So I used to yoyo around 8 years ago and just picked it up again a couple of weeks ago. I found my old Spintastics Eclipse and Yoyojam Hitman and started using them. Within a week of using those I had to change both of their strings and the Hitman’s bearing. Both of them should be in tip-top shape, but it doesn’t seem that way. I recently bought a One Drop Burnside to replace my older yoyos since they aren’t really working. Any tips?
The Hitman stops sleeping after a few string tricks no matter how hard I throw and how well; it can barely make it through Cold Fusion.
The Eclipse seems to sleep fine and I can do a couple of more complex string tricks with it, but sometimes when I throw it the yoyo seems to slip down the string which not only hurts my finger, but also immensely decreases the time it sleeps.
The Burnside works beautifully and I have absolutely no problems with it, so I don’t think that it is my throwing technique or the way I do my tricks.
The Hitman is a dual O-ring response. I removed one of the o-rings because it was really responsive, even after lubing the bearing and that made it a lot less responsive. I’ll try buying some cleaner and grabbing a new friction sticker for the Eclipse and I’ll see if that will work. Thanks for all the help!
The reason your HM is responsive is due to lubing it. Yes, it needs a bit of lube, but too much makes it responsive. they play best w/2 o-rings. After you clean a bearing, just apply a tiny drop of lube. If possible use compressed air to blow off the excess. Contrary to intuition, more lube does not make yoyos spin better. Use sparingly.
Also note that the HM has an adjustable gap. Closed tight it will probably be more responsive.
