# The wife wants her first "real" yoyo **URL:** \ **Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation\ **Created:** [September 6, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-wife-wants-her-first-real-yoyo/18812 "2010-09-06T03:54:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MyRevival](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/myrevival/32/576_2.png) [@MyRevival](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MyRevival)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-wife-wants-her-first-real-yoyo/18812/21 "2010-09-11T01:05:15Z")
You guys ROCK!!! Thank you for all the suggestions, even the goofy ones. I especially like the Duncan MG suggestion. We’ll be sifting through all the sizes, and tell you guys when she finally picks one. > [@vpxtreme](#): > > Oh my… All I have to say is… CONGRATULATIONS! I’m so happy that your wife wants to take the next step! That’s almost like going steady! I wish my girl would pick one up, but all she does is say, “That’s nice sweety.” and goes about her merry ways. > Being a 4 month noob myself… I would get her into the kickside. That’s where I began when I was at her level and it was fine. It’s cheap so she doesn’t have to worry about dinging it up. Once she gets used to binds and what not I would toss her right up to a legacy as they are also cheap enough but very unresponsive to get her to learn more and more! I bought her an M&M’s yoyo, turned out to be a relabeled Yomega Fireball. You have to get on their level, make it relevant. ---
**Author:** ![pavig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@pavig](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pavig)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-wife-wants-her-first-real-yoyo/18812/22 "2010-09-11T02:05:39Z")
The YoyoJam Journey may also be worth a look also. It’s not super undersized but; light, cheap, responsive, butterfly, ajustable, flat sided. It has a comfortable rounded shape and plays well beginner to intermediate. I thought of recommending the speedmaker which is more undersized, but I think the journey is more controllable for a beginner, and the double o-ring response wears in nicely as they skill up. ---
**Author:** ![yoyos\_rule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/71e660/32.png) [@yoyos\_rule](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyos_rule)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-wife-wants-her-first-real-yoyo/18812/23 "2010-09-11T12:59:04Z")
2010 freehand 2 ---
**Author:** ![Mi1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mi1/32/626_2.png) [@Mi1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mi1)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-wife-wants-her-first-real-yoyo/18812/24 "2010-09-11T17:33:32Z")
Kickside. ---
**Author:** ![Icanhazsevere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/82dd89/32.png) [@Icanhazsevere](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Icanhazsevere)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-wife-wants-her-first-real-yoyo/18812/25 "2010-09-11T17:41:21Z")
get aher an unresponsive and let her practice with that, :wink: ---
**Author:** ![arem250](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/arem250/32/7922_2.png) [@arem250](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/arem250)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-wife-wants-her-first-real-yoyo/18812/26 "2010-09-13T03:59:39Z")
Catch 22 lol ;D ---
**Author:** ![PikachuCanYoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pikachucanyoyo/32/607_2.png) [@PikachuCanYoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PikachuCanYoyo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-wife-wants-her-first-real-yoyo/18812/27 "2010-09-13T04:06:24Z")
[quote=“MyRevival,post:21,topic:18812”] You guys ROCK!!! Thank you for all the suggestions, even the goofy ones. I especially like the Duncan MG suggestion. We’ll be sifting through all the sizes, and tell you guys when she finally picks one. [shadow=red,left]:D[/shadow] [shadow=red,left]:D[/shadow] [shadow=red,left]:D[/shadow] ---
**Author:** ![justink1025](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@justink1025](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/justink1025)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-wife-wants-her-first-real-yoyo/18812/28 "2010-09-13T04:33:47Z")
If you search one drop yoyo on google you’ll find their store… Go to that and buy her cyclon kickside… Its basically kickside modded by Alex… Hes famous modder. It cost same as normal kickside but plays WAY better ---
**Author:** ![Ohemgee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e36b37/32.png) [@Ohemgee](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ohemgee)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-wife-wants-her-first-real-yoyo/18812/29 "2010-09-13T06:32:54Z")
Ask her to pick the yoyo if its unresponsive than get some thick lube with it to make it responsive, then if she wants to move on to unresponsive clean the bearing ---
**Author:** ![gtyoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/34f0e0/32.png) [@gtyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gtyoyo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-wife-wants-her-first-real-yoyo/18812/30 "2010-09-13T07:12:55Z")
yomega raider? (or saber raider) They’re very light, responsive, wing shaped, have ball bearing, cheap (8 dollars), come in variety of colors, definitely a step up from the fireball with respect to sleep time. However, they still don’t sleep nearly as long as the yomega dash or yoyojam lyn fury. If she can handle the 68.5g, I’d say get the yomega dash, because it sleeps longer than the saber raider, due to its shape and larger bearing (almost as big as size c bearing), and is responsive. It’s also probably one of the best metal yoyos you can find for under 20 dollars, and aluminum is a very light metal. I’ve broken my string doing ‘around the world’ (and the yoyo has a small scratch about 1mm long from hitting the floor) and the yoyo still sleeps for over a minute on most throws. The reason I can’t recommend the yomega maverick, which is a little lighter, is because I’ve never tried one. My yoyojam lyn fury is plastic, roughly the same weight as my dash, doesn’t sleep as long, and is less responsive (when stock). From what I hear, it’s made of a very resilient plastic, so it can also take quite a beating. Sorry, I can only recommend yomega dash, because my neighborhood toy store only sells yomega. ---
**Author:** ![Mi1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mi1/32/626_2.png) [@Mi1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mi1)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-wife-wants-her-first-real-yoyo/18812/31 "2010-09-13T09:01:47Z")
Dont listen to the person before this post. Get a Kickside and mod it, or buy one modded from Cyclon. ---
**Author:** ![justink1025](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@justink1025](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/justink1025)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-wife-wants-her-first-real-yoyo/18812/32 "2010-09-14T04:39:57Z")
> [@Mi1](#): > > Dont listen to the person before this post. > > Get a Kickside and mod it, or buy one modded from Cyclon. Thats what I said!!! \>\>\>\>\>\>\>\>\>\>\>: ( ---
**Author:** ![Leo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@Leo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Leo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-wife-wants-her-first-real-yoyo/18812/33 "2010-09-17T00:31:12Z")
If you want to spend like 50 for a metal that she can use forever, get a Aoda Free King or Dancing Pearl, the Gap may be a problem but i heard its pretty responive outta the box 😕 If not you cant fail with a Speedmaker its crazy light but decent ---
**Author:** ![MyRevival](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/myrevival/32/576_2.png) [@MyRevival](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MyRevival)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-wife-wants-her-first-real-yoyo/18812/34 "2010-09-24T19:30:17Z")
Well she got tired of hearing about different ones and just told me to get her one, so based on the recommendations and the sizing, I went with the Velocity. And I combined the order with some new bearings and some response pads for my DV888! [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-wife-wants-her-first-real-yoyo/18812.md?page=1)