# The Weight of a Counterweight....Hmmm?

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**Created:** [January 28, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-weight-of-a-counterweight-hmmm/34339 "2012-01-28T16:02:08Z")\
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Hi, I’m fairly new to yoyoing, so I definitely haven’t explored using counterweights yet, but I bought several Duncan yoyos that came with them. For the heck of it, I placed each one on a small scale I bought for weighing jewelry, and it was interesting what I found. I have 8 counterweights, and they all weigh totally different, even when they look identical, they weigh significantly different in some cases. Here’s what the scale read (and it was calibrated with a 100g weight prior to weighing):  
Yellow ball counterweight #1 = 12.64grams  
Yellow ball counterweight #2 = 13.05grams (identical looking but significant different weight)

Blue Chipmunk head= 11.70grams  
Grey Chipmunk head = 11.68grams (they are basically the same weight, not much difference)

Panda = 11.72grams  
Skull = 11.48 grams

Red dice = 10.49grams  
yellow dice = 10.57grams

I guess the shocker here was that not only were they all a different weight, the ball is much different than the dice…and even among the balls there is a significant difference. I don’t use these, so I’m not sure what the real difference is in play…but I’m sure they must feel different. I just wonder if anyone has noticed much of a difference playing with a ball or a dice…?

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