# Duncan Magnetude

**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-magnetude/55828
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [June 30, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-magnetude/55828 "2013-06-30T17:38:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author: ![pickinduck](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pickinduck/32/1371_2.png) [@pickinduck](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pickinduck)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-magnetude/55828/1 "2013-06-30T17:38:12Z")

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Today was the first that I seen this yo-yo&nbsp; :o  
Do any of you have it?  
What do you do with the magnets?

[https://www.yo-yo.com/index.php/site/products/9070SE](https://www.yo-yo.com/index.php/site/products/9070SE)

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### Author: ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-magnetude/55828/2 "2013-06-30T17:41:23Z")

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You get a pair for 3A and do cool gyro tricks. Or stick them to stuff.

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### Author: ![patrickcondon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/patrickcondon/32/619950_2.png) [@patrickcondon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/patrickcondon)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-magnetude/55828/3 "2013-06-30T17:46:04Z")

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Or, use the included magnetic counterweights.

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### Author: ![pickinduck](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pickinduck/32/1371_2.png) [@pickinduck](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pickinduck)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-magnetude/55828/4 "2013-06-30T18:03:29Z")

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The write-up says that the sidecaps have magnets in them as well as the counterweights.

Featuring a precision machined aluminum body and polycarbonate spinning sidecaps, Magnetude™ is designed to take your tricks to a whole new level. Designed by inventor and yo-yo pro Zach Lytle, Magnetude™ features magnetic sidecaps that make impossible tricks possible! Magnetize your tricks by pairing Magnetude™ with magnetic counterweights (included) or another Magnetude™ yo-yo!

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### Author: ![TheYoYoist101](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theyoyoist101/32/842_2.png) [@TheYoYoist101](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheYoYoist101)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-magnetude/55828/5 "2013-06-30T21:36:37Z")

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For $131 I won’t be picking one up anytime soon. I was hoping it would be somewhere in the 50-80 range.

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### Author: ![pickinduck](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pickinduck/32/1371_2.png) [@pickinduck](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pickinduck)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-magnetude/55828/6 "2013-07-02T01:14:07Z")

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I thought that there would have been much more interrest about this yo-yo here. It is not just a new yo-yo. It is very different.

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### Author: ![xxjohnsonxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b782af/32.png) [@xxjohnsonxx](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xxjohnsonxx)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2013, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-magnetude/55828/7 "2013-07-02T12:01:26Z")

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I would think there could be problems with magnetizing bearings worth caps like that

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### Author: ![TheYoyoDoctor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theyoyodoctor/32/1395_2.png) [@TheYoyoDoctor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheYoyoDoctor)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-magnetude/55828/8 "2013-07-02T13:49:13Z")

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It is meant for 3A and does have a lot of possibilities, even simply with 5A and 1A. I suppose it has just not gained the popularity expected.
