# Which of my three yoyos is best for 5a?

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**Created:** [April 1, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/which-of-my-three-yoyos-is-best-for-5a/36397 "2012-04-01T21:52:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![DavidRH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DavidRH](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DavidRH)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/which-of-my-three-yoyos-is-best-for-5a/36397/1 "2012-04-01T21:52:00Z")

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Dark Magic 2  
DV888  
Asteroid

(I broke my metal drifter.)

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**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/which-of-my-three-yoyos-is-best-for-5a/36397/2 "2012-04-01T22:31:01Z")

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> [@DavidRH](#):
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> Dark Magic 2  
> DV888  
> Asteroid
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> (I broke my metal drifter.)

Ah, metal drifter. I saw a kid recently who destroyed his. I couldn’t get it apart, he stripped something.

Anyhow, here’s my 2-cents worth(OK, maybe a nickel.)

In my opinion, the dv888 is too small. I have one, I like it, it’s great and everything, but for 5A, you want some size there. This leaves it down to the Asteroid and DM2.

My thoughts are go learn on the Asteroid. Then when you’re getting better, move to the DM2. Or stick with the Asteroid but maybe put in a Crucial Grooved bearing or a CenterTrac. I didn’t like this with a konkave.

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**Author:** ![maxn93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@maxn93](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/maxn93)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/which-of-my-three-yoyos-is-best-for-5a/36397/3 "2012-04-01T23:04:20Z")

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the trvth by ilyy

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**Author:** ![JohnnyJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/johnnyj/32/94616_2.png) [@JohnnyJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JohnnyJ)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/which-of-my-three-yoyos-is-best-for-5a/36397/4 "2012-04-02T12:29:45Z")

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> [@maxn93](#):
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> the trvth by ilyy

that is terrible for 5A, and you can’t find them anywhere

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/which-of-my-three-yoyos-is-best-for-5a/36397/5 "2012-04-02T12:34:30Z")

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I agree with studio let the Asteroid take a bit of a beating because believe me you will drop the string when your learning. Move to the DM2 when your mor confident.

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**Author:** ![mx.yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mx.yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mx.yoyo)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/which-of-my-three-yoyos-is-best-for-5a/36397/6 "2012-04-02T17:05:19Z")

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I also agree that the asteroid is better to take the initial beating, but I do argue that the DV888 could be a good 5A yoyo. I like slightly undersized for my yoyos, particularly 5A. I was using my 888 for 5a with pretty good success. The dark magic is also a decent 5A yoyo so its really a 3 sided coin toss