I got mine today. I can’t decide if I want to leave the bearing as is or take it out, clean the seat, and stick in a half-spec…
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If you do that, would you let me know your results? I was thinking of trying the same thing, but my spare bearings are buried right now and I didn’t want to dig them out if they wouldn’t fit.
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DO NOT DO THIS.
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I, uh… Can’t help but feel there’s a story here?
Well, I tried a half-spec with a shorter axle and the string gap was too narrow to really function with the thinnest string I had handy (generic bulk poly and also Kitty slim). I kind of got it to work for a minute, but as soon as I had any string tension, it wasn’t really possible to wind it back up (manually or otherwise).
Since the design already sounds like a zipper as it rips down and back up the string, I began to have some concerns for my safety and the safety of those around me and I abandoned the plan. While I have safely tucked the glitter encrusted bearing in a small zip lock bag (to preserve the resale value), I have now put in a KK bearing with Brain Lube and it works pretty well as a responsive/semi-responsive (still using thin string). I was able to hit some plastic whips and one hot kweej, but this thing will really point out if your throw is not dead straight.
But, maybe I was doing something wrong. Please report your results if you try that configuration.
tl;dr: the gap is too narrow for a half-spec to really function unless, maybe, you have some mighty flea string or something.
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Thank you for the report!
Hmm…I don’t have any spare axles around, so I’m a little hesitant to try it now. Maybe just some thick lube in a flat bearing
The stock axle may work with the half-spec bearing, I just had a smaller one handy so I used it.
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This is single handedly the most frustrating yoyo I have ever played with. Certainly as advertised!
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I don’t have a Dumpster Fire, but to widen the gap, Beef Caking two 1/2 specs together maybe an interesting play. For more response, double looping may help in that scenario.
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Got the Dumpster Fire today. I got a knot immediately. Landing “man on the flying trapeze” feels as precarious as its full name.
This could be really stupid, but I will exclusively throw the Dumpster Fire for the next week and see what happens.
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That’s a bold move. I think 30 minutes is the longest I’ve managed, then I simply had to throw any other yoyo just to make sure I didn’t come to hate yoyoing.
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Look on the bright side. Maybe you’ll be able to make another great post for the “I should have know better” thread.
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At the very least. I will do it for the forum. Already I’ve tried to bind return from fingerspin time after time after time and nothing doing. Trapeze is getting better, though still excruciating.
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Beef Caking?
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That’s pretty interesting. We’ve come a long, long way. It must have been an exciting time with people working hard to make their yoyos work harder for them.
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I knew this thing was going to be terrible but I wasn’t prepared for how the grooves visually mess with aiming for the tiny tiny gap. Well played @MrYoyoThrower
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takes a bow
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You need a pair of the Lego fingerspin cups to at least get a bit of time to flail away.
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Yes and no…
There is a very defined difference.
The Rev-G was a yoyo that Sucked by accident.
Jeremy deliberately designed the Dumpster to Suck on purpose.
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