# This never made sense to me...

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**Created:** [December 6, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/this-never-made-sense-to-me/71191 "2014-12-06T18:52:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![XtraAwesomeMan64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ecccb3/32.png) [@XtraAwesomeMan64](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/XtraAwesomeMan64)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/this-never-made-sense-to-me/71191/1 "2014-12-06T18:52:14Z")

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This may sound like a noob question, but what does “floaty” mean? It never really made sense to me. It may help to give examples. Thanks! 🙂

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**Author:** ![LinksLegionaire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/linkslegionaire/32/886_2.png) [@LinksLegionaire](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LinksLegionaire)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/this-never-made-sense-to-me/71191/2 "2014-12-06T19:36:48Z")

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Floaty is a term that’s typically associated with light-feeling yoyos as well as heavy-feeling yoyos and is used to confuse people.

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**Author:** ![MattB](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mattb/32/14529_2.png) [@MattB](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MattB)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/this-never-made-sense-to-me/71191/3 "2014-12-06T20:06:45Z")

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Although Magic Johnson is big and weighs a lot, he seems to just float in the air.

Two yoyos of the same weight and general size can feel different. One more like a rock on a string and the second one nimble and light. From my reading of discussions about this topic, the second one is more floaty than the first.

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**Author:** ![CaliBuddha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/calibuddha/32/156_2.png) [@CaliBuddha](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CaliBuddha)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/this-never-made-sense-to-me/71191/4 "2014-12-06T20:09:50Z")

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More mass concentrated toward the center of the yoyo causes it to feel more “floaty”. More rim-weight makes for a more solid feel at the end of the string.

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**Author:** ![XtraAwesomeMan64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ecccb3/32.png) [@XtraAwesomeMan64](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/XtraAwesomeMan64)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/this-never-made-sense-to-me/71191/5 "2014-12-06T21:50:47Z")

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Okay, thanks for the help! :wink:

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**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/this-never-made-sense-to-me/71191/6 "2014-12-10T11:39:32Z")

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‘Floaty’ really means many different things to all sorts of throwers. It confuses me too. There is no concrete definition.