# Can you 3a yoyo but 5a style **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [April 10, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/can-you-3a-yoyo-but-5a-style/398433 "2024-04-10T16:19:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gabz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/838e76/32.png) [@gabz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gabz)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/can-you-3a-yoyo-but-5a-style/398433/1 "2024-04-10T16:19:21Z")
can an expert tell me if i can instead of a counterweight use another yoyo ---
**Author:** ![Zack21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zack21/32/605288_2.png) [@Zack21](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zack21)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/can-you-3a-yoyo-but-5a-style/398433/2 "2024-04-10T16:25:28Z")
expert here, you cannot do that unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Zack21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zack21/32/605288_2.png) [@Zack21](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zack21)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/can-you-3a-yoyo-but-5a-style/398433/3 "2024-04-10T16:31:02Z")
no but fr that would just damage both yoyos and it would be way too heavy. You can get a set of duncan counterweights for like 5$ here or on amazon ---
**Author:** ![TheThrowingGnome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thethrowinggnome/32/14231_2.png) [@TheThrowingGnome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheThrowingGnome)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/can-you-3a-yoyo-but-5a-style/398433/4 "2024-04-10T16:35:08Z")
Nothing stopping you from trying. You might make the counterweight yoyo something very light and perhaps responsive like a YYF legend wing. ---
**Author:** ![hsb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hsb/32/193274_2.png) [@hsb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hsb)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/can-you-3a-yoyo-but-5a-style/398433/5 "2024-04-10T16:37:33Z")
If you just need a counterweight: > [@DIY 5A Counterweights?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/diy-5a-counterweights/371696): > > I want to try my hand at 5a but was wondering if theres a common DIY was to test before ordering any counterweights? If so, what are people using? > [@Things I can use as a counterweight](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/things-i-can-use-as-a-counterweight/387272): > > Hey! I want to get into 5a yoyoing but I don’t have a counterweight, and I do not exactly want to buy one yet… does anyone know anything I can use that is an everday household item that I can use as one? ---
**Author:** ![GTDropKnot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gtdropknot/32/212400_2.png) [@GTDropKnot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GTDropKnot)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/can-you-3a-yoyo-but-5a-style/398433/6 "2024-04-10T16:51:38Z")
Yeah that is called hydra style. Here’s a video [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/1/d/71dd0d1319400ff4d11b7780fdfe7cc288f63696.jpeg "String for Hydra style - Two yoyos one string - first test") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62HH7V_3LfY) This was the only video I could find with a quick google but I’ve seen other ppl shred the style. ---
**Author:** ![mable](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mable/32/194074_2.png) [@mable](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mable)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/can-you-3a-yoyo-but-5a-style/398433/7 "2024-04-10T17:03:50Z")
Hydra gets an award for A² easily being the funniest division name. But yeah, it’s very neat. Somewhere inbetween 3A and 5A while also just totally being its own thing. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/c/f/8cf15479dae48f57cae0ddb90466b39c4adab618.jpeg "A Squared") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiKrKCfdnIY)