# Peak **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [August 20, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467 "2015-08-20T00:50:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![888victini](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/888victini/32/1435_2.png) [@888victini](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/888victini)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/21 "2015-08-20T21:14:20Z")
> [@edhaponik](#): > > it’s a really nice yo-yo. and when it came out, every other yo-yo on the market was NOT a really nice yo-yo, as is pretty much the case now. i remember the first time i threw one (david w’s pink painted one at club) - it was a game changer. at a time when yo-yoing was ruled by bigger companies making much bigger production runs, it pushed the yo-yo community in a “boutique” direction that we still feel today. it doesn’t have to keep up with today’s standards to feel special to people. the people who remember the first few runs of the peak felt like they were part of something special. and the people who started throwing later could appreciate its place in the story of one of the most beloved companies. > > oh yeah, AND it’s still really fun to play. amen. i tried the peak, i neither liked it nor disliked it, it is a good yoyo from a great company. nuff sed ---
**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:** [August 20, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/22 "2015-08-20T21:22:25Z")
> [@yoyodoc](#): > > Everyone does not want a Draupnir. And everyone does not want a Dazzler. Everyone does not want a Ti Dream. Everyone did not want an Evora. Everyone does not want a Citizen. Everyone does not want a Leviathan 6. Everyone does not want an Anglam 2 or a Tiss or a Zero. > > That being said; if everyone ‘did’ want a certain yoyo. Everyone would want any of the yoyos in the aforementioned list before ‘Everyone’ would want a Peak. > > So… What’s the reality? > > Everyone does not want a Peak. > > The Peak is a very nice/fun/comfortable throw. It is/was a good value at the original selling prices. > > Almost every model CLYW has come out with since the Peak, plays better than the Peak. Puffin2, Sasquatch, Avalanche, Marmot, Orca, Bonfire, etc. They All play better than a Peak. > > That does not mean the Peak is not a yoyo to have or to not try and ‘get’. No matter how advanced yoyos get, the Peak will be a fun yoyo to throw. > > But unless you have to have one for your collection. Or you have to have one just so you can tell people you have A Peak. For the prices you have to pay for even one with damage to it; it is not a good value. > > It’s actual ‘worth’ is how valuable it might be to you. > > But ‘everyone’ does not want a Peak. Do you ever make posts that aren’t a paragraph long? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eastfield](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eastfield/32/1158_2.png) [@Eastfield](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Eastfield)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/23 "2015-08-20T21:31:50Z")
> [@mrciurleo](#): > > The first run painted peaks are aesthetically some of the most beautiful yoyos out there. Lol, are you serious? Anyways, it’s a collectors item, more or less because of the performance gap it offered from any other competing models at the time. Today, performance wise, you’re better of with a Shutter, a Czechpoint, a Hatchet 2 or something in that price range. I’m thinking that, if the Chief were to only be made in one run, it would soon have a similar status to the Peak… ---
**Author:** ![mrciurleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@mrciurleo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrciurleo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/24 "2015-08-20T21:48:14Z")
> [@Eastfield](#): > > Lol, are you serious? > > Anyways, it’s a collectors item, more or less because of the performance gap it offered from any other competing models at the time. Today, performance wise, you’re better of with a Shutter, a Czechpoint, a Hatchet 2 or something in that price range. > > I’m thinking that, if the Chief were to only be made in one run, it would soon have a similar status to the Peak… I get that tone is hard to convey online, but yeah, I’m serious. You’re telling me this isn’t an awesome looking yoyo? ---
**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/25 "2015-08-20T22:08:19Z")
> [@nightshadow](#): > > Do you ever make posts that aren’t a paragraph long? 🙂 Yes. . . I do occasionally. If reading gives you congestive brain failure; I would suggest to avoid reading anything I post up. ---
**Author:** ![Eastfield](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eastfield/32/1158_2.png) [@Eastfield](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Eastfield)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/26 "2015-08-20T22:54:54Z")
> [@mrciurleo](#): > > I get that tone is hard to convey online, but yeah, I’m serious. You’re telling me this isn’t an awesome looking yoyo? Yes. The design nor the color scheme really appeals to me… The anodized Peaks looks much better IMO ---
**Author:** ![mrciurleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@mrciurleo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrciurleo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/27 "2015-08-20T23:14:24Z")
That’s your opinion, I respect that. There were some nice anodized colors, such as frozen mammoth. Related to an earlier post, I too was 6 when the peaks were released. However, I was browsing YYN when I was 7-8 years old, so I grew up around them. I only started collecting however when I got a job. ---
**Author:** ![Rosenberg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rosenberg/32/20465_2.png) [@Rosenberg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rosenberg)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/28 "2015-08-21T01:29:15Z")
Oh man, that SL… ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/johnnyj/32/94616_2.png) [@JohnnyJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JohnnyJ)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/29 "2015-08-21T01:32:54Z")
