# “Wholesome” YoYo Opinions (definitely not YY Hot Takes pt 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [July 16, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146 "2026-07-16T18:59:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![The\_Abyss](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/the_abyss/32/704667_2.png) [@The\_Abyss](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/The_Abyss)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/84 "2026-08-17T02:41:07Z")
i agree fully with this ---
**Author:** ![LX\_Emergency](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lx_emergency/32/149227_2.png) [@LX\_Emergency](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LX_Emergency)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/85 "2026-08-17T11:18:34Z")
this…is accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Lilyoyodude.45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@Lilyoyodude.45](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lilyoyodude.45)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 1:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/86 "2026-09-08T01:14:12Z")
What happened? ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 5:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/87 "2026-09-08T05:06:47Z")
The topic devolved into total pandemonium… :wink: (be careful out there, kids) ---
**Author:** ![zxin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zxin/32/649326_2.png) [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/88 "2026-09-08T08:29:33Z")
That’s why we can’t have pandas making yo-yos: it’s total pandaemonium. ---
**Author:** ![Seazerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Seazerd](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Seazerd)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/89 "2026-09-09T04:17:41Z")
Getting back into yo-yoing is both frustrating and stress relieving. :joy: ---
**Author:** ![Lilyoyodude.45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@Lilyoyodude.45](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lilyoyodude.45)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/90 "2026-09-10T23:41:00Z")
MB bro I didn’t know ---
**Author:** ![Fancy-0](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fancy-0/32/282201_2.png) [@Fancy-0](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Fancy-0)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/91 "2026-09-21T20:48:09Z")
Bearing shields are on par with running naked through a briar patch planted in loose legos. ![IMG_1478](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/f/9/2f91ff1df50ed819f0ecd7564a74ccf58cc827d6.jpeg) But I keep them…I don’t know…to keep an eye on them? ---
**Author:** ![Juiccetin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/juiccetin/32/671353_2.png) [@Juiccetin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Juiccetin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/92 "2026-09-21T20:55:25Z")
I can’t stand running my bearings shielded and I will never. I SWEAR it plays differently without a shield, even though it probably makes no difference 🤣 De-shielding is the FIRST thing I do when I get a new throw or new bearing. ---
**Author:** ![bigstupidbees](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bigstupidbees/32/210638_2.png) [@bigstupidbees](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bigstupidbees)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/93 "2026-09-21T21:28:27Z")
I don’t know if I can tell between playing a shielded vs unshielded bearing, but the shields sure get in the way of cleaning, which I do constantly. I think I clean a bearing at least every other day so I need the shields off! ---
**Author:** ![Kalic00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@Kalic00](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kalic00)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/94 "2026-09-22T14:17:32Z")
Im glad im not the only one. . . ---
**Author:** ![fatguysnacks247](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fatguysnacks247/32/81478_2.png) [@fatguysnacks247](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fatguysnacks247)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/95 "2026-09-22T14:38:47Z")
i tend to not like capped metal yoyos. while i appreciate the nostalgia and folks’ opinions on how they play, it’s not something i really want to fiddle with, and i sometimes feel they are superfluous… ---
**Author:** ![Exmime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/exmime/32/40143_2.png) [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/96 "2026-09-22T14:49:15Z")
I would like to see people in their LF post give a dollar amount of what they are willing to pay for their LF Grails, especially if they have been bumped more than a few times. It would help the appraisal thread on the value of demand. ---
**Author:** ![Son-of-Morris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/son-of-morris/32/250533_2.png) [@Son-of-Morris](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Son-of-Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/97 "2026-09-22T14:50:44Z")
I like the THOUGHT of capped metal yoyos, but I haven’t found many that have actually vibed well with me. Something just always feels kind of off in play. Outside of the Hash, absolutely love that one. ---
**Author:** ![Dust](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dust/32/83340_2.png) [@Dust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dust)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/98 "2026-09-22T16:26:17Z")
Here’s my fresh thought since I just got hit with this knowledge today. And knowing is half the hassle (amiright?) So! If a yo-yo company revamps a design and changes it more than a little, for the love of the thrower gods, please GIVE IT A NEW NAME! Looking at you Sasquatch. Sasquatch XL would have worked, Extra Sass, Sassy, Grand Sass? Jumbo Sass? Sass Daddy, etc. These would have all be sensical over the exact same name as the older versions but physically only thing that ties it to the older version is the company that made it and the fact it’s a yo-yo. With nothing else to differentiate it from them it confusing and unnecessarily messy. I do not understand this decision one bit. I love CLYW but that decision was wacky Going from slightly undersized to gigantic and changing its soul so much that there is literally nothing that ties it to the name sake of the older models. I just ran into this issue on the bst and had no idea that they changed and re released it under the same name of the OGs but made it comically giant like chameleon. Out of the entire collection of words and names they couldn’t find something that was suitable for jumbo throws? So they just gave it an older name to maximize confusion and dismay trying to decipher these changes. I oooked like a fool saying “I don’t a Sasquatch” on a big bst listing. So I asked what color. Knew what to looks for then and only thing that matched hulk smash colors was a huge organic. That can’t be right. Maybe he was confused? Nope. It was me. Turns out that _was_ it and I was foo for not knowing. /end rant ---
**Author:** ![SlowThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slowthrow/32/307451_2.png) [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/99 "2026-09-22T16:34:33Z")
My guess is they don’t want to throw a number higher than the seller was gonna offer and miss what could have been a better deal ---
**Author:** ![fatguysnacks247](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fatguysnacks247/32/81478_2.png) [@fatguysnacks247](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fatguysnacks247)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/100 "2026-09-22T16:49:22Z")
also, in cases where people are offering trades in their LF, sometimes it’s hard to gauge the market value, or it varies wildly. i had a g2 mystic shard al7 wraith that i paid about $170 for i think. i’ve seen prices for that model go-up to $250, and any other colorway at $100, or less. sometimes values assumed vary. ---
**Author:** ![Exmime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/exmime/32/40143_2.png) [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/101 "2026-09-22T17:54:21Z")
I get this, the buyers want the lowest price possible and the sellers want the highest. Most of the negotiating is in the PMs. I’m just saying if you have been looking for awhile and bumping your LF post multiple times, then throw out a number. I’ve see some LF post lately explicitly saying that they will only offer under retail value, that’s an easy skip for a potential reseller. ---
**Author:** ![washyjoshe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/washyjoshe/32/612061_2.png) [@washyjoshe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/washyjoshe)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/102 "2026-09-26T05:00:33Z")
Yo-yos need to be washed once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Throws\_Of\_Yo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/the_throws_of_yo/32/664670_2.png) [@The\_Throws\_Of\_Yo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/The_Throws_Of_Yo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146/103 "2026-09-26T10:22:38Z")
Yes, they do. Casing point, I take a yo to the orchard/garden each morning to have a wee throw while I wait for the duck water to fill up. Skimmed the grass and returned to hand covered in…you guessed it! :joy: [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146.md?page=4) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wholesome-yoyo-opinions-definitely-not-yy-hot-takes-pt-2/449146.md?page=6)