# Counter weight
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/counter-weight/11485
**Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation
**Created:** [February 19, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/counter-weight/11485 "2010-02-19T02:42:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Tom\_Srebernak](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tom_Srebernak)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/counter-weight/11485/1 "2010-02-19T02:42:32Z")
Hello fellow throwers, I am looking to start 5a and I need a plastic good for that. What should I get? Also, is there a difference in counterweights?
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### Author:  [@hyperyo000](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hyperyo000)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/counter-weight/11485/2 "2010-02-19T02:54:43Z")
Sweet! I just started like a month ago. It is really really fun.
Do you know how to bind?
‘Cause if you do then the Die-Nasty is a really good unresponsive 5a yoyo, but you have to be careful not to drop it. People say it breaks easily. I just got one today and I am lovin’ it so far.
You can buy it here at YoYoExpert:
> **[YoYoFactory](https://shop.yoyoexpert.com/collections/yoyofactory)**
>
> YoYoFactory was born in 2004 with a focus on functional technology to improve the playing experience. This has been a goal of the company which relies on the experience gathered from over 30 years of demonstrating yoyos around the planet. The end...
If you don’t know how to bind then I would suggest the Lyn Fury or the Free hand Zero. The Lyn Fury comes responsive, but when you become more experinced you can mod it to become unresponsive like putting silicone in it and buying an center trac bearing. The Free hand Zero is also really good and it comes with counterweights to get you started.
You can buy them also here at YoYoExpert:
Lyn Fury
> **[YoYoJam](https://shop.yoyoexpert.com/collections/YoYoJam)**
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> YoYoJam made some of the best beginner to advanced yo-yos on the market, all exclusively manufactured right here in the USA! With over dozens of signature series models produced, their yo-yos are designed for the player by the...
Free Hand Zero
> **[Duncan](https://shop.yoyoexpert.com/collections/duncan)**
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> Duncan is the most widely recognized yo-yo name in the entire world. Since 1929, the name "Duncan" has been synonymous with "yo-yo" across the United States, and for good reason! Their yo-yos represent the top-of-the-line for beginners or...
Hope this helps!!! ;D
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### Author:  [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/counter-weight/11485/3 "2010-02-19T03:27:40Z")
What yoyos do you have now?
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### Author:  [@Tom\_Srebernak](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tom_Srebernak)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/counter-weight/11485/4 "2010-02-19T04:08:43Z")
Good ones are bassalope, G5, dv888, and dm. i don’t wanna ding those though.