This is the intent of the original post restated. And I too would love to hear the OD team’s opinion, as well as the @crackout from ILYY.
Perhaps some of the best designs have been shelved in fear of how the community would react to a little vibe.
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Japan Tech Lapua. They released this $400 Titanium yo-yo, despite it having more than the normal acceptable vibe, and I haven’t heard anything but positive feedback on it. It is an amazing performer. Still wish I grabbed one for myself, but didn’t have the spare funds at the time.
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Here’s a mock up of the bronze(gall proof) replaceable bearing post I’ve been “working on” for -a few years-, it could lead to great things…
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Cool idea. Would that require a thinner axle?
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I’ve built it with the existing axle(M4X.7) and have had zero issues. I am considering going down one size though, and testing further.
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That’s cool they can “get away with it”, but we cannot. The two biggest stresses running this business by far for us are:
- Anodizing
- Vibe
To avoid having vibey yoyos in the world, we won’t even sell them as b-grades. We only b-grade for visual flaws.
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The point I was trying to make is that if it performs well enough people will accept a little imperfection.
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I think this can depend on the brand. I may be wrong, but I think of smoothness as a big part of the One Drop brand. Maybe other brands make great yo-yos with some vibe, but that may not fly with a brand you expect to be perfectly smooth.
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Yeah, I can only speak to the expectation I’ve experienced from my customers.
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Thank goodness for that.
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Aha, isn’t this why many plastic yo-yos use brass for the bearing posts and bearing area as well?
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Exactly. There’s room for both preferences, and both expectations.
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