# Recommendations please... **URL:** \ **Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation\ **Created:** [December 2, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/recommendations-please/21448 "2010-12-02T15:59:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CajunYo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@CajunYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CajunYo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/recommendations-please/21448/1 "2010-12-02T15:59:22Z")
I’m a 57 year old who has a fascination for yoyos. When I was a kid my dad and I would go to downtown New Orleans to see the Duncan Yoyo Champs perform tricks at the Maison Blanch department store on Canal Street. Since the passing of my Dad I started collecting vintage Duncan Yoyos, I guess it’s a way for me to connect… Well, enough of that and on to my question. I’ve decided to pick up a yoyo again and try doing some string tricks. The advice I was given for a good, moderately priced yoyo for a beginner was a Yoyo Factory Velocity. So, I thought I would post here to see if the “Experts” would concur. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/recommendations-please/21448/2 "2010-12-02T16:20:31Z")
I would definitely agree. ---
**Author:** ![ledbetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@ledbetter](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ledbetter)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/recommendations-please/21448/3 "2010-12-02T17:22:09Z")
I started playing with unresponsive yoyos last year when I used my 40th birthday money to buy a YoYoJam Lyn Fury and Dark Magic. I have never thrown a Velocity but have read good things. I still enjoy my Lyn and miss my DM (traded). Enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![quinton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/quinton/32/376_2.png) [@quinton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/quinton)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/recommendations-please/21448/4 "2010-12-02T17:23:43Z")
> [@ledbetter](#): > > I started playing with unresponsive yoyos last year when I used my 40th birthday money to buy a YoYoJam Lyn Fury and Dark Magic. I have never thrown a Velocity but have read good things. I still enjoy my Lyn and miss my DM (traded). Enjoy. The velocity is a great yoyo to take you all the way from pure responsive play, to straight unresponsive yumminess. ---
**Author:** ![CajunYo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@CajunYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CajunYo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/recommendations-please/21448/5 "2010-12-02T18:35:57Z")
Okay, so… what else does a newbie need? I’m going to order my yoyo from the folks who sponsor the forum (Natrually!). Do I need any lubricant or anything? Hopefully, there’s no such thing as a stupid question here? ---
**Author:** ![Fatstrings](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Fatstrings](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Fatstrings)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/recommendations-please/21448/6 "2010-12-02T18:47:22Z")
Strings, you might get some thin lube for when you move towards unresponsive play, but definately strings. ---
**Author:** ![gtyoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/34f0e0/32.png) [@gtyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gtyoyo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/recommendations-please/21448/7 "2010-12-02T21:49:43Z")
You can also try a mid-priced yoyojam in the 40 dollar range (such as dark magic 2 or sr-71) which comes with two bearings: responsive(thin) and speed (size C). Not all yoyojams come with 2 bearings. I’d say get two extra sets of response pads (total of 4 pads), 100% polyester string x100, and thin lube. ---
**Author:** ![CajunYo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@CajunYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CajunYo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/recommendations-please/21448/8 "2010-12-02T23:25:42Z")
Thanks so much for the responses. I will take your advice…