# The best bearing for the shutter **URL:** \ **Category:** Gentry Stein\ **Created:** [February 24, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-best-bearing-for-the-shutter/72916 "2015-02-24T13:38:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AfifBkhr07](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@AfifBkhr07](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AfifBkhr07)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-best-bearing-for-the-shutter/72916/1 "2015-02-24T13:38:14Z")
Gentry you are my inspiration of yoyoing and I want to ask you a question, what is the best bearing for the shutter??? ---
**Author:** ![Gentry\_Stein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gentry_stein/32/7919_2.png) [@Gentry\_Stein](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gentry_Stein)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-best-bearing-for-the-shutter/72916/2 "2015-03-06T00:40:14Z")
Anything curved. No grooves. ---
**Author:** ![Yoyordy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8c91f0/32.png) [@Yoyordy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyordy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-best-bearing-for-the-shutter/72916/3 "2015-03-06T00:48:43Z")
> [@Gentry\_Stein](#): > > Anything curved. No grooves. does anyone use grooved bearings for competition? I would imagine it would be hard ---
**Author:** ![DCM92Lude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@DCM92Lude](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DCM92Lude)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-best-bearing-for-the-shutter/72916/4 "2015-03-06T21:57:11Z")
I have a grooved bearing in my shutter… ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-best-bearing-for-the-shutter/72916/5 "2015-03-06T22:03:31Z")
> [@Yoyordy](#): > > does anyone use grooved bearings for competition? I would imagine it would be hard “Hard”? Man… people REALLY overestimate the importance of these things. If I give you a yoyo with a grooved, curved, or grooved and curved bearing and you don’t sneak a peek into the gap, I promise you that you will not know what bearing I put in there. All these differences people imagine are just that… the product of imagination. The only thing that a grooved and/or curved bearing will do is center the string on the initial throw. As soon as you start adding layers, the “loop” of the string pops out of the groove or is pushed out of the center of the curve. It doesn’t stick there, defying all laws of physics, and halve your available bearing. There is SOME friction in the middle of string-on-string compared to flat… but strings actually slide very easily along one-another. Much more easily than they slide against a response pad, for example… ---
**Author:** ![Yoyordy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8c91f0/32.png) [@Yoyordy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyordy)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-best-bearing-for-the-shutter/72916/6 "2015-05-16T16:13:15Z")
I got a draupnir from Lseda and it had a grooved bearing and it plays better than all of my other bearings ---
**Author:** ![Junior626](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Junior626](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Junior626)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-best-bearing-for-the-shutter/72916/7 "2015-06-08T09:26:28Z")
Nice work on the shutters,So fancy! current favorite throw. Just purchased a Full ceramic angled bearing from ■■■■■■■■ excited to see how it will work on my silver shutter. 1 month ago I hadn’t picked up a Yoyo since my child hood I’m now 24 and it’s so much more amazing. I’m now on advanced page 2 on yoyoexpert. Your 2014 championship video re-inspired me to pick up a Yoyo and accomplish the master trick page! No better way then with a shutter from the champ him self! ---
**Author:** ![Icehockeyfreak3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@Icehockeyfreak3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Icehockeyfreak3)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-best-bearing-for-the-shutter/72916/8 "2015-07-20T02:09:15Z")
What is a grovved or curved bearing ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/johnnyj/32/94616_2.png) [@JohnnyJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JohnnyJ)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-best-bearing-for-the-shutter/72916/9 "2015-07-20T03:52:04Z")
> [@Icehockeyfreak3](#): > > What is a grovved or curved bearing A curved bearing is one with curves in it to keep the string straightened on the yoyo. This can help with stability, and spin time, but i find it to be pretty much placebo. Curved bearing [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/e/9/6e9d68fcf121c296344fc9fd41fcbfe10577a141.jpeg) ](http://dif-e-yo.com/images/Bearing_KonKave.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-best-bearing-for-the-shutter/72916/10 "2015-07-20T13:58:17Z")
As soon as I pick up yoyo with a flat bearing and play, I notice the more rapid precession. If that’s the ONLY reason to prefer a profiled bearing, that’s good enough for me. :wink: ---
**Author:** ![Yoyonic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Yoyonic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyonic)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-best-bearing-for-the-shutter/72916/11 "2015-09-27T18:40:48Z")
Hi gentry I just wanted to say how cool you are and maybe some day I could be like you ---
**Author:** ![vs2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85f322/32.png) [@vs2004](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vs2004)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-best-bearing-for-the-shutter/72916/12 "2015-09-30T01:03:42Z")
Hi