# Mini practice Shutter **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [November 8, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509 "2020-11-08T21:13:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [November 8, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/1 "2020-11-08T21:13:25Z")
So who’s going to pick up Gentry’s upcoming all-stainless steel, mini “practice” Shutter (Putter?). Does anyone know what the price is expected to be? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nightshadow/32/1574_2.png) [@nightshadow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nightshadow)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/2 "2020-11-08T22:48:46Z")
I think its really cool. The price is going to be $100 I believe. Steel yoyos are usually more expensive (right?) I’d pick one up if I had the means right now ---
**Author:** ![8269christopher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/8269christopher/32/73451_2.png) [@8269christopher](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/8269christopher)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/3 "2020-11-08T23:04:43Z")
Already did. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/5/3/353a236069dde729480ff235ca3c2e4c4a0d2cdf.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![AngryGumball](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/angrygumball/32/683872_2.png) [@AngryGumball](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AngryGumball)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/4 "2020-11-08T23:05:11Z")
Looks cool, but I already have a 66% Shutter, guessing the Steel Shutter will probably be more in the same league as the One Drop Clique (which is a fantastic yoyo). ---
**Author:** ![8269christopher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/8269christopher/32/73451_2.png) [@8269christopher](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/8269christopher)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/5 "2020-11-08T23:09:08Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/e/d/eed13e6997119f8d1c79681500764be4a9f802c5.jpeg) Steel shutter and 66%shutter ---
**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:** [November 8, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/6 "2020-11-08T23:26:35Z")
How do you like it? ---
**Author:** ![SR1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sr1/32/104603_2.png) [@SR1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SR1)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/7 "2020-11-08T23:40:26Z")
How’d you get your hands on one? I haven’t seen them anywhere… I can’t even find the specs for it! LMAO ---
**Author:** ![8269christopher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/8269christopher/32/73451_2.png) [@8269christopher](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/8269christopher)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/8 "2020-11-08T23:53:30Z")
I like it a lot. Plays very well. No problems hitting longer combos on it. ---
**Author:** ![8269christopher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/8269christopher/32/73451_2.png) [@8269christopher](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/8269christopher)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/9 "2020-11-08T23:54:17Z")
I got lucky. ---
**Author:** ![SR1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sr1/32/104603_2.png) [@SR1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SR1)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/10 "2020-11-08T23:57:56Z")
Specs? ---
**Author:** ![8269christopher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/8269christopher/32/73451_2.png) [@8269christopher](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/8269christopher)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/11 "2020-11-09T00:21:49Z")
Weight: 65 grams Diameter: 44mm Width: 34.75mm Gap: .142” in Bearing: center trac small Axle: 8mm @SR1 ---
**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/12 "2020-11-09T01:21:24Z")
How is this a “practice” yoyo? There are cheaper options to practice with. Just wondering. ---
**Author:** ![Myk\_Myk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/myk_myk/32/63087_2.png) [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/13 "2020-11-09T01:32:31Z")
The idea is to practice on this, and then play your normal size yoyo. Especially for contests, but also as a way to improve generally. Gentry said he ran his whole routine with a v2 Popstar prior to his 2019 worlds win. He said it was like swinging a heavy bat, and that he thought it helped him get a higher percentage hitting his difficult elements. You’re right in that you wouldn’t have to use this yoyo to accomplish the same thing. Even he didn’t. It’s just the yoyo that he’s developed, with that idea in mind. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/2/0/d203a76e5a3ee522d487bf0e4a79c51636b494b0.jpeg "STEEL SHUTTER Review! + Secret To Becoming World Yoyo Champion") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YLmWVJfv30) ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/14 "2020-11-09T01:40:14Z")
.142” is only a 3.6mm gap. That’s really narrow for an unresponsive yoyo! ---
**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/15 "2020-11-09T02:20:17Z")
I get it. I just saved $100 and pulled out my Popstar and put on a new string. Either I got better since I last used it or the Popstar got better. Magic! ---
**Author:** ![Exmime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/exmime/32/40143_2.png) [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/16 "2020-11-09T02:24:19Z")
> [@zslane](#): > > 142” is only a 3.6mm gap. Its an A Bearing. I like how @Gentry_Stein keeps it all about sport. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/17 "2020-11-09T02:26:02Z")
I didn’t like the Popstar I had. Too small, even for practice, at least for me. I would probably use one of my Parlays to do what Gentry did in terms of practicing on Hard Mode. > [@Exmime](#): > > Its an A Bearing. But aren’t A bearings too narrow to be unresponsive? ---
**Author:** ![Exmime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/exmime/32/40143_2.png) [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/18 "2020-11-09T02:38:51Z")
> [@zslane](#): > > But aren’t A bearings too narrow to be unresponsive? Not if they are clean and thin lubed. That’s what was in the Legendary Freehands and FHZ that were at the beginning of the unresponsive revolution. ---
**Author:** ![Imdavid122](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/imdavid122/32/87913_2.png) [@Imdavid122](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Imdavid122)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/19 "2020-11-09T03:06:15Z")
That putter nickname fits so well ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509/20 "2020-11-09T03:21:31Z")
Being made of stainless steel, I suppose it could also be called the Stutter. [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mini-practice-shutter/329509.md?page=2)