# spin time **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [July 7, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spin-time/75654 "2015-07-07T20:29:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mandiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mandiz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mandiz)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spin-time/75654/1 "2015-07-07T20:29:41Z")
i see that people are able to get a long long long spin time from their yo-yos, from mine i am only getting about a minute to a minute an a half out of them tops why is this happening to me what can i do get get longer spin i use yoyo factory lube ---
**Author:** ![sparhawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@sparhawk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sparhawk)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spin-time/75654/2 "2015-07-07T20:38:03Z")
the string twist method is how a lot of them get such long sleep times ---
**Author:** ![Amdroid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/amdroid/32/476_2.png) [@Amdroid](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Amdroid)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spin-time/75654/3 "2015-07-07T20:43:51Z")
If you use a lot of lube, it will prevent your yoyo from sleeping very long, so that might be contributing to the issue. ---
**Author:** ![Mandiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mandiz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mandiz)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spin-time/75654/4 "2015-07-07T20:47:56Z")
whats the string twist method? and how often should i lube then? i do it about once a month ---
**Author:** ![KiLbUcK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kilbuck/32/794_2.png) [@KiLbUcK](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/KiLbUcK)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spin-time/75654/5 "2015-07-07T20:53:14Z")
Use this link:  [http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php?action=search2](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php?action=search2) Type “bearings” into the search box. You will find a lot of good useful information here! Hope this helps  🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spin-time/75654/6 "2015-07-07T21:01:28Z")
> [@Mandiz](#): > > whats the string twist method? and how often should i lube then? i do it about once a month The string twist trick is used only for trying to set sleep time records. Otherwise it’s not useful. A minute to a minute and a half is a good spin time. Use lube sparingly. ---
**Author:** ![LeDave](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ledave/32/1590_2.png) [@LeDave](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LeDave)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spin-time/75654/7 "2015-07-07T21:38:54Z")
I find that the harder you throw, the more it offsets and straightens out the crookedness caused by not holding the string where it needs to be when doing tricks. Don’t know if you know what I’m trying to say… but yeah. ---
**Author:** ![GoCrazyForYoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gocrazyforyoyo/32/7941_2.png) [@GoCrazyForYoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GoCrazyForYoyo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spin-time/75654/8 "2015-07-07T23:53:54Z")
There are very few tricks that last longer than a minute… You should be fine…