# So...what makes a yoyo good for horizontals? **URL:** \ **Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation\ **Created:** [September 4, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-what-makes-a-yoyo-good-for-horizontals/18737 "2010-09-04T01:06:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mista8eight8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mista8eight8/32/559_2.png) [@mista8eight8](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mista8eight8)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-what-makes-a-yoyo-good-for-horizontals/18737/1 "2010-09-04T01:06:38Z")
What makes a yoyo good for horizontal play? All I can think of is rim weight. Are there any other factors? ---
**Author:** ![j\_lowell9](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/j_lowell9/32/358_2.png) [@j\_lowell9](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/j_lowell9)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-what-makes-a-yoyo-good-for-horizontals/18737/2 "2010-09-04T12:03:45Z")
Rim weight and stability I have also found weight can help ---
**Author:** ![Iron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/iron/32/127_2.png) [@Iron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Iron)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-what-makes-a-yoyo-good-for-horizontals/18737/3 "2010-09-04T14:28:43Z")
You don’t necessarily want too much rim weight for horizontal play. Too much rim weight can make it harder to control the tilt of the yo-yo, which is definitely necessary. And you don’t want too little rim weight, so that the yo-yo will stay horizontal when you do want it to. Low walls near the bearing are definitely preferred, because there is less resistance when you try to tilt the yoyo manually. Large bearings are also ideal, because large bearing yoyos tend to have lower walls and bigger gaps. Both of those make a yoyo overall less stable, so even if the yoyo does have a lot of rim weight, it can still be manipulated without much effort. Does that make sense? ---
**Author:** ![mista8eight8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mista8eight8/32/559_2.png) [@mista8eight8](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mista8eight8)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-what-makes-a-yoyo-good-for-horizontals/18737/4 "2010-09-04T15:37:02Z")
> [@Iron](#): > > You don’t necessarily want too much rim weight for horizontal play. Too much rim weight can make it harder to control the tilt of the yo-yo, which is definitely necessary. And you don’t want too little rim weight, so that the yo-yo will stay horizontal when you do want it to. Low walls near the bearing are definitely preferred, because there is less resistance when you try to tilt the yoyo manually. Large bearings are also ideal, because large bearing yoyos tend to have lower walls and bigger gaps. Both of those make a yoyo overall less stable, so even if the yoyo does have a lot of rim weight, it can still be manipulated without much effort. > > Does that make sense? somewhat… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![x52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/3bc359/32.png) [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-what-makes-a-yoyo-good-for-horizontals/18737/5 "2010-09-04T16:13:58Z")
Why are you so into this? If you want a good horizontal play yoyo, get a Genesis. ---
**Author:** ![mista8eight8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mista8eight8/32/559_2.png) [@mista8eight8](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mista8eight8)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-what-makes-a-yoyo-good-for-horizontals/18737/6 "2010-09-04T16:33:35Z")
> [@x52](#): > > Why are you so into this? If you want a good horizontal play yoyo, get a Genesis. thats my problem, like you are to yyf, I am to onedrop… I think Ill use the 54 for horizontals when It comes out _lock_