# Counterweight yoyo
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/counterweight-yoyo/10048
**Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation
**Created:** [January 7, 2010, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/counterweight-yoyo/10048 "2010-01-07T04:36:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Greysockgangsta](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Greysockgangsta)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2010, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/counterweight-yoyo/10048/1 "2010-01-07T04:36:42Z")
Whats a good yoyo for counterweight? (and I don’t have any preferences for this style)
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### Author:  [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/counterweight-yoyo/10048/2 "2010-01-07T04:40:05Z")
As said in many topics before, any yoyo you have for 1a will work just fine for 5a.
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### Author:  [@Smoke770077](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Smoke770077)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/counterweight-yoyo/10048/3 "2010-01-12T01:46:32Z")
If your just starting I reccomend a Duncan Freehand Zero… Its cheap, plastic, and comes with a couple of counterweights…
If not the Die-Nasty is pretty sweet… Cheap, plastic, and plays amazingly…
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### Author:  [@mongoriller](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mongoriller)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/counterweight-yoyo/10048/4 "2010-01-12T01:58:28Z")
Yup, any yo-yo that you like for 1a should be fine for 5a. But if you really want a new throw I’d strongly recommend a Lyn Fury. It starts out responsive so you don’t have to bind 5a right away, but you can make it unresponsive once you need want it to be. I use it alongside my Severe as my main 5a throws. (Well I only really do 5a)
Another good choice if you’re OK with binding right away would be a Die-Nasty. It’s a good weight and you can do pretty much anything 5a on it. It’s a GREAT throw, I use it a lot as well.
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### Author:  [@ellrockyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ellrockyoyo)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/counterweight-yoyo/10048/5 "2010-03-18T00:23:27Z")
I thought the Velocity is good. only because of the adjust-o-matic nd beginners tight gap, and if u want unresponsive widen the gap! its pretty kool if u ask me :wink:
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### Author:  [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/counterweight-yoyo/10048/6 "2010-03-18T00:26:48Z")
I highly recommend the Genesis. Nice yoyo for 1A, 3A, and 5A. The Die-Nasty is also very good.