# Beginner yoyo
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-yoyo/81283
**Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation
**Created:** [July 20, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-yoyo/81283 "2016-07-20T17:52:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@xyn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xyn)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-yoyo/81283/1 "2016-07-20T17:52:19Z")
hi,
I may be teaching a small yoyo clinic (kind of a team building exercise at our company). I am trying to figure our a good beginner yoyo for people. I am looking for:
1. plastic and inexpensive (under $20)
2. responsive
3. easy to learn with, comfortable, reasonably smooth, good response
4. good for beginner and intermediate string tricks
5. easily to upgrade to unresponsive if desired.
I have heard some good things about the Replay Pro - is the Replay (the responsive version) a good fit for what I am looking for? I have also heard about a yoyo called The Sage. I have never used either of these and the only modern plastic I have is a Velocity - which is neat but not a great throw in my opinion and not something I would recommend to a new user.
Thoughts?
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### Author:  [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-yoyo/81283/2 "2016-07-20T18:17:33Z")
I personally think the classic is a great choice. I gave one to my girlfriend to learn the basics on. I would assume the replay would be very good as well. I would recommend making sure they are initially VERY responsive. I actually put Vaseline in a slim bearing. This way the basics are easy to learn. Then swap the full c sized bearing in and you’re good to go 🙂
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### Author:  [@yoyobro1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyobro1)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-yoyo/81283/3 "2016-07-20T19:09:55Z")
I learned on the Sage and would definitely learn on that one again! It has pretty good spin times and it can be upgraded to unresponsive. They only sell it on a certain sire though which I won’t say on here. I have also heard good things about the responsive replay but have never played with one myself.
Hope this helps!
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### Author:  [@hobbygod](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbygod)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-yoyo/81283/4 "2016-07-20T19:28:15Z")
i learned on a duncan dragon fly:joy::joy: and then once i learned to trapeze i upgraded to an unresponsive yyj legacy (the first one)
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### Author:  [@YoYoExpertGarrett](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpertGarrett)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-yoyo/81283/5 "2016-07-21T13:25:48Z")
> [@yoyobro1](#):
>
> I learned on the Sage and would definitely learn on that one again! It has pretty good spin times and it can be upgraded to unresponsive. They only sell it on a certain sire though which I won’t say on here. I have also heard good things about the responsive replay but have never played with one myself.
>
> Hope this helps!
The ‘Sage’ is not a yo-yo sold on a specific site. It is just a YoYoFactory OneStar with a slim bearing and branded caps. That said, the OneStar is a pretty good choice, but it’s a little light and won’t give you the same spin times as others while you’re learning to throw.
The YoYoFactory Responsive Replay is a solid choice too, but I really like the Recess First Base for learning since it comes with an unresponsive bearing to upgrade it as well.