OK, there’s been a cold snap where I live. Last week it was like low 50’s to high 40’s for the lows. This week, it’s below freezing. Where I live, this is VERY unusual. I for for some of you, the low temps are not such a big deal. Excuse my whining.
Anyhow, I’ve mostly stopped throwing outside, especially in the morning. But, I’ve noticed that plastic yoyos seem to warm up faster than metal yoyos. This is not scientific or even measured, it’s just observational. Metal seems to hit my cold fingers and hand harder. Plastic doesn’t feel quite the same way.
On the morning walk, it’s plastic, most since I’m using loopers. In the afternoon, metals are more tolerated.
When it’s cold for you and you’re slowing outside, do you have a preference for metal or plastic?
Gloves aren’t an option. I don’t have any gloves thin enough to maintain feeling in my fingers for the yoyo, but the warmth does mean my fingers to maintain feeling from not being cold.
I’ve never thrown in the cold before but here in Florida where it is 80 degrees in December I have to wear a glove because if I don’t the string sticks to me because of the humidity lol
I’ve been taking yetis outside but it’s around 5°f here recently.
Can’t really throw the metals outside, they freeze after one throw and your fingers go numb.
It’s been about 30 degrees here and I’ve been using my care racer and token. But I would prefer a plastic. After a while to metals just hurt my hands to bad.
I don’t play outside that often in the winter, but plastic has to be better for that because of how fast even a warm metal gets cold. Inside however nothing beats a nice warm metal from in your pocket in the winter.
Metals absorb the heat out of your hand. Receptors in your hand(skin) take this as a drop in temp. Making it feel colder than it is. Metals are also great conductors.
Plastics do not do this[as well].
Therefor, plastics are “easier” to use in the cold.
