# What shape do you prefer and why? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [July 11, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883 "2026-07-11T17:31:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GraydenYoyos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3be4f8/32.png) [@GraydenYoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GraydenYoyos)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/41 "2026-07-14T17:13:58Z")
Spot on. I like to think of them as big rounded kind of O-Shaped yo-yos, smooth, flowey and circular/half sphere shapes ---
**Author:** ![Yospeedracer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yospeedracer/32/164176_2.png) [@Yospeedracer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yospeedracer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/42 "2026-07-14T17:19:26Z")
Your motion perpendicular is an organic shape. It’s the shape of the catch zone or profile of a yo-yo. O shape, V shape, H shape, W shape are all common shapes of yoyo profiles. They all have their own characteristics of play. Organic is for O shape. Of course there are endless hybrids of all of them ---
**Author:** ![Ed-C](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ed-c/32/132116_2.png) [@Ed-C](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ed-C)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/43 "2026-07-14T18:06:37Z")
So, to my way of thinking, and let me know if you disagree, you can have a pretty organic yoyo, that’s not really an O shape. The Rainier, for example, is pretty organic, but not really an O, like a Koi or Cloudberry. ---
**Author:** ![Yospeedracer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yospeedracer/32/164176_2.png) [@Yospeedracer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yospeedracer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/44 "2026-07-14T18:08:08Z")
Wouldn’t that be an organic hybrid H shape. I love my rainier. ---
**Author:** ![Ed-C](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ed-c/32/132116_2.png) [@Ed-C](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ed-C)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/45 "2026-07-14T18:11:23Z")
That’s probably a good way to describe it. Or maybe bell shaped? ---
**Author:** ![Yospeedracer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yospeedracer/32/164176_2.png) [@Yospeedracer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yospeedracer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/46 "2026-07-14T18:14:40Z")
But I think they are describing the catch zone as a profile, an amalgamation of both halves opposing each other. So the “bell” doesn’t work in that sense ---
**Author:** ![Tempura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tempura/32/246135_2.png) [@Tempura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tempura)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/47 "2026-07-14T18:18:12Z")
Rounded W with a response step I would say 🧐 Anyways I think this is a bit silly at this point, you can’t really put most yoyos into defined boxes based on shape anymore, but we as humans sure love to categorise things. ---
**Author:** ![Yospeedracer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yospeedracer/32/164176_2.png) [@Yospeedracer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yospeedracer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/48 "2026-07-14T18:20:57Z")
Yeah the possibilities are endless. But a question was asked and I was trying to help clarify an answer. ---
**Author:** ![NuroVolt7](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nurovolt7/32/671908_2.png) [@NuroVolt7](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NuroVolt7)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/49 "2026-07-14T18:24:17Z")
More O/V hybrid, honestly ---
**Author:** ![Yospeedracer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yospeedracer/32/164176_2.png) [@Yospeedracer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yospeedracer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/50 "2026-07-14T18:25:43Z")
The possibilities are endless. :joy: ---
**Author:** ![Ed-C](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ed-c/32/132116_2.png) [@Ed-C](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ed-C)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/51 "2026-07-14T18:30:07Z")
The one that gets me is, how wide do the rims need to be, to go from a V to a W. Most Vs have at least a little rim. ---
**Author:** ![Ed-C](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ed-c/32/132116_2.png) [@Ed-C](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ed-C)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/52 "2026-07-14T18:32:22Z")
It looks fairly bell shaped to me. ---
**Author:** ![Yospeedracer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yospeedracer/32/164176_2.png) [@Yospeedracer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yospeedracer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/53 "2026-07-14T18:35:12Z")
1/4 of the profile definitely resembles the curve of a bell. I agree :100: so does the crucible and milder and a good portion of clyw along with countless others ---
**Author:** ![Ed-C](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ed-c/32/132116_2.png) [@Ed-C](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ed-C)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/54 "2026-07-14T18:36:52Z")
Three people, one says the Rainier is more V, one says more W, and one more H. I think we just illustrated the issue! ---
**Author:** ![Yospeedracer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yospeedracer/32/164176_2.png) [@Yospeedracer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yospeedracer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/55 "2026-07-14T18:39:16Z")
I agree with @NuroVolt7 There are to many variables anymore to categorize most yo-yos by shape ---
**Author:** ![Tempura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tempura/32/246135_2.png) [@Tempura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tempura)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/56 "2026-07-14T18:41:42Z")
Back in the day W shake wasn’t really a thing, Sleipnirs and Protostars were just considered V shapes. ---
**Author:** ![Yospeedracer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yospeedracer/32/164176_2.png) [@Yospeedracer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yospeedracer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/57 "2026-07-14T18:45:07Z")
Sleipnir. Excellent example. Most everything can be called a hybrid shape now. The rainier can be a o,v,h,w hybrid. But then the alchemik’s and so serious and x3 Zeus would also be o,v,h,w hybrids. ---
**Author:** ![cviavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90db22/32.png) [@cviavi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cviavi)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/58 "2026-07-14T18:55:03Z")
I prefer slight organics and H-Shapes since they fill the middle finger area very well ---
**Author:** ![Yospeedracer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yospeedracer/32/164176_2.png) [@Yospeedracer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yospeedracer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/59 "2026-07-14T18:57:22Z")
I was waiting for someone to give me the middle finger. :joy: ---
**Author:** ![WizardOfthrowz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wizardofthrowz/32/681591_2.png) [@WizardOfthrowz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/WizardOfthrowz)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883/60 "2026-07-15T17:26:06Z")
I like really sharp, heavy, angular designs. They may not be as playful or comfortable in-hand as organic shapes, but the sharp, competition oriented style of angular Yoyos suit my needs. Also sharp designs are easy to come back to and are more consistent, but that’s just me. 🧐 It’s like eating Mac n Cheese. Always something you can come back to, because it always tastes the same lol; V shapes all the way! [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-shape-do-you-prefer-and-why/448883.md?page=4)