# Puffin owners opinion needed. **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [November 18, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/puffin-owners-opinion-needed/45341 "2012-11-18T15:11:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Slade\_Riggs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Slade\_Riggs](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slade_Riggs)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/puffin-owners-opinion-needed/45341/21 "2012-11-19T23:47:43Z")
I do not own a puffin or AC but I have had plenty of time to try each and I have owned 4 chiefs. The Chief is definitly the best and then the AC and last is the Puffin. From the looks of the puffin I knew it would not perform. It didn’t have enough spin time for me and it just (for me) didn’t live up to the hype I knew would be attached to it just because it is a CLYW. It hasn’t even been a week so the “new” factor is still in play at the moment for all the puffin owners. I got to try one and had a chance to trade for one and I didn’t take it. I want pure performance in a throw and it didn’t deliver. In comparison to the AC and Chief the puffin was lighter than the AC witch I think is just to bulky feeling and it is faster than the AC. Stability is good but the lackluster spin time just left me wanting more in this yoyo. I comes nowhere near the chief in playability for sure. In my opinion the puffin is a overpriced yoyo that doesn’t perform just like the canvas. I absolutly love CLYW yoyos, I have 7 at the moment and they are amazing but I will not sugar coat a yoyo that does not impress me. Hope I wasn’t too harsh but I am just giving my account on the yoyo. ---
**Author:** ![Nivo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nivo/32/321_2.png) [@Nivo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nivo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/puffin-owners-opinion-needed/45341/22 "2012-11-20T01:18:24Z")
Thanks for all the info guys. I still might grab one if one of my favorite color way comes out, just to check it out. ---
**Author:** ![Slade\_Riggs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Slade\_Riggs](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slade_Riggs)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/puffin-owners-opinion-needed/45341/23 "2012-11-20T02:34:40Z")
> [@Nivo](#): > > Thanks for all the info guys. I still might grab one if one of my favorite color way comes out, just to check it out. I never shy away from trying a new throw, that’s for sure. I think that even though I don’t like it that much if I got a good deal for one and if it gave me a chance to get rid of a yoyo I don’t throw I would probably take it. It has great trade value at the moment and someone somewhere will like it a lot. My main prefrence is allways performance but I do love collecting as well. Allways fun just to have a new yoyo. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/puffin-owners-opinion-needed/45341/24 "2012-11-20T03:27:51Z")
I got a package of bearings to clean and treat today. Since these aren’t my bearings, I clean and treat one at a time(unless the shields have all been removed… I don’t know yet). During soaks, I’m gonna play the PUffin. It’s gonna be a LONG but FUN night. (Yes, I enjoy cleaning and treating bearings) [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/puffin-owners-opinion-needed/45341.md?page=1)