Recently got a legendary terrarian and i love it, but it has a high tendency to bind mid trick. Any tips for making it less likely to snag? i want to avoid going the route of thinner string because i really like the string i already use.
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Thinner string, centering bearing, or swap the response for more recessed flowable silicone.
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Hey. I would change the pads to something more slippy. That worked on my Shutter WA. Also, maybe it just needs to break in
does the flat bearing contribute to that? i was planning on getting a grooved bearing for it
are there other pad options for one drop? i thought they had their own size
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Maybe recessed silicone as garret says. Probably it is just that it needs to break in. Give it a few days and itāll be probably better
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aight cool. i want to like this thing, but it HURTS when it snags
One Drops have pretty tight, snappy binds as a general rule. I love them for that, but then Iām not trying to lay lots of string wraps into the gap. The Legendary Terrarium has a 4.54mm gap, which is pretty average as gaps go, not especially narrow and not particularly wide. If you are experiencing a lot of snagging on ordinary tricks, it may just be that the pads need a bit of breaking in. A thinner string can help while they break in as well.
The Legendary Terrarium uses ODās standard flow groove pads, which are thicker than industry standard āslimā pads, so you either need to flow your own silicone or get a set of OD replacement pads. But I would expect a set of replacement pads to behave the same as brand new stock pads, so that probably wouldnāt be much of a solution.
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thanks! i swapped in a center trac and it seems to be helping. didnāt know flat bearings were more snappy
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I think youāll find that centering bearings improve the playability of most yoyos immeasurably. Iāve lost count of the number of new One Drop owners who reportedly struggled with their yoyos until they put in centering bearings (usually at the recommendation of someone on these forums).
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Iām curious, what kind of string do you currently use? I know you said you donāt want to change string, but youāre already using a yo-yo with an average gap and response more recessed than most, so maybe you should consider it.
Iāve run into this problem a lot. Itās usually more technique related than anything inherently wrong with strings or response pads, but you donāt want to handicap yourself with string that is extra difficult. I also find that some strings tend to stick to itself after a few minutes of playā¦ I found that if I take them off or leave the yo-yo unwound over night, the string will play more like itās new the next day, so Iām guessing that my skin oil is problematic with some strings. But Iām weird though, I always have weird problems.
normally iād default to a technique issue, but i havenāt had this problem with any of my other throws. I use airetic standards and yysl plutonium strings.
Plutonium is a little on the thicker side, thicker than Type X anyway. I would hesitate to put Plutonium on a One Drop.
Suuuuuuper thicc string, duh
Got it. I like plutonium for whips and stuff and it just seems over all more composed and easier to work with. Wasnāt a huge fan of type x. How does Venom stack up against those 2?
Venom is really good. Itās great for whips but itās not as thick and is much less frictiā¦ ous,ive,ionyā¦ much less grippy, so doesnāt snag as easily, and binds great. It is still on the grippy side though, IMO.
IMO itās much less the thickness of the string that causes snags so much as how grippy it is. YYF Knot Bad, One Drop Choice, YYT High End, all on the thicker end(thicker than Venom), bind with serious grip, but slides on itself with very little friction and is not prone to those types of snags.
Didnāt read replys yet, but if it has flow groove pads and theyāre snaggy, then I say just rip āem out and replace with anythingā¦ silicone, yoyofactory pads (donāt mind the gap, seriously :p), snow tires, or other flow grooves even. I canāt ever break in flow grooves, prolly just me.
I love one drop but the tolerances on their pads are not tightā¦ some are thicker than others. Or at least that used to be the caseā¦ I stocked up on one drop pads years ago when I thought the thin pads for my project might go away forever, so Iām still using flow grooves from 2013 or whatever 
it sounds like you either overlubed your bearing of you lubed it recently or itās dying if you havenāt in a while. You can clean a bearing and relube it if itās too much but idk about dead bearings āāį“„āā
Personally Iām against ripping our pads if they arenāt used past their life expectancy but thatās just me lol
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Agreed about pads, especially ODs. I would never rip out OD pads before they were worn out; they are the bestāI mean, IMO and all, as itās totally subjective, but thereās no denying that they are high quality whether you like āem or not. Personally, I like OD response above all others; I never (almost) get unintentional binds/snags, but when I want it to bind itās super snappy and returns with very little loss of spin, which is great for long combos.
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The yoyo is brand new and iāve always ran bearings dry, but i think this bearing came lubed from the factory. Swapping in a nsk center trac i had in my shutter seems to have fixed the issue. Weirdly enough, the flat bearing made my shutter way more fun to play with. it was way too slippy before, so the trade off worked out perfect.
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