# When companies post weight in their yoyos' specs, do they include the axle and bearing weight?

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**Created:** [June 23, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-companies-post-weight-in-their-yoyos-specs-do-they-include-the-axle-and-bearing-weight/378516 "2023-06-23T11:16:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![IoSonoFormaggio](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/iosonoformaggio/32/263206_2.png) [@IoSonoFormaggio](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/IoSonoFormaggio)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-companies-post-weight-in-their-yoyos-specs-do-they-include-the-axle-and-bearing-weight/378516/1 "2023-06-23T11:16:29Z")

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So when I’m checking specsheets of yoyos and see the weight, does it include the bearing and axle weight? Or do they measure only the 2 halves?

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**Author:** ![hobbygod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hobbygod/32/120997_2.png) [@hobbygod](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbygod)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-companies-post-weight-in-their-yoyos-specs-do-they-include-the-axle-and-bearing-weight/378516/2 "2023-06-23T11:21:49Z")

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Yes, total weight. Pads included too.

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**Author:** ![Shwa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shwa/32/108351_2.png) [@Shwa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shwa)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-companies-post-weight-in-their-yoyos-specs-do-they-include-the-axle-and-bearing-weight/378516/3 "2023-06-23T11:59:28Z")

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Everything but the string.

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**Author:** ![IoSonoFormaggio](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/iosonoformaggio/32/263206_2.png) [@IoSonoFormaggio](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/IoSonoFormaggio)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-companies-post-weight-in-their-yoyos-specs-do-they-include-the-axle-and-bearing-weight/378516/4 "2023-06-23T12:19:10Z")

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Thank you! In your experience, what do a pair of pads + 8mm axle + bearing weigh? From what I’ve read on this other post it seems like it’d be around 2.5-3g, but I wanted to make sure

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**Author:** ![hobbygod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hobbygod/32/120997_2.png) [@hobbygod](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbygod)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-companies-post-weight-in-their-yoyos-specs-do-they-include-the-axle-and-bearing-weight/378516/5 "2023-06-23T13:25:48Z")

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Yeah around 3g