Every so often I come across a yo-yo that just straight up hates me. Its performance will be amazing but it’ll refuse to cooperate with any trick I throw. I usually notice this with second-hand throws, like a rescue pet that doesn’t want to play. Eventually I end up selling it, but I wondered if this has happened to anyone else
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honestly it usually comes to the response for me, sometimes a yoyo no matter what pads i put in it will lack power on the throw yet feel snaggy on the string (looking at you clyw snow tires..)
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My Masamini 2.0…I’m no stranger to small yoyos but this one just laughs in my face and just sputters out on me. Honestly, it would have probably been better if it were outfitted with a D bearing. You can only do so much with a C bearing and ultra tiny throw.
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also i guess i would say to anyone experiencing this, i always recommend a full ‘tune up’.
pull the pads out, clean each half of the yoyo, bearing seat, etc down with isopropyl alcohol, get a nice bearing (NSKs are the gold standard for most yoyos that don’t have cheap’y made bearing posts) and toss that in with some fresh pads
makes a world of difference most of the time especially since 95% of yoyos ship with the OEM’s pads/bearings which are usually pretty cheap/lower quality
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For me it’s my Wraith. There’s nothing wrong with it, it just likes to point out my skill issues. A lot.
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Same with the yokel for me. That thing is prickly
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I’ve had that happen with a few yoyos. Years ago I had bought what I highly anticipated from Axis yoyos, known as the “Sal-Ti.” It was a titanium throw and out of the box it did not feel anything special. After a good bearing cleaning, the yoyo finally woke up and performed so much better.
Have also just had pads that were too slippy brand new but just continued playing it until that “shine” on the pads wore off. This was on my SPYY Spyder 2, was brand new when I bought it. Now, it feels great!
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Damian Puckett Power. Attacked me every chance it got.
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My Yonami Code seemingly hates me with every fiber of its being. 
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My yoyofactory wedge will take any chance it gets to smack my hand or any other part of my body for that matter
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I love my Bonfire, but I think it loves my glasses more. That thing has knocked them off my face multiple times, and I think only one other YoYo has done that otherwise lol. Every time I play it, almost guaranteed it will try to give my specs a kiss
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My Dingo Gen 2 likes to spin out on me really quickly; but honestly that’s probably just my lousy technique and not the yoyo per se.
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this was me, too, until I popped in some concaves (or any reduced diameter bearing) it seems to help! or maybe it was just a clean bearing 
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oops, I was supposed to reply to this. is there, perchance, a way to edit as a reply? (for future reference lol)
you did! when the reply is the very next post in the thread the little arrow doesnt show up. “feature”
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Any wide throw I clunk myself with them and rhey seem to make me slip my holds of trapezes for some reason. I have no idea how that works so I tend to avoid them but I feel I may try to find a wide I love again like the Neo Master Galaxy as I gave mine away to my partner. The only biiig wide I adored.
For me the other reverse is I play well with a Koi and organics which I usually don’t vibe with as much from how I don’t like the bulk in the middle as much. But I am playing more with them again as I’m getting less sensitive to such trivial specs and shapes and blah blah. I love throwing and I am trying to play with more that I normally didn’t like a whole lot. But yes. I will be a dork and clunk my legs all the time with a wide yoyo. 
This one is my prettiest but I would argue rhe one that hates me the most
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I’m pretty sure I hit myself in the face with your bonfire way back when.
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Same. I owned two and they were not good, so you are not alone. The original Masamini imo was perfection.
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