My view from a lower skill level in left field😂>
I am not a Golfer. But…… I have Golfed on occasion with some pretty good players.
At first I was humored by the profusion of clubs and the moments the players use deciding which club to use?
That changed once I started to play. The Driver is specifically designed longer with a certain head face angle and extra shaft length to facilitate in knocking the ball as far as possible towards to hole you’re playing.
The majority of the numbered clubs are finely angled, weighted and tuned to launch the ball various distances as needed.
Sand wedge configuration is designed to help lift the ball out of a sand trap.
The putter is for green shots only……. Nothing else… unless you are a Magical Circus Clown just proving ‘it can do more’, lol.
Here is the simple parallel>
Just like golf clubs, yo-yos are or can be made for specific objectives or designed for more versatility.
That is the key departure in their intended purposes.
As already noted, golf clubs are mostly purpose specific.
Yo-yos can be more functional across the various play styles. A yo-yo designed for 1A, can be used for 5A or possibly 3A. But most likely not be used for 4A and never for 2A.
In golf, if a shot calls for a 3 iron, you are not going to reach for a 7 iron unless you are: incredible, crazy, trying to lose on purpose and just showing off.
You choose the right tool for the purpose.
The above rational was noted to clarify the following. Here we have the New CheatCode.
It can be used for 1A…… It can be used for 5A…… If your name is Superman, you could probably use it for 3A.
But just like specific golf clubs, I think the primary goal/mission was to help Nail down Finger spins. Yes…. It can do more and in the more talented hands, it can seem to have even greater versatility.
The CheatCode is, in reality, just ‘that’. It is a great yo-yo for dialing in the motions/moves to get the yo-yo spinning on your finger. I fully agree that the bind can be even more of a challenge than landing the spinning yo-yo on your fingertip. But, you can’t even practice the bind, if you can’t get the yo-yo up on your finger, lol.
It may…. Shorten the learning curve for finger spinning and learning the DNA. It won’t ‘do’ the trick for you, but will speed up the process and be less time consuming and frustrating getting the trick down consistently.
As somebody already mentioned, your new found skill may not be as successful when using other yo-yos to do DNA. But the good news is if you do learn to do DNA on a CheatCode, you already have the basic blueprint on the steps etched in your mind, which is a good thing.
To me, at 68 grams, it’s a bit heavy. I feel the weight more as overall weight and not ‘rim weight’. I don’t feel the yo-yo is real powerful or long spinning. Stability is ok but not its strongest point for sure.
Personally, I don’t consider it an EDC, unless you just love doing DNA all day, lol.
The description says that it can be used used at a competition level, but I would think any person using it in a competition would be good enough to use any number of other yo-yos he may have in his bag.
I LOVE the CheatCode. I’m using it for exactly what I need it for.
When I am stuck in the sand, I reach for the sand wedge. When I was stuck on doing the DNA, I reached for the CheatCode and got out of the Bunker.
The CheatCode is no doubt more versatile as a yo-yo than a sand wedge is as a golf club.
But the bottom line is that if you are confronting a specific task, that you reach for a specific tool designed for that task.
Its cost effectiveness may be justified very simply> the faster you can dial in finger spins and DNA, the more time you will have to move on to other tricks.
You can always make more money. But if you take forever learning DNA, you can never get that life back.
