# Begginer offstring yoyos
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103
**Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation
**Created:** [May 5, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103 "2010-05-05T20:25:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@sushiboy96](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sushiboy96)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103/1 "2010-05-05T20:25:46Z")
What is the best begginer offstring yoyo
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### Author:  [@Supernaut3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Supernaut3)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103/2 "2010-05-05T20:27:22Z")
Purely opinion but… Duncan Hayabusa SL.
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### Author:  [@catorameus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/catorameus)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103/3 "2010-05-05T20:44:20Z")
Many people will say that the BigYo2 is the best for beginners because it’s so easy to catch.
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### Author:  [@yo-yo\_dood\_95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yo-yo_dood_95)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103/4 "2010-05-05T20:44:44Z")
I say aquarius.
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### Author:  [@patrickcondon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/patrickcondon)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103/5 "2010-05-05T21:15:46Z")
aquarius is discontinued… I would get a hayabusa, BigYo, or fiesta. They’re all great
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### Author:  [@Kristiawan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kristiawan)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103/6 "2010-05-06T00:22:18Z")
duncan hayabusa is rather hard for learning IMO, because they are smaller in catch zone.
the bigyo2 has larger catch zone easier to learn on, because its easier to catch
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### Author:  [@iAvery220](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/iAvery220)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103/7 "2010-05-06T01:18:18Z")
> [@JayVee](#):
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> Many people will say that the BigYo2 is the best for beginners because it’s so easy to catch.
I don’t know much about offstring but that seems like something my common sense would tell me so go for big yo
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### Author:  [@sushiboy96](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sushiboy96)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103/8 "2010-05-06T01:49:52Z")
Is it the Big Yo or the Big Yo2???
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### Author:  [@catorameus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/catorameus)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103/9 "2010-05-06T01:51:55Z")
The BigYo is discontinued and the BigYo2 took its place. The BigYo2 is the one you will find in the YoYoExpert store.
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### Author:  [@quinton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/quinton)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103/10 "2010-05-06T02:01:59Z")
I started with my dark magic, just throwin that out there.
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### Author:  [@Supernaut3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Supernaut3)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103/11 "2010-05-06T02:20:23Z")
> [@Kristiawan](#):
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> duncan hayabusa is rather hard for learning IMO, because they are smaller in catch zone.
> the bigyo2 has larger catch zone easier to learn on, because its easier to catch
That’s the way I learn, hehe. I started learning Trapeze, Double or Nothing and Drop in the Bucket with the Playmaxx Turbo Bumble Bee and a Variflex Pro. I remember when I got my Duncan Avenger I thought the gap and rim design were HUGE, and way too easy to land Trapeze with. lol
Then I put down messing with Yo-Yos for several years. 😛
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### Author:  [@jokers10](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jokers10)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103/12 "2010-05-06T02:39:00Z")
I learned the basic toss and catch with a duncan butterfly. Use what you have that you don’t mind if it breaks, and then buy a fiesta.
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### Author:  [@Kristiawan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kristiawan)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103/13 "2010-05-06T09:37:27Z")
> [@Q](#):
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> I started with my dark magic, just throwin that out there.
;D lol
i started with a FHZ.
didn’t work out well.
now i use bigyo, easy to learn on
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### Author:  [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103/14 "2010-05-07T03:21:15Z")
Fiesta’s are great for every offstring player from beginner to expert. I highly recommend getting one. You can perform thumb grinds and everything on that yoyo. Plus, it has an adjustable gap just in case you are doing a really complicated trick and you don’t want the yoyo to hit your hand all of a sudden. It’s my favorite offstring yoyo.
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### Author:  [@quinton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/quinton)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103/15 "2010-05-07T04:02:42Z")
Guys, you really don’t need to go out and buy a new yoyo for every style you want to try. Whatever yoyo you use for 1A will work for 4A, and 5A. The only styles you HAVE to get a new yoyo for are 2 & 3A.
Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t expect you to have one yoyo and use it for all styles forever, but just until you learn the basics and get used to it. Heck, I even practiced looping on my DM before I got a pair of Sunsets.
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### Author:  [@Supernaut3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Supernaut3)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103/16 "2010-05-07T04:46:05Z")
> [@Q](#):
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> Guys, you really don’t need to go out and buy a new yoyo for every style you want to try. Whatever yoyo you use for 1A will work for 4A, and 5A. The only styles you HAVE to get a new yoyo for are 2 & 3A.
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> Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t expect you to have one yoyo and use it for all styles forever, but just until you learn the basics and get used to it. Heck, I even practiced looping on my DM before I got a pair of Sunsets.
While I agree whole heartedly with this, I couldn’t bring myself to do it with a Yo-Yo that didn’t atleast have some protection when landing. I mean 1 good whack on the ground could do all sorts of things with a hard plastic or metal Yo-Yo. Crack plastic around the axle, bend or snap the axle, lock the bearing, loosen the nut so it doesn’t lock anymore, etc etc.
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### Author:  [@quinton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/quinton)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103/17 "2010-05-08T13:38:42Z")
I see where you are coming from, but you could always play in grass or on carpet, you don’t have to start on hard surfaces only. lol
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### Author:  [@ApocalypticYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ApocalypticYo)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103/18 "2010-05-08T14:17:26Z")
I just got my Fiesta yesterday and I love it. It’s my first offstring yoyo and it’s really easy to land the yoyo on the string. ;D
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### Author:  [@jpaulick](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jpaulick)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/begginer-offstring-yoyos/14103/19 "2010-05-13T21:24:15Z")
Great question. I started on my DM as well…it was all that was around. Then I thought for awhile reached into my old bag and found a Henrys Viper and played it. Now I use a Shinwoo Zen(not available on YYE ☹ and a Duncan Hayabusa with the SL rims. I use them both equally with the Duncan being a bit harder to whip given the smaller catch zone. I haven’t played the Fiesta yet but have heard many good things.