Uhh huuhh
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Thank you for that eloquent response.
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I guess my response is confusion because it is without question the least stable and the least powerful plastic I own so I’m just baffled as to how you can describe it in those terms.
I mean, have you played a Diffusion or Big Dipper to compare it to?
I think even attributes that seem objective many times become subject in yoyoing.
The other day I saw two peoole on here giving exact opposite attributes to the same yoyo. One guy called it crazy stable, the next called it very unstable.
That seems to be why so many people have different favorites and different ideas of what’s good.
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I have a POM diffusion, which I do like more. It cost twice as much, so it certainly should be better. That being said, just because something may be better doesnt make it bad for me. I have no trouble at all with tilt or losing plane, very little vibe. Those are attributes I typically look for when I think stability. I could be wrong though, I’m no expert.
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Let’s be honest with each other – plastics just ain’t that great, period, no matter who makes them. A “boutique” plastic is kind of especially pointless. Fawning over “ooh, it’s an SF PLASTIC!” is just… lame IMO.
Delrin… on the other hand… can be pretty darn good!
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Yeah, but SF isn’t a boutique yoyo brand.
It absolutely is, sir
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Hmmm 
This was in reply to @moby323, who asked:
I don’t think SF should be considered a boutique yoyo brand, but there’s no real quantitative definition for a boutique brand, so there’s definitely some room for personal interpretations.
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They do a reasonable job on pricing, for sure, but “boutique” means “almost always sells out of everything in a few hours” in my book. That is, they intentionally aren’t making enough to goose demand and appear desirable, like a fashion brand.
When your (core, not plastic concession) yo-yo stays in stock for more than a month, congrats, you’re no longer a boutique brand. Wake me up when that happens for SF.
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I think some of their bimetals lasted almost a month in the YYE store before selling out, but I could be mistaken. Otherwise I agree. They don’t make enough yoyos to break free from the boutique label, but they are getting close.
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I understand where you’re coming from, but I think it’s important to also consider their international presence and their huge sponsored team they have compared to other “boutique brands”. Imo they’re in the middle of the brand hierarchy, not a boutique brand, but definitely not a big brand either.
The regular Diffusion isn’t twice as much but yeah it is more
1.75 times more
Plastic yoyos are awesome when:
- You don’t care about performance. (“It’s a really chill throw…blah blah blah…”)
- You don’t want to spend a lot of money.
- You don’t want to worry quite so much about damage (to yourself or the yoyo).
- You want to challenge/frustrate yourself.
- You want to indulge in nostalgia for the days of yore when plastic was king and metal was exotic and weird.
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Here’s my crappy opinion:
This thread should be renamed “Show us how fussy you are!”
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Im pretty much in agreement with this. At least for unresponsive play. My Sk8er has become one of my favorite responsive yoyos, and metal (even 6061) is too dense for ideal responsive feel imo. It IS delrin though…
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Just call me fussypants.
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Collecting and ‘owning things’ seems to be more important to a lot of the community than playing yoyo.
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Delrin is worse than polycarbonate in every single way
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