# Type of bearing you prefer? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [January 21, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770 "2019-01-21T15:32:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/21 "2019-01-22T02:32:19Z")
Some people do, but these people are wrong :wink: ---
**Author:** ![NoT\_ATHROWER](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/not_athrower/32/14242_2.png) [@NoT\_ATHROWER](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NoT_ATHROWER)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/22 "2019-01-22T02:46:32Z")
Grooved. Concave feels weird for me. I don’t really know why but I feel like a concave doesn’t make a yoyo “feel good”. ---
**Author:** ![Chrisdoc145](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisdoc145/32/50589_2.png) [@Chrisdoc145](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chrisdoc145)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 4:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/23 "2019-01-22T04:02:36Z")
Awesome!!! ---
**Author:** ![beeebon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/beeebon/32/30672_2.png) [@beeebon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beeebon)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/24 "2019-01-22T05:37:28Z")
I am very fond of the Onedrop 10 ball flat bearing, those things are so smooth and lovely. I have a grooved 10 ball in my CLYW Puffin which I also really like, smooth and quiet! ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/25 "2019-01-22T19:16:05Z")
Yeah, the spin characteristics of the One Drop bearings are exceptional. I just wish the dang things were’t flat! ---
**Author:** ![Chrisdoc145](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisdoc145/32/50589_2.png) [@Chrisdoc145](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chrisdoc145)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/26 "2019-01-22T19:20:17Z")
I’m hearing a lot of good things about this bearing! I gotta get me one ans represent!! ---
**Author:** ![threebearrries](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/threebearrries/32/42073_2.png) [@threebearrries](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/threebearrries)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/27 "2019-01-22T19:21:58Z")
I feel exactly the same way. I find my OD yoyos with their stock bearings spin sooooo well, but the flat bearing pales in comparison to anything else for me 😕 ---
**Author:** ![beeebon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/beeebon/32/30672_2.png) [@beeebon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beeebon)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/28 "2019-01-22T19:30:28Z")
I like the fact it is flat, it helps train your to throw more straight (in my experience anyway). That’s not to say I dislike other types of bearing though. ---
**Author:** ![anon19434144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/29 "2019-01-22T20:16:22Z")
I have a few with CT and the rest concave - 3 of which are Buddha whipple but right now I have no idea what’s in what. I bagged the flat that came in my Top Deck. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/30 "2019-01-22T20:39:03Z")
I’ve never been a flat bearings in any capacity. Center Tracs are okay, and OD 10 balls can be nice, but I like my string centering. Full-ceramics didn’t really do it for me and it’s hard to justify $30 in hardware per yoyo. Cheap Chinese 10 ball concaves are my choice. ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/31 "2019-01-22T20:40:50Z")
> [@LinksLegionaire](#): > > Cheap Chinese 10 ball concaves are my choice. I have those in a couple of my yoyos and they do seem to work well. In fact, they have yet to seize up on me the way two of my Dif-e-o KKs have. :thinking: ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/32 "2019-01-22T21:07:09Z")
Huh, even thin lubed they seized? As in, were rendered unusable? ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/33 "2019-01-22T21:31:22Z")
The first one that seized could not be saved by either cleaning or lubing. The second one I have yet to get around to cleaning and lubing. By seized I mean that after only a couple hours of play (not continuous play), the bearing stopped spinning freely. Just all of a sudden, in the middle of a trick the bearing started screaming very loudly, and upon opening up the yoyo and giving it a flick, it would barely move. IMO this should not happen to any new bearing of any style/design unless it was manufactured improperly. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/34 "2019-01-22T21:41:44Z")
Agreed that is super bad. ---
**Author:** ![YoYoExpertGarrett](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoexpertgarrett/32/1543_2.png) [@YoYoExpertGarrett](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpertGarrett)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/35 "2019-01-22T22:05:44Z")
Definitely shouldn’t happen so soon. Did you buy the bearings from us? We’d be happy to replace them if it was a recent purchase. ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/36 "2019-01-22T22:14:00Z")
I really hate being That Guy who you have to keep sending replacement bearings to. You already sent me a replacement for the _first_ bearing the seized up (the one that came stock in my Surveillance). This second one is a Dif-e-o KK I bought from YYE a few months back, before I had any yoyos that came with them stock, so I could compare its quality and performance to the cheaper Chinese KK clones I had bought off eBay. It sat in its tiny ziplock bag and didn’t get any use until I put it in my Surveillance just a couple of weeks ago (the replacement you sent, mentioned above, sits in an entirely different throw at the moment). ---
**Author:** ![mgodzilla](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mgodzilla/32/58046_2.png) [@mgodzilla](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mgodzilla)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/37 "2019-01-22T22:15:08Z")
the circular ones that spin… mgodzilla rain… ---
**Author:** ![YoYoExpertGarrett](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoexpertgarrett/32/1543_2.png) [@YoYoExpertGarrett](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpertGarrett)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/38 "2019-01-22T22:17:57Z")
You’re not being _That Guy_ at all, new parts should work! I’ll send a PM and we can get it taken care of for you. ---
**Author:** ![Darkslide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@Darkslide](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Darkslide)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/39 "2019-01-22T22:57:05Z")
as long as it’s ceramic and string centering I don’t care what brand it is. ---
**Author:** ![ThrowButcher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/throwbutcher/32/54388_2.png) [@ThrowButcher](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ThrowButcher)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/type-of-bearing-you-prefer/297770/40 "2019-01-24T22:13:57Z")
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