# Offset review help? **URL:** \ **Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation\ **Created:** [December 28, 2025, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/offset-review-help/438349 "2025-12-28T09:48:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mrPluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@mrPluto](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrPluto)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/offset-review-help/438349/1 "2025-12-28T09:48:49Z")
Just got into yoyoing and fell for the brandon vu promotion, is a mostly offset collection good enough quality wise Ai recommends 1. Ascent 2. Deviant (standard) 3. Logic 2 4. Xenon (standard) 5. Galactus 6. Outlier Mini 7. Outlier 6 8. Cheatcode (metal) 9. Limitless 10. Shutter Wide Angle 11. C3yoyodesign Krown (Japanese monometal) 12. C3 Contrail (offstring) For my edc Plastic cheatcode Variant ---
**Author:** ![SlowThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slowthrow/32/307451_2.png) [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/offset-review-help/438349/2 "2025-12-28T12:30:45Z")
A version of this gets asked fairly frequently. Offset yo-yos are of good quality from what I hear, but part of the fun of YoYo is the collecting and part of the collecting is spreading out! Hang around a while and you will see some stuff that you “must have”, browsing BST for example. People post some unbelievably cool yo-yos that I’ve never heard of, and you can get some great deals second hand. But remember: a good yoyo won’t make you a good player. It’s a tool, you gotta build the skill with practice. Practice can be frustrating but rewarding. The breakthrough moments when you finally get that one part of that one trick to finally know how to do it completely through is better than any new YoYo day ---
**Author:** ![Simyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@Simyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Simyo)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/offset-review-help/438349/3 "2025-12-28T15:03:22Z")
I haven’t used the offset yo-yos you’ve listed but they are great quality and perform well. That said they are mainly competition based. The outlier mini and shutter mini are more of a competition trainer. I would stick with there cheat code or ascent line geared for beginners and I believe they come with a responsive bearing as well(the plastic cheat code did). Get the basics down and figure out what you like in yo-yos while learning more and more. As far as offstring yo-yos go, contrail is good, as well as yyf flight. Keep in mind while learning offstring the yo-yos will take a lot of abuse so cheaper is better. ---
**Author:** ![Lex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lex/32/1599_2.png) [@Lex](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lex)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/offset-review-help/438349/4 "2025-12-28T16:54:02Z")
Since you’re starting, I’d recommend only getting one or two plastics to start with. A responsive to learn the basics and an unresponsive one for when you progress a bit. Ascent is ok for this but tbh the shape seems rather extreme/uncomfortable to me. I’d recommend a Duncan Freehand for your responsive and a C3 Speedaholic XX or YYFr Rio for your unresponsive (they also have a finger spin dimple if you want to learn DNA). As a beginner you will likely smash your yo-yo into the ground a lot, so I would avoid fancy, expensive yoyos for now as they’ll just get damaged. By the time you’re ready for a performance metal yo-yo and expanding your connection further, you’ll also probably have a better idea of what brands/types of yo-yo you want to try. ---
**Author:** ![cviavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90db22/32.png) [@cviavi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cviavi)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/offset-review-help/438349/5 "2025-12-28T17:11:12Z")
I personally started with the Arrow by YoyoFactory, as it can be upgraded to unresponsive as you progress through more difficult tricks. Then, for my first metal yoyo, I got the Normal Shutter which was really fun but there are newer models which might interest you more. ---
**Author:** ![mrPluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@mrPluto](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrPluto)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/offset-review-help/438349/6 "2025-12-28T20:06:58Z")
Yes im getting ascent and variant the rest will be purchased once im better and when theres a discount ---
**Author:** ![mrPluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@mrPluto](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrPluto)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/offset-review-help/438349/7 "2025-12-28T20:22:20Z")
Lwk do not know where to store more yoyos than 12 but ill try more yoyos when im experienced ---
**Author:** ![ArjanJojoman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/arjanjojoman/32/645229_2.png) [@ArjanJojoman](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ArjanJojoman)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/offset-review-help/438349/8 "2025-12-28T22:24:18Z")
Chat gpt is terrible at this. It’s a text based AI. What would it know about which yoyo is suited? It can’t Google or calculate that for you. It’s very useful for lots of things but this list you got couldn’t be any worse. It just named all the offset yoyos and a few very random others. The iYoyo Shooting star is the best plastic yoyo that comes with a responsive and unresponsive bearing. ---
**Author:** ![mrPluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@mrPluto](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrPluto)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/offset-review-help/438349/9 "2025-12-30T11:20:01Z")
Idk i dont have much people to talk to before yoyoexpert so i had to use copilot, ig ill just try out some yoyos and build my list myself. ---
**Author:** ![SlowThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slowthrow/32/307451_2.png) [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/offset-review-help/438349/10 "2025-12-30T15:48:42Z")
Try to note (even just in your head) what you like about a new YoYo you try. The weight of it, width and diameter, profile, the textures of the finish etc, and and you’ll start noticing these things in other throws and you’ll soon have a good feel for what it is you like in a YoYo, and what you don’t like. I also kinda go out of my way to collect yo-yos that are unique to the others I have, so I don’t end up with a big redundant collection lol.