Yeah I’m not gonna lie I completely forgot this thread was about “Does Made in USA matter to you”
I do not have better things to do, this is fun to me.
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It’s funny cause OD is pretty much the only bigtime company manufacturing in the US so it kinda naturally devolved into OD vs “the rest”.
Well I think this was inevitable cause from what I remember in the last US vs China post it was like this too.
And then the convo shifts away from the US vs China debate and moves onto “OD doesn’t make yoyos that match modern demands” criticism and the community splits in half.
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I did not mean to put OD on blast. The question was for myself and should I make production here in the US or should I just get them made overseas. This has been enlightening. From what I’m gathering the answer to my question is “Yes, OD does it!” The bearing post issue should be moved over to let’s talk shop. It’s a very interesting topic.
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You didn’t. If I was going to do what you’re doing I would get your prototype’s made in China. Sort the design out, then maybe do a production run also at one their reputable shops. You can always go and have One Drop do it at a later date. 
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I also enjoy great playing yo-yos regardless of where they come from. The original question posted was:
Would you pay the extra cost for a yoyo made in the USA?
For several reasons, my answer was and still is yes. That doesn’t mean that I boycott all other yo-yos not made in the USA or somehow think they are all inferior. I have quite a few China made yo-yos and have owned hundreds over the years.
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You should have made that point clear in the beginning.
At this point with over 300 replies it would be extremely tedious to separate the OD from the USA topic, and in some cases the responses are intertwined.
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I think that that if you want to design a yo-yo that is a good match for OD’s particular value proposition, you may want to work with them to produce it. Just know how that will impact the price that you need to charge.
If you want to design something else, or hit a lower price point, you’re better off with a manufacturer that is ready to work with your goals.
US vs. overseas is basically moot because there is no overseas OD doing the exact same thing at lower costs, just like there is no US version of FPM.
Even whether I would pay more for the same product if FPM opened a US factory depends on a lot of information I don’t have about how they run their business in China and whether that would change in the US, or whether those changes would even be for the good (from my perspective).
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Y’all weird
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I think you win with this today. Funny.
Let’s completely flip this thread upside down and talk cars now! You never told me you had a Trans Am, it’s a Ram Air V and you don’t want anyone knowing huh? I get it I get it…lol jk
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Well hell yes
@KirbyRobot oxford dictionary: subjective
Is a 50mm window a wide window?
Is a 100mm door a wide door?
If the front door of your house was 50mm, would you call it wide?
My brother’s pants are wide to me, but they’re not to him.
My wife thinks our refrigerator is small, but her parents think it’s wide.
Tell me again how “wide” is not relative or subjective.
Jordan said One Drop does not make wide yoyos. I think they make plenty of wide yoyos. We’re both wrong and we’re both right because we’re expressing opinions. I’ve seen reviewers call the Ouroboros overly wide.
I’ve seen others call it just plain wide. I don’t think it’s wide, I think it’s just right for its size, weight, and weight distribution. Because “wide” is a subjective term. You’re confusing “consensus” and “popular opinion” with “objective” and “facts.”
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y’all forget yoyojams from plastics to metal yoyos was also made in USA? 
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Keep meaning to post in the car thread 
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Oh hell, here we go. I have a 351 Cleveland ‘70 Mustang. Let’s fire up the ol’ Chevy vs Ford debate. 
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Okay so if wide is relative, then if we compare recent onedrop releases (pick literally any timeframe in the past decade) to recent… handwaves competition level everybody else releases, would you say… onedrop yoyos are relatively wider or narrower? I think the answer is obvious, and not very … subjective.
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i wonder if any of the people defending the wide is subjective thing watched this years worlds, or any string trick (1A, 5A) competitive yoyoing event this year.
If you take into reference any official competitive yoyo even, which is probably the most valid measurement of yoyoing for our community, you will realize most people debating this argument come from a perspective of actual yoyoing and not silly semantics. Yoyos can be objectively wide or narrow when youre measuring them up to a standard of performance.
Just something to note, given how we apparently will not see eye to eye in this topic, and that is fine. Im just not seeing that we are agreeing on disagreeing and finding a middle ground.
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Agree w/ @fradiger. You’re living in fantasyland if you don’t realize that on the whole (despite a few models) OD releases tend to be narrower compared to literally the entire rest of the current yoyo market lmao
Simple fact is, if someone were to make an excel spreadsheet for all the bigger yoyo companies, ranked by average diameter/width ratio of all the different company’s respective models, OD would probably have the most narrow… by a lot.
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YoyoFriends
- Hummingbird: 42.95mm
- Vulture: 45.48mm
- Peregrine: 45.95mm
One Drop
- Wizard: 45.2mm
- Fat Tire: 45mm
- Wyvern: 46mm
- T1: 48.4mm
- Free Solo: 46mm
One Drop makes relatively wide yoyos.
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