Hi! I’m Gingie and I make review videos a lot. I don’t always have time to make a video review for a yoyo, but I still have something I wanna say. If you see a yoyo get a written review over a video review, it doesn’t mean it’s bad, super good, or unfun. They’re simply yoyos that I don’t believe I can justify making a video over.
I’ll be making posts in this thread for the reviews, and updating this main post with an immediate, uncategorized tier list. I will never double-post or post more than one review in a day.
Right away it’s important to know that these are my opinions, but I do try to approach things generally, and each yoyo will be judged under the same precedents and categories
Categories and Explanations
I’ll break down yoyos into different “play” categories, “competitive” for competitively oriented yoyos, “oldhead” for yoyos that I feel oldheads would love, and “everyone” for yoyos I feel everyone could enjoy.
Under the “play” category I will note four things of importance.
Power will be how powerful it is. I’ll give a yoyo the ranking of “anemic”, “soft”, “average”, “powerful”, and “horse-kick” in tandem with how powerful the yoyo is.
Speed is how fast a yoyo is. I’ll give a yoyo the ranking of “sluggish”, “slow”, “average”, “fast”, and “speed demon” in tandem with how fast a yoyo is.
Controllability is how controllable a yoyo is. I’ll give a yoyo the ranking of “uncontrollable”, “difficult”, “average”, “easy” and “direct control” in tandem with how controllable it is
Stability is how stable a yoyo is. Judged against horizontals and rough play, I’ll give a yoyo the ranking of “needs babying”, “gentleness advised”, “average”, “solid”, and “built different”
There will be a “value” category. Judged against materials used, and final price, I’ll give it a ranking of “terrible”, “bad”, “average”, “good” or “insane” value. The better the materials used and the lower the price, the better.
There will be a “bind” category. I’ll give a yoyo’s binds a ranking of “snaggy”, “tight”, “average”, “some slip”, “basically padless”, and “inconsistent” based on the performance of binds on a yoyo.
Finally, there will be a “sturdiness” category. I’ll give a yoyo a sturdiness ranking based on how sturdy it is. Based on axle length, materials, etc. I will give it a ranking of “play ruins it”, “be gentle”, “average”, “play hard”, and “Metal Baseball” based on how sturdy I feel a yoyo is.
I will be assigning a final letter grade to these yoyos and adding them to a tier list. Starting from F-tier at the worst to SS-Tier, the best. They will not be ordered best to worst in their respective letter grade categories, instead just oldest to newest, and I will attempt to organize them by company.
The final letter ranking will be added to a tier list on this main thread.
Some yoyos that I do not own, but have played with, whether it be at a meet or at nats, may be added to the tier list ranking without review. Yoyos that I formerly owned may be added to the tier list ranking without review.
Tier List
SS Tier
Duncan GTR-JS
Dressel Designs Monarch
Dressel Designs Emotion
Yoyofactory Miracle
Yoyofriends Graviton: Y
W1LD Wilderness (7075)
W1LD Wilder
W1LD & C3Yoyodesign Dinosaur in the Wild
C3Yoyodesign Hydrogen Crash
S Tier
OneDrop Rebirth
(Secret) (Secret) >> CLYW Leaf (Proto)
Edition D2 v1
Edition Aspen
DresselDesigns Connection
Duncan Grasshopper GTX 2.0
Duncan Evolve
CLYW Klondike
Asteria Yoyos Star Trail
Independent Group TiSS Draupnir
Yoyofactory x JDS JDS Shutter
Yoyofactory Essence
Yoyofactory Edge 2022
Yoyofactory Ti Edge
Yoyorecreation Upheaval
C3Yoyodesign Galaxy Diver 7075v2
C3Yoyodesign Galaxy Diver 6061
Japan Technology Jugemu
W1LD W!LD
W1LD Adrenaline
Yoyofriends Shortcut
Ensoyoyos Gear 5
Mk1 Yoyos Brass Exia
Turning Point Anubis
Turning Point Awoken Anubis
Turning Point BGM
OPYoyos Polybius
OPYoyos Absurdity
A Tier
OneDrop Rev 1
OneDrop Rally
OneDrop Kuntosh (OG)
OPYoyos 543
OPYoyos Unannounced Proto
Jake Bullock Slam Dunk
UNPRLD Abduction
UNPRLD Flash
UNPRLD Seiji
Heaven Sent Creep
Asteria Yoyos Night Sky
iYoyo Iceberg (Classic)
iYoyo HiDra
Luftverk Fulvia Ti-7068
Luftverk Plastic Fulvia
