# Regular bearing vs small bearing
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regular-bearing-vs-small-bearing/25907
**Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation
**Created:** [April 27, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regular-bearing-vs-small-bearing/25907 "2011-04-27T15:38:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Swatnoodle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Swatnoodle)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regular-bearing-vs-small-bearing/25907/1 "2011-04-27T15:38:54Z")
What is the difference
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### Author:  [@skeletonboy333](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skeletonboy333)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regular-bearing-vs-small-bearing/25907/2 "2011-04-27T22:35:59Z")
Regular is bigger than small sized bearings.
What is your main problem? Choosing a yoyo with a small bearing? Replacing a bearing?
Some people tend to dis-like small bearing yoyo’s because they have a “feel” of responsivness but any yoyo can be unresponsive. The small bearing may also be thinner, as it may become responsive.
I like large bearings more, because they just don’t ten to grip more (for me), and they don’t sang as much (for me).
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### Author:  [@Swatnoodle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Swatnoodle)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regular-bearing-vs-small-bearing/25907/3 "2011-04-27T22:49:29Z")
Well I knew there was a size difference but I was wondering if they played differently or something
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### Author:  [@skeletonboy333](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skeletonboy333)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regular-bearing-vs-small-bearing/25907/4 "2011-04-27T23:03:13Z")
You can kinda imagine or feel the difference, but if you’re not too picky, it wont affect your play.
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### Author:  [@Rika-chan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rika-chan)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regular-bearing-vs-small-bearing/25907/5 "2011-04-27T23:04:52Z")
often times, they are easier to bind, and REPORTEDLY spin longer. this may not be true
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### Author:  [@xaix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xaix)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regular-bearing-vs-small-bearing/25907/6 "2011-04-28T04:09:29Z")
I don’t think it will spin longer , but it is easier to bind, why don’t you try buying cheap yoyos that has small bearing like duncan metal drifter or free hand zero
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### Author:  [@Ohemgee](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ohemgee)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regular-bearing-vs-small-bearing/25907/7 "2011-04-28T04:19:37Z")
It’ll spin longer if your only doing a sleeper, for tricks no. It’ll spin longer for a sleeper because there are more wraps around the bearing meaning a longer spin time, but for string tricks they wont sleep longer.