# Found close please

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**Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation\
**Created:** [December 16, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/found-close-please/331248 "2020-12-16T18:57:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![ivan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ivan/32/131446_2.png) [@ivan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ivan)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/found-close-please/331248/1 "2020-12-16T18:57:50Z")

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Hi , good at 1a but Decided to try 5a , please recommend good porykon counterweight and tell me difference between them and how it affects play  
Also what takeshi uses ?  
ATTENTION, I am masochist, so please no soft counterweights

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**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/found-close-please/331248/2 "2020-12-16T19:04:03Z")

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If you are just starting out, I would recommend a soft counterweight like the Duncan rubber ball counterweight or yotrick’s chainmail counterweight. You’ll be smacking your hand with the counterweight _a lot_, and while you’re in that stage, hard plastic counterweights will _hurt_.

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**Author:** ![Kray](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kray/32/92176_2.png) [@Kray](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kray)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/found-close-please/331248/3 "2020-12-16T19:04:19Z")

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If you are a beginner I would recommend a rubber ball about 2.5cm and 11gram.  
Rubber because you can go really all in and do not hurt yourself.  
Basically you can use anything as long as the weight fits. Drip shapes feel good imo.  
I would not buy one of these crazy expensive pieces of plastic!  
Here my last design:

 ![counterweight_pic](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/1/6/6162cc731ee73b296ac4addabeb35125794c02e1.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![ivan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ivan/32/131446_2.png) [@ivan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ivan)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/found-close-please/331248/4 "2020-12-16T19:22:05Z")

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Thanks for help , please recommend porykon counterweight

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**Author:** ![ivan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ivan/32/131446_2.png) [@ivan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ivan)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/found-close-please/331248/5 "2020-12-16T19:23:29Z")

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Looks good , some crazy guys recommend me to use lastic (thing that delete pencil from paper ) with hole in it

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**Author:** ![Kray](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kray/32/92176_2.png) [@Kray](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kray)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/found-close-please/331248/6 "2020-12-16T19:25:18Z")

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I do not find that crazy (it is soft and cheap), when I started we used dice which is the most stupid counterweight ever imo. Enjoy 5A is the best!

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**Author:** ![ivan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ivan/32/131446_2.png) [@ivan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ivan)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/found-close-please/331248/7 "2020-12-16T19:32:34Z")

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With dice on your string you can win some cash on the streets you know what I am saying)  
So nah dice = nice