I have tried the Avalanche and Summit and I might get a Summit actually, because the Chief seems like it would not suite me that well based on reviews.
Iâve encountered a small handful of people who were âmehâ on the Chief, one person who actively dislikes the Chief, and a multitude of people who love the Chief.
Iâd say the odds are heavily in your favour that youâll be quite happy with a Chief! You might be the exception, but itâs a pretty low-risk purchase. 
Iâm getting a summit soon. Have a avalanche and love it, not a FUN throw, more of a GIT-R-DON contest winner super stable long spinning type thing. The chief is more floaty, funner⌠That type. But if you want a yoyo that you just love, even though it doesnât spin the longest or is the most stable, the cascade and puffin are my favoriteâŚ
The ac is like a more solid faster chief, not to much competitive natured like the avalanche, but just more solid then the chief.
The thing thats throwing me off is the fact that people say that the Chief is floaty. Doesnât floaty indicate a large amount of a yoyoâs weight to be distributed towards the center?
Well, I know itâs more like itâs floating rather then clunking like a rock on the end of the string.
I prefer more solid throws though, thats why I might go with either the Summit (The most inexpensive), BvM2 (Its a V-Shaped throw), AC (Solid), or Ava. (Solid)
I would say ac, I loved mine, faster then a Ava.
So far all of the throws have been recommended to me⌠Why does CLYW have to make such good yoyos!!!
Most people are recommending CLYW because you listed mostly CLYW.
If you want an outside recommendation⌠you could always go for an El Ranchero. Itâs not too floaty. Super-stable. Grinds⌠not so much. IRG is great but surface has no texture for other grinds.
Well i can only get one, so I thought it would be the safest option because so many people have CLYWs
YupâŚ
I personally donâtpay much attention to clyw throws. I donât know why, they justdonât seem to interest me haha. But onedrop⌠onedropâs awesome. Get a cascade! Itâs amazing⌠Code 2âs nice too⌠Itâs more stable, buta lottle slower than the Cascade⌠Code 2âs probablybetter performing butCascade is more fun IMO. Dietz is an extremely fun throw as well but I donât think youâre looking for undersized⌠The format:C looks verrryyy promising as well, but I havent tried itmyself.
If you want CLYW, but not a Chief, the Summitâs nice as well.
They got too much hype bruhâŚ
The only issue with OD stuff is that they donât fit my preferences. The Cascade has that bell shape, which doesnât attract me to it. And the Code 2 has very little color choices. I did try a Code 1, but it just wasnât wide enough
Yyj Phenom⌠Absolute speed demon! Pretty stable as well, awesome throw! And its V shape ;D
Its even thinner than the Code 1 and I donât classify myself as fast. :-\
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Ahhh⌠meant to quoteâŚ
Anyways, youâre fast dude, Ive seen your vids 
How about the Wrath? I havent tried it but I havent heard of a single person that doesnt like it, and itâs full sized, and pretty wide, blasted as well(Im pretty sure) and comes with a bunch of extras!
I agree completely. Iâve run into a few people who arenât really hot on the Chief and one person who flat out dislikes it. Most people like the Chief. Preferences are really key.
Not an ideal example, but the dv888⌠while Iâm glad I have it, itâs not a favorite. I know people who love it, and know people who hate it. For me, itâs âwell, it gets the job done, nothing specialâ.
Regardless of what anyone chooses to purchase, if itâs something unfamiliar, thereâs a risk of preferences saying ânopeâ. For me, preferences usually say âyesâ.
In general, I find the Chief to be a safe bet.
Wraths are AWESOME! Thereâs something about it that feels smaller than fullsized, though. Not quite sure what that is. Itâs more on the lighter side of things, though. If you want âsolidâ, Wrath is not the best option. But itâs a fantastic yoyo.
The Avalanche is an older design.
But when it was released, it was THE competition throw for those who had one.
The newer version has modifications but not a huge amount. It plays exceptional, especially considering it is an âolderâ designed yoyo.
The Chief was the throw that started CLYWâs double rim that youâll see on most of their stuff now.
It, again, was the âgo toâ competition throw for the time until the BvM2 came along.
The Arctic Circle has a narrower gap, much like the older version of the Avalanche.
Itâs much less forgiving but itâs a good yoyo if you like a âsolidâ feel.
The BvM2 is CLYWâs go-to competition throw right now. Not much more to say than that.
If you do stray out of the CLYW stuff, hereâs some newer stuff Iâve run into recently that play very well:
SpinDynamics Flow. Very fast and a little lighter in weight but definitely awesome. Just bounces on the string.
WERRD Irony (or Irony Japan). Any version. One of the best playing âseriesâ of yoyoâs, no matter which yearly version you come by.
SPYY Amplifier. Itâs a company with a huge history that recently left the yoyo scene but this yoyo is THE monster if you like heavier throws.
C3⌠line in general. A company with amazing line of angular yoyoâs. The last one Iâve tried in their high-end line was the original Berserker but it left an amazing impression on me. I would expect no less from their newer stuff like the KROWN, Mo-vitation, and Berserker RX.
Iâve listed some more âaccessibleâ yoyoâs.
If you find anything below 40mm too slim, I think you may need to work on refining your tricks a little more. Back a couple years or so, anything beyond 40mm was too wide!
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