# Help me pick my upgrade **URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-me-pick-my-upgrade/384798 **Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation **Created:** [September 17, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-me-pick-my-upgrade/384798 "2023-09-17T19:19:47Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 5
### Author: ![Yooo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yooo/32/196320_2.png) [@Yooo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yooo) #### Post date: [September 17, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-me-pick-my-upgrade/384798/5 "2023-09-17T20:11:55Z")
I made a thread like this awhile ago and the options I came down to were the good life gulch, One Drop free solo, and UNPRLD recognition. I ended up going with the recognition. It has a ton of power, plays great, made of 7075 aluminum, and is only $45. Glad I got it. Crazy it’s only $45. Here’s a thread from awhile back when a bunch of people gave me advice about a similar decision if you want to check it out: > [@Decent Metal Unresponsive Suggestions](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/decent-metal-unresponsive-suggestions/370372): > > I think it’s almost that time to get a solid metal yoyo. Right now both my metals—iYoYo Passion and Goodlife Valley—are undersized. My other unresponsive is a iYoYo Shooting Star. I like them all but want a solid, full-sizeish metal. I began going down the rabbit hole of looking at options and realized there’s a ton. I think I’m looking for something 65-66 grams and 55-56 mm in diameter. I was looking at maybe the Gulch or Shortcut, but would like to hear everyone’s suggestions and thoughts. If … --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-me-pick-my-upgrade/384798)._