Okay okay - I’ll have to break out my Butterfly then for FAF and show it some love. If I’m being 100% honest - the Butterfly is what kept me yo-yoing from a kid through my 40s - never advancing but having fun with the basics. Had I learned stalls way back when (or even NOW) that might have changed things. When I decided to get “serious” I jumped fairly quickly from responsive play to unresponsive play. I feel like my Butterfly and even my Butterfly XT just don’t hold the mustard against my other responsive throws spin times and since I don’t know stalls - find them very limited.
I’ve got to get this stall thing mastered before FAF and then maybe I’ll reignite my Butterfly love.
What strings are folks using on their butterflies? I don’t have any cotton options right now. I do have some cheap “yotricks” 100% poly though. Or MagicYoyo (though it seems thicker) then most of what I have is “fat” which seems like a big no go on starburst response.
I prefer poly on Butterflies. I play whatever my current bulk is and am not particularly fussy about it. Currently that’s OTS Normal, but it has been Kitty Fat, and Alphaline.
Ya, I didn’t used to like the Butterfly but the newest version has the secret sauce. I can’t even put my finger on exactly why, but I’ve been told they updated the mould and use a higher quality plastic. It is more solid, more consistent and overall just feels nicer in play and in the hand. All of the ones I have play really smooth and respond well with a good string match up.
Haven’t managed to get to it yet due to some family stuff, but I will update here once I do! I got a second Butterfly and that one works perfectly so I’m happy I have at least one working one for now
They aren’t pretty or consistent - but I’m finally landing a stall on my Confusion. For some reason that yoyo is easier than the Weekender for me to do it right now. Gotta keep practicing but man - finally!
I didn’t even know they made a hubstack one (outside of the Little Confusion). I just snagged this older “beater” Confusion on FB BST for $11 shipped. I’m waiting on some blanks from Amazon to arrive to turn it into a fixie. Honestly I had it sitting off to the side but was struggling greatly with the Weekender to land a stall - spent too long trying to perfect a 1A breakaway to wrap my head around a super gentle 0A breakaway stall. But I’m finally breaking that mental barrier. I for some reason decided to set the Weekender down and pick up the Confusion and the weight/size difference was just enough that it started clicking - at least a little.
This is honestly so true. Especially regarding the newest version. It has no business being so good for so cheap.
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