Edition Yoyos Reflection
SF Movement
SF Cadence
SF Ti Cadence
SF PLSTC
Alchemik Yoyos Tyrant
Basecamp Navigator
Yoyofactory R4
Yoyofactory Space Cowboy
Yoyofactory OG Replay
Yoyofactory IQ
Yoyofactory Boost
Yoyofactory Rockstar 2023
Yoyofactory Dogma
Yoyofactory Aviator 2
Yoyofactory Edge Ultimatum
Enso Yoyos Equanimity
Enso Yoyos Metatrons Cube
Mowl Surveillance (new version)
C3Yoyodesign Digamma Crash
C3Yoyodesign Atomic Crash
C3Yoyodesign Cyber Crash
C3Yoyodesign Socius
C3Yoyodesign Hobbit Gungnir
C3Yoyodesign Speedaholic Max
C3Yoyodesign Speedaholic XX
C3Yoyodesign Robot
C3Yoyodesign 7068 Radius
Thesis Da Capo
Yoyofriends Monometal Pheasant
Yoyofriends Tachyon
Yoyofriends Nucleon
CLYW Plastic Peak
CLYW Dune
CLYW Wildfire
CLYW Borealis 1
CLYW Blizzard
CLYW Otter
CLYW Compass
CLYW Big Dipper
Yotricks Winter Solstice
Yotricks Summer Solstice
Yotricks Civility v3
MK1 Diffraction v3
MK1 Path
Hydrangea Magnolia
Hydrangea Laurus
W1LD Mild
Rebellion Qilin
Yoyorecreation Savage
Yoyorecreation 2014 Sleipnir
Yoyorecreation Draupnir
Yoyorecreation MN Autoscopy
YJYoyos Roll Machine
YJYoyos Metal of the Future
YJYoyos Chimera (Unknown old version)
Turning Point MSG
Turning Point Hinemosu
Turning Point Collapsar
Atmos Stormberry
ZGRT Brasi Don
B Tier
OneDrop Lunar Eclipse
OneDrop Wyvern
OneDrop Kamurajiu
OneDrop Downbeat
OneDrop ThruLine
Canopy Canopy (AL)
A-rt Grail
sOMEThING Anglam CC (Outer Rim Version)
sOMEThING Anglam Pinnacle
CLYW Wish
CLYW Borealis 2
CLYW Slzzrd
CLYW Akita
CLYW Beater
CLYW Manatee
CLYW Chief
CLYW Kayak
CLYW x OneDrop Summit
Dressel Designs x Damien Puckett Fusion SS
OPYoyos x MK1 Converge
Dressel Designs 50/50
Dressel Designs Assassin
Luftverk x Magicyoyo Skyva
SF Motive
G-Squared Yoyos Ti-Banshee
TopYo Silenus
TopYo Pom Mojo
YJYoyo Zephyros
C3Yoyodesign Krown St. 7068
C3Yoyodesign Super Scintillator
C3Yoyodesign Berserker Decade
UNPRLD Informel
Turner Return Tops Buoy!
Rebellion Gazer
Rebellion Invaders Must Die
Yoyorecreation Chopsticks Gorilla
Yoyorecreation Overdrive Draupnir
Yoyorecreation SYFO
iYoyo Firrox 6061 v1
MK1 Spyglass
MK1 Exia
Thesis Hypothesis v2
Magicyoyo/Madhouse REX
Turning Point Palp ES
Turning Point St. Elmo
Turning Point Colony
Turning Point Counter Jet
Turning Point Leviathan 8
Turning Point ASTer
Turning Point Acanthus
Turning Point Cetus
Yoyofriends Hummingbird
Ineffable Throws Saber
Yoyofactory Horizon
Yoyofactory Pragma
Yoyofactory 7075 Pragma
Yoyofactory OG Edge
Yoyofactory Metavity
Yoyofactory Ko’olau Edge
Yoyofactory x Turning Point Cypher
Yoyofactory x Turning Point Ex Machina
Yoyofactory x Yotricks Atlas
Atmos Cloudberry
Atmos Goji
C Tier
OneDrop Terrarian
CLYW Boy
CLYW Beartrap
CLYW Kodiak
CLYW Monometal Kodiak
CLYW Canvas
CLYW x Luftverk Alpine
CLYW x Duncan Peakhand (AL)
Dressel Designs Kanto
OPYoyos Balloon
OPYoyos x Knotcreators Typo
OPYoyos Peach
SF Bliss (Unsure what version)
SF x Zipline BMC
SF BD
TopYo Patronus
TopYo Colossus VI
Basecamp Expedition
Yoyofriends Baryon
UNPRLD Elevation
Duncan Grasshopper GTX
Duncan GTR
iYoyo Firrox 7075
iYoyo Pyro X
Yoyofactory Shutter
Yoyofactory Replay Pro
Yoyofactory Northstar Fingerspin
Yoyofactory Northstar
Yoyofactory Uppercut
Yoyofactory Protostar
Yoyofactory Wedge 2.0
Yoyofactory Wedge
Yoyofactory Space Cadet
Yoyofactory Nine Dragons
Yoyofactory Switchblade
Yoyofactory KO
Yoyofactory Flame
G-Squared Yoyos Minishee
Turning Point Mustang
Turning Point Soul
Turning Point Acanthus S
Yotricks Canon
Thesis Antithesis
Thesis Aventus
Thesis Invictus
Rebellion Acro
Rebellion Butcher
Yoyorecreation Optima
Yoyorecreation Gotham
Yoyorecreation FYFO
Yoyorecreation Valkyrie (New Version)
Yoyorecreation Inevitable
Yoyorecreation Toru 0.9
Magicyoyo N12 Sharks Honor
Goodlifeyoyos Breeze
Atmos Khuno
D Tier
OneDrop 1to1
OneDrop Yelets
Magicyoyo N8
CLYW Metal Yeti
CLYW Peak 2
Thesis x 2sick Paladin Proto
Turning Point Absinthe
Turning Point Hades
Turning Point Big Bimetal Prototype
Yoyofactory Bimetal Shutter
Yoyofactory Metal Arrow
Japan Technology Shade
Thesis Omniscient
F Tier
Atmos Fruit Loop
Yomega Pro X2
Yoyorecreation Comic Sans
Turning Point Naja
LAST COUNTED LIST SIZE:
214 Yoyos
*to be expanded and added upon