# Thoughts on duncan barracuda **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [October 15, 2026, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/thoughts-on-duncan-barracuda/455050 "2026-10-15T11:10:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bznalcapone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bznalcapone/32/691806_2.png) [@Bznalcapone](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bznalcapone)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/thoughts-on-duncan-barracuda/455050/1 "2026-10-15T11:10:02Z")
I want to add a duncan to my growing collection I found someone on here selling a duncan barracuda and was wondering thoughts on it ---
**Author:** ![SlowThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slowthrow/32/307451_2.png) [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/thoughts-on-duncan-barracuda/455050/2 "2026-10-15T11:39:42Z")
Same here, I have a Duncan unresponsive gap in my collection as well ---
**Author:** ![MattC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mattc/32/258241_2.png) [@MattC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MattC)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/thoughts-on-duncan-barracuda/455050/3 "2026-10-15T13:01:19Z")
Gather round kids while I tell you a story, The year is 2014…maybe…I did a lot of drugs at the time. But it was around there…and the barracuda dropped. It was $120 which was more than I had ever paid for a Duncan that wasn’t Magnesium. (I lie actually because the Deluxxxxxxe series had came out but honestly those yoyos were never that great) When I touched the Cuda it was love at first feel. The first run of Cudas were just absolutely magical. These Yo-yos were later revealed to be machined by One Drop with Duncans design. If you can find one of those OG Cudas, I would highly recommend getting one. Now: Since then, Duncan like every other company (except David) has moved production across the rivers, and the finish on the new cudas is not something that I personally desire. Once again everything i’m saying is debatable because its simply my opinion. But if you can find a USA Cuda, which is going to be more expensive than your $15 cuda on the BST. I cannot recommend it enough. ---
**Author:** ![Shapapy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shapapy/32/141199_2.png) [@Shapapy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shapapy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/thoughts-on-duncan-barracuda/455050/4 "2026-10-15T13:17:12Z")
I got one off the ‘zon a few years ago and I think it’s pretty solid for $30. Definitely one of the newer production models but I see no quality issues or anything like that. Smooth finish, nice response, feels nice and balanced on the string, not too heavy not too light with decent spin time for an older design. If you’re at all into 5A it’s a no brainer to have in your collection.