You and I think alike, Kyle. I bundled the Strix with the Surge. Got a silver one on the way. I was deciding between the Strix and a Capless, but the design of the Strix won me over.
Got one at BAC, I found that it can play however you want it to. The shape has a “Japanese” feel if that makes sense. One throw trick i did with it for that Battle Royale:
I took a break from yoyoing and ever since I came back to it I’ve been mostly lurking…
And its pretty fast and floaty in my opinion, doesn’t mean you can’t mean you can’t pull of flow though.
The specs got me interested, but the price is what blew me away. I have a yoyo purchase that I want to make in the imminent future, so no Strix for me right now… unless that purchase takes longer than I’m hoping for and I have the extra cash by then.
But seriously, I’ve been keen on a yoyo that attempts to cater more to the fancy-schmancy horizontal finger grind stuff, and although there are some that aren’t bank-breaking, I think this one looks like it will take the bang-for-buck award.
You’re the ultimate scavenger. I just got mine this morning and threw it for about an hour. It’s a lot of fun. Plays really light. The engravings are a nice touch. Definitely worth 55 bucks.