The Freehand Mini is a awesome choice if you want a pocket design. It is a perfect size, smooth, a comfortable shape, and it is just so fun to play with. The only problem is it is a tad bit expensive. Its $60 which is fine. I got the Paul Escolar edition and it looks sick!
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I ment to only send one of those pictures 
You can edit the message and delete one.
Duncan Butterfly… new mold…
- yoyojones
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This should be interesting, getting close to release time:
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Finishing up anodizing now - very very soon and it’s very very good
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Nothing wrong with playing responsive. I play purely responsive as well.
Sounds like you are off to a good start with your Hornet and Freehand. Eventually you will want to add a metal option. No rush.
My favorite string - Monkeyfingr Vines Normal, but definitely not the only good string option.
Enjoy the ride.
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Thank you that helps! 
Good call and welcome to the group.
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So I cant decide aluminum imperial or butterfly … someone make the decision for me please LOL
I heard the imperial aluminum is more novelty and not that great but I would love to own an imperial AL;
I figure the FH1 is like a butterfly right?
so what would you choose Imperial or butterfly?
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Butterfly definitely if it was me.
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If I had to buy one or the other, I would lean towards the Imperial AL because I think there are yo-yos out there that I would prefer for what I would want to do with the Butterfly AL.
For collecting both for playing neither… there are better playing yo-yos in those profiles at other companies at lower cost but they are really nice on a shelf and look
Fantastic. If I had to choose one of those two I would go butterfly only because it uses a c bearing and actually plays as you would expect even if it’s a tad heavy and tough for the styles it’s intended for. The a bearing imperial is just too heavy to be fun as a looper and just doesn’t work for me and how I want it to respond but I like it after I modded it to a fixed axle with a blank.
All great points just one addition.
There were two Butterfly ALs. The first was all aluminum and took a half or full size c bearing. The second was the delrin cap version and takes an a size bearing. That said, I agree with @Captrogers that other throws do the same things better and cheaper if you’re not just collecting Duncan (which is totally up to you).
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Ahh didn’t realize the delrin cap has an A bearing too I imagine it’ll be just as annoying as the imperial then. I revise my answer further get neither and go snag an Origen from yo tricks and thank us later.
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I second the Origen but you might just be hearing the echo chamber that @Captrogers and I are in 
Edit: also, seriously, any $5 plastic butterfly (or XT) is great for learning modern responsive.
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I always jump on the Origen train. It’s just hard to beat at $20.
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The small bearing is pretty sweet. Not so much on the Imperial, but just about everything else has had a snappy response.
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I’ll have to give it a shot at some point.
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So my freehand one just came in. It’s so different from the hornet. It’s way less responsive(I think)
. What a big difference. Good call guys thank you very much. Definitely is going to take some time to get used to because I’m used to the hornet but overall I’m a very happy person right now.
I decided not to get the imperial AL based on what a couple of people told me and I’m gonna hold off on the butterfly AL .I think I’ll be good a while with just a hornet and freehand one
My free hand one came with some double coated tissue tape what is this for?
Thank you 
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