Any Good Ones That are cheap below 25
I’ve heard good things about the Magicyoyo Topioneer
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Ah, the MagicYoyo Crystal is also neat – that’s the responsive one. Didn’t realize these were still out there!
Often people that ask this aren’t looking for the best yoyo in performance but rather the best yoyo that fits their needs.
The best performing yoyo in that price range is the Magicyoyo y04. But as I said, I’m not sure you’re actually looking for that.
Are you a total beginner?
No i’m like intermediate level im just needing longer spin time for the tricks im doing
For $25 or under, just about your only truly good metal option would be a MagicYoyo, at least that I know of. MagicYoyos are fine, but in my experience the build quality tends to feel a little cheap, and they don’t feel quite as refined in play as other brands. They’re good to start off with or as “beaters” however.
At around $30 - 40, you start to get a few of the truly decent budget options, like the Yoyofriends budget offerings. A quick browse shows quite a few options from Top Yo in this range also, which I’ve never personally tried but I find unlikely to be truly “bad.”
If you can expand your budget to the $40 - 60 range, however, you will have a lot more options. The Duncan Evolve for example is a very popular throw in this range that was used to win the 2024 U.S. National Contest, and there are plenty of other popular and competitive options in this range from brands like Yoyofriends, WILD, SENSE, C3Yoyodesign, and others. I would also suggest checking the B/S/T for good deals also.
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What yoyo is not giving you enough spin time? I’ve found that good spin time is dependent on good throws.
Edit: meant to reply to OP. Practically all yoyos (especially metals) will give you plenty of spin time. With a bad throw my $60+ yoyo will lose spin as quickly as my $15 yoyo.
Sounds like it might be a fixed axle one? The spin time on those is just… not.
Maybe a better question right now is what yo-yos are you using? That can give us an idea of what to recommend, and gives us an idea of what spin time you’re working with on the current yoyo.
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Sorry to say but nothing here is true
There are only a handful of factories in China where all these yoyobrands let their yoyo’s being made. And quality the difference from one factory to another is neglectable too. A 6061 aluminum yoyo from one brand will damage the same as from another. Most have the same quality paint job. It’s just all in your head. And that’s not strange. If you pay more money for something you tend to look at it differently.
Their V serie is aimed to beginners. It’s basically the only metal yoyo’s available that come with both responsive and unresponsive bearings. Unless you count watieboo, jolshare and leshare which I think is just Magicyoyo rebranded. These yoyo’s are made to appeal and that’s all. They’re not made for high performance. Also imo they often just feel like a bad copy of something better. V10 is a bad yoyofactory bullseye. V12 is a bad c3yoyodesign scintillator. Etc. But not really fair cause of the price difference and option for responsive play. If the v serie is all you know than I get why you think the way you do.
The myy bearings are a tiny bit louder than what most brands use but they never give me any problems (unlike yyf, yyfr and ce)
I know for certain you have never tried the Magicyoyo y04 or the z04. Am I right?
The y04 is definitely better than the yoyofriends Ultracut. It’s very close to the Duncan evolve and I actually prefer the y04.
TopYo and Sense feels identical to Magicyoyo to me in terms of paint job and bearing and such quality things. Also in performance they are on par (which means there are yoyo’s I think are great and not so great in these brands).
I used to think similarly that paying more gives you better yoyo’s in general but after having experienced too many exceptions to the rule the rule just didn’t make sense anymore.
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If you’re purely talking about material quality/ano/engraving, sure, I see what you’re saying. 6061 is generally 6061. And, there are always exceptions to the rule. But generally, I have found that my experiences with the overall playfeel, design, etc. follow the gradations that I wrote above, particularly when it comes to “refinement.” It doesn’t HAVE to be that way, but that’s generally how companies design and market their yoyos, IME again.
If there are plenty of exceptions to the rule, then why even mention the rule?
A 6061 aluminum yoyo can be good or bad regardless or brand and price. If I list my top 10 favorite and worst mono metal yoyo’s and list the prices it’s like the prices are decided by rolling a few dices. There is no correlation between price and performance.
I also don’t understand how marketing makes a difference. Magicyoyo is terrible at marketing. They just released a signature yoyo from the player Hit, yoyo is called “Crazy Evan”. There is no YouTube video to be found, no Instagram post or what so ever. It’s just suddenly for sale on their website. Does this mean it’s a bad yoyo? I think you can’t say without trying.
And that’s why I’m attacking you on this matter. If you tried the Magicyoyo y04 and someone is looking for a high performance yoyo understand 25 bucks you wouldn’t say “save up for something better”. You would say “get the Magicyoyo y04” cause a Duncan Evolve isn’t any better. Even if the Y04 the only good yoyo in that price range (it isn’t, I can name a few others but they’re not as easily available worldwide) it’s still makes your comment recommending to spend more money pointless
6061 is not just 6061, there are different grades.
And different factories definitely have different levels of machining quality and finishing quality, but not everyone will notice or care.
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Companies don’t mention the grade they use. And no one is gonna buy them all and test them for durability and what not. There also isn’t any correlation between good yoyo’s having a certain high grade 6061 aluminum and bad yoyo’s having another grade 6061 aluminum, a yoyo can be good or bad in performance either way .
If you buy guessing about the grade of 6061 aluminum they might have used you’re only giving a company the chance to ask more money for something thats not any different. I know for certain a Shutter is the made from the same low quality aluminum as Magicyoyos but the price tag and marketing let people think it’s a better quality yoyo.
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I don’t disagree with anything you said, performance just isn’t the only thing that matters to me.
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If your favorite yoyo so far is the K2 (according to your signature), I’m sure that any metal yoyo would feel different and spin longer compared to that. The Spintek stuff can be responsive and unresponsive, and it’s available at YYE.
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Don’t buy anything from the big A store just shop here at YYE and choose your budget. This is a good starting point
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