses (rotates about the string) more than any other I have used. Other than that - I will say that it is a good-looking yoyo if you are into that sort of thing.
If you want to spend your money wisely - save $10 more and get a CLYW Chief.
I have a Chief and while it’s smooth as silk I may still prefer my Avalanche. With the Avalanche, everything is perfect. Everything is just right. You ask it to do something and it does. I love that throw.
This is exactly what I read and was told by others. The question as to why the manufacturer did not already do this comes to mind. I mean come on, these have been in the stores for over a year and they still ship with a response system that the manufacturer KNOWS stinks?
Lets face it, the Regulus sits on the shelf. So if it is so great with another response, why doesn’t the manufacturer take them back and install this wonderful new response that makes it a beast?
That is precisely the reason I returned mine. I paid $110 = for a yoyo that
a) does not work as shipped.
b) would be much better if I installed $5-10 worth of new stuff.
Obviously, the manufacturer is paying more attention to his bottom line than his customer’s satisfaction. If the Regulus is so good - then then Jazz-Yo should pay to put them right - not me.
I’d be willing to buy a yoyo that I’d have to supply a bearing for(not an axle, that needs to be included), and putting silicone into the response groove IF they are up front about it. I mean, I’d rather buy a new bearing or use an existing one I have laying around rather than buy a yoyo and have to toss the bearing out because it’s a piece of junk. But even that is pushing it.
The way I see it, it should be fine out of the box with the exception of perhaps the bearing needing to be cleaned and/or lubed. To me that’s normal.
You would still need to pay in the overall cost of the yoyo, besides is it that hard to shave an o-ring. The regulus is such a great yoyo it is worth the effort, IMO.
Lots of the older High End yoyos came with “crappy” crappy response systems. The Aurora and Helix by NSCO are both 200$, but they they came with pretty crappy response. Lots of really good yoyos came with pretty bad response.