# Lotus yoyo bearings!
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [September 25, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219 "2021-09-25T17:30:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@mable](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mable)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/21 "2021-09-25T18:43:23Z")
Really the thing I’m most curious about here is what the logic behind their axles is. I’m not even willing to drop money for a titanium axle, but I can at least understand the logic behind titanium axles of giving you reduced center weight over steel. But these are just… completely standard steel axles?
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### Author:  [@nightshadow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nightshadow)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/22 "2021-09-25T18:43:44Z")
Any of y’all can jump on too if you want. Not a private party haha
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### Author:  [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/23 "2021-09-25T18:44:11Z")
I agree…I don’t think they were meaning literally though…the n12 is already a great playing yoyo. Plays way more expensive than what it costs…add this bearing and I’m sure it plays even better. Does a Japanese bimetal really play that much better than any other high performance yoyo? My $80 rooc plays and feels alot like my $1000 anglam
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### Author:  [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/24 "2021-09-25T18:44:41Z")
I’m not arguing? Haha
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### Author:  [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/25 "2021-09-25T18:44:53Z")
right?
i’d love to hear like a more technical explanation of what their claims are based on.
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### Author:  [@anon14765792](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon14765792)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/26 "2021-09-25T18:45:20Z")
yeah i know i know
so do you have time
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### Author:  [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/27 "2021-09-25T18:46:05Z")
What’s zoom
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### Author:  [@nightshadow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nightshadow)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/28 "2021-09-25T18:46:15Z")
Like a video chat
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### Author:  [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/29 "2021-09-25T21:13:02Z")
I will keep you updated after extensive use… but initial impressions…it significantly improved the yoyo i put it in and out performed the ds platinum bearing that I switched it out for. Was instantly able to add more tricks to one of my combos
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### Author:  [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/30 "2021-09-25T21:24:38Z")
I use ds platinum and gold in all my favorite yoyos… First impressions of the lotus… Its much better and makes my yoyo more powerful. Made me think bearings are more important than we think. It is the engine of the car btw. Saying a yoyo bearing isn’t important for performance is like saying a cars engine wont dictate how it performs
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### Author:  [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/31 "2021-09-25T22:10:49Z")
That was a funny read! 😆
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### Author:  [@Mep](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mep)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/32 "2021-09-25T22:20:16Z")
The engine is really the arm, right? Makes sense because it would take a really amazing bearing to save my tricks from my dainty arm.
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### Author:  [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/33 "2021-09-25T22:20:59Z")
🤣🤣🤣🤣
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### Author:  [@Mazdarx7FD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mazdarx7FD)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/34 "2021-09-26T00:36:23Z")
As someone who tried pretty much all the bearing there is from ceramic to DS platinum and who is super ocd about bearing maintaining. The website is kinda cap 😅. A well maintained normal center trac still slaps tho.
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### Author:  [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/35 "2021-09-26T00:41:41Z")
Have you tried these bearings?
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### Author:  [@Mazdarx7FD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mazdarx7FD)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/36 "2021-09-26T00:42:58Z")
Not really. I mean if some one is willing to send me one I can do a review on it. Basing on past experiences I don’t see the bearing as a standout.
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### Author:  [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/37 "2021-09-26T00:44:30Z")
You believe all bearings perform the same?
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### Author:  [@Mazdarx7FD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mazdarx7FD)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/38 "2021-09-26T00:55:30Z")
I don’t. This is why I have alot of DS platinum I buy from yoyoexpert instead of just telling yoyofriends to give me free center trac. However the main difference is the yoyo design etc. Going from a just a normal center trac for me to a DS platinum (both well maintained) is not a huge performance upgrade. That for me stands true across most bearings I use. Then again these things are subjective and might be different from person to person depending on feel.
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### Author:  [@BadWolfeCo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BadWolfeCo)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/39 "2021-09-26T01:05:32Z")
Can we at least all agree that flat bearings suck? :joy:
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### Author:  [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lotus-yoyo-bearings/345219/40 "2021-09-26T01:07:08Z")
Yes!
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