# One Drop "M1" Review **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Reviews\ **Created:** [August 1, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-m1-review/4906 "2009-08-01T20:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![titanium221](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/titanium221/32/174_2.png) [@titanium221](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/titanium221)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-m1-review/4906/1 "2009-08-01T20:14:33Z")
Hello! Today, I am going to be reviewing my first metal, the One Drop flow groove M1. This is my first review, so tell me how I did. Lets Begin! ``` WOW. I was so exited to get this yo-yo. I waited by the window for an hour until the postman came. I rushed inside and tore open the box. "paper, paper, paper, THERE IT IS!!!!!" I was so eager to throw it for the first time. When I finally got it out of the box, I thought it was tiny, because this was my first undersized yo-yo. I threw it. Sooooooooo Smoooooooooooth......... It was incredible how smooth it was. As you may know, One Drop gives all there yo-yos a 10-Ball Bearing, which is supposed to be quieter and smoother (both of which it was). The downside of the 10-Ball is that it take a while to break in. I was so eager to do a finger grind with the soda blasted surface, that I took out the 10-ball and popped in a KK. The grinds were amazing, It was like the yo-yo wasn't even there. I could thumb grind all the way around (much better than my Dark Magic). I took the spin-time on the 10-ball and it was 1:40... Pretty good for a responsive bearing. (with the KK, I got 3:39, which is more like what it would end up to be.) After playing with it for a few hours, It felt perfectly sized in my hand. To see the difference, I picked up my Dark Magic and it really felt like an Aquarius... No Joke. I think I like Undersized yoyos... This yo-yo is an amazing yo-yo for anybody who wants a solid, reliable yo-yo that is amazing in every way. I did not think I would like an undersized yo-yo, but now I am obsessed with it. here are some pictures that I took: ``` [http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/8114/p1010447f.jpg](http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/8114/p1010447f.jpg) [http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2373/p1010448i.jpg](http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2373/p1010448i.jpg) M1 - PGM [http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3614/p1010449n.jpg](http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3614/p1010449n.jpg) [http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/8061/p1010452n.jpg](http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/8061/p1010452n.jpg) [http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3954/p1010458.jpg](http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3954/p1010458.jpg) Thanks for reading! Titanium221 8) ---
**Author:** ![Shisaki417](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shisaki417/32/150_2.png) [@Shisaki417](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shisaki417)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-m1-review/4906/2 "2009-08-01T20:17:50Z")
Hint: Its not bead blasted, its soda blasted 😛 ---
**Author:** ![titanium221](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/titanium221/32/174_2.png) [@titanium221](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/titanium221)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-m1-review/4906/3 "2009-08-01T20:25:45Z")
> [@Shisaki417](#): > > Hint: Its not bead blasted, its soda blasted 😛 Fixed (thanks ;)) ---
**Author:** ![Pheenix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pheenix/32/65_2.png) [@Pheenix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pheenix)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-m1-review/4906/4 "2009-08-01T20:26:34Z")
I was wondering why you said beadblasted, but then I saw the pic of the Bluegrass and realised that you mean sodablasted. What do you mean by schmoove? Schmoove is the name of rings carved/cut into the yoyos inside walls, which the M1 does not have. Anyways, a pretty good review. Disliked the use of smileys, some minor grammar flaws that doesn’t really matter and I think you could have been a tad bit more detailed. But all in all, not that bad of a review, but don’t let positive comments stop you from making them better. ---
**Author:** ![titanium221](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/titanium221/32/174_2.png) [@titanium221](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/titanium221)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-m1-review/4906/5 "2009-08-01T20:28:16Z")
> [@Pheenix](#): > > I was wondering why you said beadblasted, but then I saw the pic of the Bluegrass and realised that you mean sodablasted. > > What do you mean by schmoove? Schmoove is the name of rings carved/cut into the yoyos inside walls, which the M1 does not have. > > Anyways, a pretty good review. Disliked the use of smileys, some minor grammar flaws that doesn’t really matter and I think you could have been a tad bit more detailed. But all in all, not that bad of a review, but don’t let positive comments stop you from making them better. schmoove, as in a “silly” pronunsiation of smooth… I change it. 😢 ---
**Author:** ![Pheenix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pheenix/32/65_2.png) [@Pheenix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pheenix)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-m1-review/4906/6 "2009-08-01T20:44:17Z")
> [@titanium221](#): > > > [@Pheenix](#): > > > > I was wondering why you said beadblasted, but then I saw the pic of the Bluegrass and realised that you mean sodablasted. > > > > What do you mean by schmoove? Schmoove is the name of rings carved/cut into the yoyos inside walls, which the M1 does not have. > > > > Anyways, a pretty good review. Disliked the use of smileys, some minor grammar flaws that doesn’t really matter and I think you could have been a tad bit more detailed. But all in all, not that bad of a review, but don’t let positive comments stop you from making them better. > > schmoove, as in a “silly” pronunsiation of smooth… I change it. 😢 Would have been a bit funny if it didn’t have a real meaning. ---
**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-m1-review/4906/7 "2009-08-01T20:56:25Z")
Yeah, the M1 is very persuasive. It tends to bring people to the other side. (Undersized yoyos that is) ---
**Author:** ![Pheenix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pheenix/32/65_2.png) [@Pheenix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pheenix)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-m1-review/4906/8 "2009-08-01T21:03:03Z")
I have an M1 and I want something a bit bigger. The reason the M1 is so persuasive is because it’s the first metal to so many people. ---
**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-m1-review/4906/9 "2009-08-01T21:19:39Z")
> [@Pheenix](#): > > I have an M1 and I want something a bit bigger. The reason the M1 is so persuasive is because it’s the first metal to so many people. True. ---
**Author:** ![mattsk8nike](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mattsk8nike/32/213_2.png) [@mattsk8nike](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mattsk8nike)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-m1-review/4906/10 "2009-08-02T03:58:24Z")
Nice review! ;]