# Are they (Flat Bearings) good or bad? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [February 17, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-they-flat-bearings-good-or-bad/352778 "2022-02-17T20:35:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bpelletier](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bpelletier/32/105344_2.png) [@bpelletier](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bpelletier)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-they-flat-bearings-good-or-bad/352778/21 "2022-02-19T02:46:02Z")
How did having my own harmless opinion on the matter invalidated your opinion or directly refer to you? Did I miss something lol…. ---
**Author:** ![bpelletier](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bpelletier/32/105344_2.png) [@bpelletier](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bpelletier)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-they-flat-bearings-good-or-bad/352778/22 "2022-02-19T02:47:58Z")
In fact I did not even read others responses before giving my outlook on the topic, just participating in the discussion ---
**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:** [February 19, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-they-flat-bearings-good-or-bad/352778/23 "2022-02-19T02:51:14Z")
I’m not sure how else to interpret the quoted text except as a direct dismissal of what “people”, like me, “will tell you or you might believe”. ---
**Author:** ![bpelletier](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bpelletier/32/105344_2.png) [@bpelletier](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bpelletier)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-they-flat-bearings-good-or-bad/352778/24 "2022-02-19T02:55:46Z")
I’m so confused about the level of offense being taken to a difference in opinion on bearings, hey man I don’t know maybe you misunderstood my post but it wasn’t meant in any type of “dismissive” way, enjoy your night friend ---
**Author:** ![SR1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sr1/32/104603_2.png) [@SR1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SR1)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-they-flat-bearings-good-or-bad/352778/25 "2022-02-19T02:56:22Z")
LMAO I cringe every single time someone posts a flat vs centering bearing topic cause they ALWAYS end the same way ---
**Author:** ![bpelletier](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bpelletier/32/105344_2.png) [@bpelletier](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bpelletier)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-they-flat-bearings-good-or-bad/352778/26 "2022-02-19T02:57:09Z")
Haha I should’ve known better ---
**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:** [February 19, 2022, 3:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-they-flat-bearings-good-or-bad/352778/27 "2022-02-19T03:12:29Z")
It wasn’t the mere fact that a different opinion was offered that touched a raw nerve in me. It was the phrase/wording used. This subject has come up many times over the years, and there is always a group of self-appointed authorities who want to downplay the phenomenon that many players experience with flat bearings, heavily implying (or nearly outright saying) that it is all just imagined or being wildly exaggerated for reasons I can’t fathom. It is insensitive at best and condescending at worst. You may not have intended for it to come out that way, but the particular wording you chose unfortunately delivered it that way nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![bpelletier](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bpelletier/32/105344_2.png) [@bpelletier](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bpelletier)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-they-flat-bearings-good-or-bad/352778/28 "2022-02-19T03:14:13Z")
You’ve clearly made up your mind to be offended about this… Yoyo is something fun, it’s alright not to agree with everyone no worries, I’m in no way an offensive or aggressive person so this whole interaction is very bizarre to me right now. Let’s just let it rest, like I mentioned it’s okay to have differing opinions that why the original poster created the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Shapapy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shapapy/32/141199_2.png) [@Shapapy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shapapy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-they-flat-bearings-good-or-bad/352778/29 "2022-02-19T03:19:32Z")
> [@zslane](#): > > the difference between a flat bearing and a grooved concave bearing in my VTWO and Top Deck was night and day as far as I was concerned I feel the biggest difference between flat and concave with the Top Deck. With a concave, you can smack it and it’ll stay on plane. With a flat, there’s considerable tilt. Some throws I can barely feel a difference with a flat though. Maybe the extreme rim weight is causing the precession. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2022, 3:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-they-flat-bearings-good-or-bad/352778/30 "2022-02-19T03:22:54Z")
> [@Shapapy](#): > > Maybe the extreme rim weight is causing the precession. That very well may be. That’s why earlier I said it probably depends on the yoyo being used (along with the experience level of the player). Yotricks mentions this phenomenon in their description of their VIP bearings and the reasoning behind their design. But they don’t go into detail about which of their own models would magnify or minimize the effect. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-they-flat-bearings-good-or-bad/352778.md?page=1)