# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![Hanker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hanker/32/628221_2.png) [@Hanker](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hanker)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-they-flat-bearings-good-or-bad/352778/17 "2022-02-18T10:54:53Z")
For me, I don’t really bother. I’ll play with whatever bearing that comes stock with the yoyo unless the bearing locks up or something. My Aitch still has it’s flat bearing on and I find it to be very stable. I can do some horizontal on it no problemo. If you want more opinions, look to this thread: > [@One Drop Flat Bearings Are Outdated: Change My Mind](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-flat-bearings-are-outdated-change-my-mind/302430): > > So I got my first One Drop about a week ago, and have quickly become a huge fan of OD. However, the first thing I did was swap out the flat bearing for an aftermarket one, because in the past I’ve found flats to… kinda suck. So let me ask you guys, is there significant quality or purpose to One Drop using exclusively flat bearings? Keep in mind this is a Kuntosh I’m referring to (so naturally I wanted maximum performance) but even with an organic like a Markmont Classic, I kinda fail to see the … Maybe we can summon @codinghorror as well. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/are-they-flat-bearings-good-or-bad/352778)._