# Best Bearing for Contests. **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [May 5, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-bearing-for-contests/37455 "2012-05-05T14:14:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![like125cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@like125cats](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/like125cats)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-bearing-for-contests/37455/1 "2012-05-05T14:14:01Z")
What is your favorite bearing for contests? ---
**Author:** ![Ghost8982](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ghost8982/32/675_2.png) [@Ghost8982](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ghost8982)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-bearing-for-contests/37455/2 "2012-05-05T14:43:01Z")
I do love love love my terrapin x wing ceramics. I noticed that you dont have terrapin split up in ball bearing and ceramic so I just voted terrapin. Also you dont have terrapin regular flats and flat ceramics listed. :-\ ---
**Author:** ![ccn411](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ccn411/32/192885_2.png) [@ccn411](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ccn411)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-bearing-for-contests/37455/3 "2012-05-05T15:01:11Z")
You know that bearing that’s currently in your yo-yo? Yeah, that bearing. ---
**Author:** ![sirnaq\_MN42](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sirnaq_mn42/32/613_2.png) [@sirnaq\_MN42](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sirnaq_MN42)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-bearing-for-contests/37455/4 "2012-05-05T15:28:44Z")
I like kk bearings but ill use whatever. ---
**Author:** ![kuyaChristian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kuyaChristian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kuyaChristian)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-bearing-for-contests/37455/5 "2012-05-05T15:30:23Z")
I don’t even do contests, but when I tried it out I dont think the bearing mattered. I’d like to focus on hitting my tricks right than worrying if I got Crucial Bearing on my PHENOMizm or something. ---
**Author:** ![Ghost8982](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ghost8982/32/675_2.png) [@Ghost8982](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ghost8982)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-bearing-for-contests/37455/6 "2012-05-05T15:33:39Z")
Ah I see you added the terrapin ball… Cool. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-bearing-for-contests/37455/7 "2012-05-05T15:47:27Z")
Find what bearing YOU like best, then that’s your answer. People use anything from stock bearings to shaped bearings(like KK’s, centertracs, grooved), treated bearings and various flats. There’s no definitive right answer, there’s only what’s right for you. ---
**Author:** ![YoYoFactoryFreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a88e4f/32.png) [@YoYoFactoryFreak](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoFactoryFreak)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-bearing-for-contests/37455/8 "2012-05-05T16:00:10Z")
You forgot Chico 10 ball ☹ I like Konkaves for metals and Center Tracs for plastics. ---
**Author:** ![Ghost8982](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ghost8982/32/675_2.png) [@Ghost8982](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ghost8982)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-bearing-for-contests/37455/9 "2012-05-05T16:02:10Z")
> [@Studio42](#): > > Find what bearing YOU like best, then that’s your answer. > > People use anything from stock bearings to shaped bearings(like KK’s, centertracs, grooved), treated bearings and various flats. There’s no definitive right answer, there’s only what’s right for you. I think we pretty much got that. I fail to see why you had to yell that out. Nobody went in that direction and we all voted for our own likes. Chill dude. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-bearing-for-contests/37455/10 "2012-05-05T16:42:59Z")
> [@Ghost8982](#): > > > [@Studio42](#): > > > > Find what bearing YOU like best, then that’s your answer. > > > > People use anything from stock bearings to shaped bearings(like KK’s, centertracs, grooved), treated bearings and various flats. There’s no definitive right answer, there’s only what’s right for you. > > I think we pretty much got that. I fail to see why you had to yell that out. Nobody went in that direction and we all voted for our own likes. Chill dude. I am chill. Sometimes a direct and blunt approach is exactly what is needed in a given situation. In case you haven’t noticed, there’s been a massive influx of threads asking the exact same question over and over again recently. Once people realize “there is no best, there’s only what’s best for that individual”, it would help a lot. ---
**Author:** ![NintendoYo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecccb3/32.png) [@NintendoYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NintendoYo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-bearing-for-contests/37455/11 "2012-05-05T16:48:38Z")
> [@ccn411](#): > > You know that bearing that’s currently in your yo-yo? Yeah, that bearing. Ditto. Whatever you feel comfortable with is the best bearing. ---
**Author:** ![Ghost8982](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ghost8982/32/675_2.png) [@Ghost8982](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ghost8982)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-bearing-for-contests/37455/12 "2012-05-05T17:11:36Z")
I agree studio… But the best string bearing and yoyo questions are never going to go away no matter how hard you try. Theres no need to be direct and blunt because it will never get you anywhere. new yoyo’ers will always have that lack of experience and expertise so they have no option to but to ask what is the best. Thats why we should have patience and understanding for them and just keep explaining it over and over and over. And that patience and understanding is what yoyoexpert is all about. I was just saying that this topic you started in here was not the topic of the original post and that nobody had asked what “THE” best bearing was. ---
**Author:** ![Trace](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/trace/32/620097_2.png) [@Trace](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Trace)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-bearing-for-contests/37455/13 "2012-05-05T17:26:05Z")
> [@YoYoFactoryFreak](#): > > You forgot Chico 10 ball ☹ CYYC 10 Balls are OD 10 Balls. But yeah I like any bearing that is broken in. ---
**Author:** ![hakysak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@hakysak](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hakysak)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-bearing-for-contests/37455/14 "2012-05-05T17:44:46Z")
None. The best yoyo is a Duncan Exit 8, which takes an A bearing. :wink: ---
**Author:** ![yoskater](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoskater/32/787_2.png) [@yoskater](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoskater)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-bearing-for-contests/37455/15 "2012-05-05T18:39:54Z")
Center Track bearings ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-bearing-for-contests/37455/16 "2012-05-05T19:27:06Z")
> [@Ghost8982](#): > > I agree studio… But the best string bearing and yoyo questions are never going to go away no matter how hard you try. Theres no need to be direct and blunt because it will never get you anywhere. new yoyo’ers will always have that lack of experience and expertise so they have no option to but to ask what is the best. Thats why we should have patience and understanding for them and just keep explaining it over and over and over. And that patience and understanding is what yoyoexpert is all about. I was just saying that this topic you started in here was not the topic of the original post and that nobody had asked what “THE” best bearing was. Variations on a theme. It would be nice if people could make an effort and use a search, or see a message thread 3-5 lines down covering the same topic. Oh, I have patience and understanding. At the same time, when the same stuff is showing up at a rapid fire pace, you have to really question a lot of stuff. Best bearing for contests is a variation of “best bearing”. Adding a couple of words really is just a disguise for the real point. Easy answer: Whatever the yoyo shipped with, use that. They felt it was good enough to sell to you in that yoyo, so clearly it’s the ideal bearing! That’s the best bearing for anything!