> [@KiLbUcK](#): > > I think this has more to do with the fact that you were only 6 years old when it came out :wink: Even though i may have only been about that age also, I can completely appreciate a Peak. ---
**Author:** ![sparhawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@sparhawk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sparhawk)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/30 "2015-08-21T02:17:03Z")
> [@S3TH](#): > > It may not play as well as the current throws available today but it was one of the best of the best when it came out almost 9 years ago. The only metals the peak had to contend with back then was the 888, radians and Anti-yos.(I’m sure there were a few more but those were the most popular at the time.) The OG peaks sold on yyn for 75 bucks when they released if I’m not mistaken. I’m also pretty sure Sebby won U.S Nats 2010 with a peak. Pretty sure they were 90 new. Forgot to mention the oxy 4. ---
**Author:** ![Mikers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mikers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mikers)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/31 "2015-08-21T03:24:25Z")
89.99 ---
**Author:** ![KiLbUcK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kilbuck/32/794_2.png) [@KiLbUcK](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/KiLbUcK)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/32 "2015-08-21T12:00:33Z")
> [@sparhawk](#): > > Pretty sure they were 90 new. Forgot to mention the oxy 4. I’ve owned 11 peaks. The OG’s I bought from YYN were $79 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Sleepy\_MD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dr_sleepy_md/32/1624_2.png) [@Dr\_Sleepy\_MD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dr_Sleepy_MD)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/33 "2015-08-21T13:19:24Z")
I’ll toss in here since I have owned 4 but now I’m down to 2. It’s mostly the feel for me, objectively it isn’t as good as some of the ones out today. It doesn’t hold your hand, can tilt relatively easily, and doesn’t have an insanely high spin time. But it’s incredibly fun to play. The float and ease it moves around with is still unique(ish) to the Peak. You can do anything you want on it, but it wont make it easier. But it will make it fun! After throwing many modern yo-yos, I still often go back to them to play for a while. They are really fun to play, and that’s about it. Also I think they look pwetty. ---
**Author:** ![AaronW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aaronw/32/49251_2.png) [@AaronW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AaronW)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/34 "2015-08-21T14:51:18Z")
> [@Dr\_Sleepy\_MD](#): > > It’s mostly the feel for me, objectively it isn’t as good as some of the ones out today. It doesn’t hold your hand, can tilt relatively easily, and doesn’t have an insanely high spin time. But it’s incredibly fun to play. The float and ease it moves around with is still unique(ish) to the Peak. You can do anything you want on it, but it wont make it easier. But it will make it fun! So what you’re saying is you have to learn to throw straighter, have more control and be a smoother player to use the Peak. Sounds like too much work, the kids today will never like this yoyo :🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mrciurleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@mrciurleo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrciurleo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/35 "2015-08-21T14:57:28Z")
> [@AaronW](#): > > So what you’re saying is you have to learn to throw straighter, have more control and be a smoother player to use the Peak. Sounds like too much work, the kids today will never like this yoyo :🙂 I do. I try to learn tricks on throws like this, I find it makes doing tricks on modern throws much easier. I equate learning tricks on a peak to a baseball player swinging with a donut. It is more difficult, no doubt, but it makes swinging the unweighted bat much easier. ---
**Author:** ![Buggot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/buggot/32/1534_2.png) [@Buggot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Buggot)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/36 "2015-08-21T17:36:18Z")
I’ve never tried the peak (really want to!) but I think it does looks amazing aesthetically. Would lvoe that kind of design but in green 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yoyoboy224](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f14d63/32.png) [@yoyoboy224](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoboy224)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/37 "2015-08-21T18:49:49Z")
> [@AaronW](#): > > So what you’re saying is you have to learn to throw straighter, have more control and be a smoother player to use the Peak. Sounds like too much work, the kids today will never like this yoyo :🙂 Sounds like the yoyo for me! 🙂 Fixed axles are better though 😛 ---
**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:** [August 21, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/38 "2015-08-21T21:28:18Z")
> [@yoyodoc](#): > > Yes. > > . > > . > > I do occasionally. > > If reading gives you congestive brain failure; I would suggest to avoid reading anything I post up. Reading gives me no discomfort. But overly long posts sometimes do. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/39 "2015-08-21T23:16:04Z")
> [@nightshadow](#): > > Reading gives me no discomfort. But overly long posts sometimes do. Then sadly you have a personal problem you have to deal with. I cannot solve or cure your inability or refusal to deal with groups of connected words beyond your attention span functionality. Slow reading skills… Attention disorder… No patience… Refusal to acknowledge potentially pertinent information… Disavowing the ‘knowledge is power’ axiom… Frustration causing a written communication disorder… …Reach out and seek help. Don’t tell me ---
**Author:** ![Nemyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nemyo/32/14407_2.png) [@Nemyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nemyo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/peak/76467/40 "2015-08-21T23:46:17Z")
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