# what's your favorite bearing/yoyo setup? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [June 17, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921 "2012-06-17T12:04:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yoyo2911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7bcc69/32.png) [@yoyo2911](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo2911)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/1 "2012-06-17T12:04:45Z")
mine is a crucial groove bearing in a dark magic 2 ---
**Author:** ![naoki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/naoki/32/843_2.png) [@naoki](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/naoki)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/2 "2012-06-17T12:11:48Z")
CT in Sleipnir ---
**Author:** ![Big\_cat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/big_cat/32/877_2.png) [@Big\_cat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Big_cat)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/3 "2012-06-17T12:12:40Z")
I don’t have a favorite yoyo, and a bearing doesn’t do anything to put one of my favorites above all the others. ---
**Author:** ![YoYoFactoryFreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a88e4f/32.png) [@YoYoFactoryFreak](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoFactoryFreak)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/4 "2012-06-17T12:15:49Z")
KK in Trident ---
**Author:** ![amanojakumo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/amanojakumo/32/173_2.png) [@amanojakumo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/amanojakumo)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/5 "2012-06-17T12:27:50Z")
Crucial grooved v2 in all my throws. ---
**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/6 "2012-06-17T12:29:27Z")
Stock bearing in stock yoyo. ---
**Author:** ![BigOregon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bigoregon/32/889_2.png) [@BigOregon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BigOregon)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/7 "2012-06-17T14:38:27Z")
Ya know I really like the crucial v2 bearing as well… Especially on smaller yoyos. I have one in my mini star. On larger diameter I like 10-ball one drop bearings ---
**Author:** ![j\_lowell9](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/j_lowell9/32/358_2.png) [@j\_lowell9](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/j_lowell9)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/8 "2012-06-17T14:54:42Z")
Stock bearing on canvas ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/9 "2012-06-17T18:38:13Z")
I’m just going to talk about bearing changes that worked really good for me, or not. 1: KK in a Speeder 2. This was MEANT to be! 2: KK in a Meteor. Big improvement. Comes with a flat, but I like the KK in there better. 3: KK in a Chaser: No, did not like this. The yoyo played heavy. I swapped it back to a flat. Yes, I know it’s a heavy yoyo. But with a flat bearing, it just doesn’t play heavy at all. 4: Crucial Grooved in a Half & Half. Turned it from grippy to mega-fun! 5: Terrapin X Wing Cut in DM2. Actually, I have this configuration in both of my DM2’s. I really, really like this set-up 6: A-sized Centertrac in my Duncan ProZ. Wow! Yes, throw still a bit vibey, but it’s an $8 yoyo with swappable parts, what can you expect? It does play a LOT better! Almost completely unresponsive and gets more than way each day I play it as I wear those stickers down. 7: Planing to get some more Crucial Grooved bearings to go in my pair of black Sharps. The RecRev TA-1 I got at BAC uses one. I tried flats in there, but this one plays best with the Crucial Grooved. 8:OD 10-Ball in Chief, Sasquatch and an upgrade in the Cafe Racer(from the budget 10 Ball). The rest of mine are pretty much stock. About all I can really think are some BST items I had to swap bearings with. I got a BVM with a YYF in it and I popped a OD 10 Ball in there. I got a MMN with a YYF, so I swapped that for an OD 10-Ball. Let me say the YYF bearings were fine though, no issues at all. ---
**Author:** ![Ghost8982](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ghost8982/32/675_2.png) [@Ghost8982](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ghost8982)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/10 "2012-06-17T18:51:38Z")
## nqp Dietz black spike side effects c size terrapin x wing ceramic bearing Dragon string Burning ember code 2 nautilus Brass spike side effects C size terrapin x wing ceramic bearing Dragon string ---
**Author:** ![kuyaChristian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kuyaChristian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kuyaChristian)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/11 "2012-06-18T03:57:10Z")
Whatever bearing comes with the yoyo. I don’t see the point of changing things up other than string and response. I should be worrying about learning tricks, not what’s independently spinning on this spinning toy on a string. ---
**Author:** ![supbreh1234](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/supbreh1234/32/1131_2.png) [@supbreh1234](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/supbreh1234)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/12 "2012-06-18T04:11:46Z")
a konkave bearing on a popstar. ---
**Author:** ![crammitfrog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crammitfrog/32/1114_2.png) [@crammitfrog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crammitfrog)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/13 "2012-06-18T04:23:48Z")
konkave on bvm. want to try terrapin x ilyy size for falcon… ---
**Author:** ![mmckinse3056](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mmckinse3056](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mmckinse3056)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/14 "2012-06-19T00:01:21Z")
Ten ball in supernova. ---
**Author:** ![zippo074](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zippo074/32/572_2.png) [@zippo074](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zippo074)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/15 "2012-06-19T01:15:38Z")
KK on leviathan II ---
**Author:** ![TheRyanFace](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theryanface/32/910_2.png) [@TheRyanFace](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheRyanFace)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/16 "2012-06-19T03:22:45Z")
KK in a 2nd run Chief, Kitty String ---
**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:** [June 19, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/17 "2012-06-19T03:42:57Z")
I throw a 10 ball concave in pretty much everything. My Chief gets a Crucial V2 though. ---
**Author:** ![Njstringer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/njstringer/32/1122_2.png) [@Njstringer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Njstringer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/18 "2012-06-19T14:20:23Z")
Pretty much I have a rotation of throws I use which are the Evil-yo, Decapod, Arctic Circle, Omnicron x, Gelada, Drop Bear, Sceptre and Battosai. I usually just drop in a CT for all of them and go from there. I have several grooved bearings as well and sometimes switch them out when working on a new trick but the grooved bearings sometimes result in less consistent binds at times. ---
**Author:** ![SimonUK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SimonUK](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SimonUK)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/19 "2012-06-19T15:13:59Z")
I try to keep stock bearings most of the time, unless the bearing dies, or it really plays dire. There aren’t that many yoyos that are picky on bearings I’ve found, the only notable ones for me are - Freehand MG, my MG plays much better with a stock Steel Duncan bearing, not the Ceramic crap… Yoyo Addict Firmy- Plays way better with the cheap Chinese KK, than it did with a standard flat bearing. it did come with the KK new though, so i guess I’ve left that stock. Any Dif’s I’ve had, have played rubbish with Flat bearings. Protostar is pretty awful with a flat bearing as well, leave the CT in there seriously. I try and keep Flat bearings in at all costs, not a fan of KK’s at all. CT’s are alright though… ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921/20 "2012-06-19T16:14:50Z")
Well Hello Simon. Good to see you here. Stock at all cost unless it comes with something other than a flat bearing. Then I put a flat beating in. I don’t like any special bearings just flat. [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bearing-yoyo-setup/38921.md?page=2)