Why g2 yoyos is the best brand in my opinion

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MY THOUGHTS/OPINION>>>>>>>>

Why I think G Squared YoYos is the best yoyo brand/company!

  Right off the rip the first thing everyone notices is the G2's Colorways, Functional Art! The famous Swirl color scheme catches the eye of everyone not just yoyo players! "The Rainicorn Swirl" pictured below..... Anyways people go crazy over these colorways! I believe the night fury swirl went up on eBay for an auction style sale and sold for $1,400.00 bucks! G2 also offers a variety of colorways solids fades splashes speckles etc....

    Second and Thirdly G2 is not corperate company and they don't mass produce there products and is solely owned and operated by Jacob G...... All these factors make it possible for Owner to Customer interaction which the owner "Jake" does an incredible job... You have G2 Nation on Facebook, Discord, Patreon Subscriptions, MMYY Monday Morning YoYo on YouTube, Instagram Company and Drops page, Reddit r/Throwers community Original Content yoyo, etc.


   Now Fourth and Finally every once in a while G2 offers custom anodizing on what ever yoyos he currently has available at the G2HQ and I believe you have to be a Patreon member to be able to participate.... 

  My Personal Favorite thing is the interaction Jake has with everyone especially on YouTube almost every single day he is posting to his vlog giving constant updates of what's coming, what he is currently working on, what he just finished, contest, give aways, trick/tutorial videos, lottery/raffles and you get to see what it takes to run a successful yoyo company! 


   Everyone comment below what you think! Comments, Criticisms, Agree, Disagree, Add something I might have missed or what brand you think is the best and why!
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G2 is not corperate company and they don’t mass produce there products and is solely owned and operated by Jacob G… All these factors make it possible for Owner to Customer interaction which the owner Jake does an incredible job

MOST yoyo companies are like this my man, even the “big” ones. Like YYF for example - they’re a super small, family run company with just a few people working there. But most are just one or two dudes, just like G2.

Quickly/off the top of my head, I think something that actually truly differentiates G2 from other yoyo companies is the crazy strict QC. Jake has higher standards than most for sure. But to be fair, manufacturing quality when it comes to yoyos is less of a thing in the past few years - pretty much all the manufacturers are turning out a high quality, vibe free product.

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Love G2. Good Life is another brand that seems to have magic QC abilities. Not that I really care too much about perfect smoothness. My most played G2 happens to be a glitch.

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Jake is pretty incredible in his perserverance, discipline and level of customer engagement, all for his side job! A lot of other yoyo boutiques are very responsive, but Jake takes it to another level in terms of proactive engagement and updates and general thoughts … plus, bonus points for his ICYY videos, where we all get to learn a little more about yoyo design.

And I say this as someone whose current favorite yoyo company is not G2.

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I’ve only owned Banshee SS. Sold one because I didn’t like the blk rims as much as I thought I would. Bought a clear and it’s fantastic.

I would buy more if his website had a better catalog of past G2’s. Maybe he logs that stuff elsewhere I don’t know, but the website is a bit of a letdown. One Drop is the benchmark here. I absolutely love digging into the history and specs for each. I guess if I owned a company I would even log colorways released by year too!! :yo-yo:

I do love the balance of Jakes content, he’s a master, and you can’t deny he has a beautiful product.

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I like how Jake puts out a lot of videos speaking to his audience and keeping them in the know about his products and what’s going on. I know he isn’t the only one, but the time he takes to do it is noticed.

I’ve only tried a Banshee and Respawn, they were great. Is he the best brand? I dunno, I like tons of brands, but if it was a contest, he would be in the running for sure

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Big G2 fan here.
I appreciate the the extra effort he puts into each release. Others have “smooth” yoyos but then the overall quality doesn’t match. Smooth is not the only item I think of for quality. The blast and the anodizing really step it up for me. I enjoy the effort that goes into each drop. Yes its frustrating when he puts effort into these drops just for them to sell out in 27 seconds but I still appreciate it even more when I land one.

I love the community involvement you get with G2. Doesn’t that make the yoyos better? No, but it makes me want to spend my money there if im going be spending it on yoyos.

There are plenty of good brands out there. I will continue to buy from multiple but G2 has landed at the top of my list.

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I hate this section too. When I first got back into this scene I though they hadn’t made anything new. Just to find out ive missed 25 releases

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Absolutely, I wish all yoyo makers had a backlog like onedrop’s, even if Jake literally just linked out to all of the youtube videos he does for each release in one place (maybe a fun project if someone is really bored one day).

Love all the stuff that Jake does, he’s an excellent figure in the yoyo community and I hope he sticks around forever.

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An archive of G2 would be great.

I think ILYY has the best archive of releases that I’ve seen.

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I had some time this weekend and this was a fun project! I used YouTube’s API to lookup all videos on Jake’s Channel that had one of his yo-yo names in the title. Here’s the list for anyone interested.

title url
Testing the TiShee V3 and Snozberries Direwolf! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBP68EYlUQo
MMYY - Life Drop, TiShee Protos, Unicorn Quake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjmHOqXKrb0
MMYY - Scales Champ, K-Scope Warthog, Solid Respawn Giveaway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_Ov-7rrS_Q
MMYY - 1/31/22 - Ti Triton V2, Reaper Testers, Dec Shipment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYJ934WuMRw
Arbiter X from G2 YoYos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjQjAQUDFoM
The Banshee SS is Retired. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWbkArxzlhU
Banshee 22 Proto has arrived https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxpE4oshrjM
Meet the Mini Banshee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoq-sivKZDc
LCAYY - Mini Banshee Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVCJbsy9ULQ
The 3 Brass Valhalla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyl6UjlAfkg
LCAYY - Titanium Banshee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43LGvaW5awI
Introducing the AL7 Brass Banshee SS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN1bjMtfdG4
The Perfect Storm Direwolf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xIIYa2YUqo
Pacific Storm Reaper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYG5yQjaf5M
Mini Covenant Confirmed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uGVpcgm8MQ
BAP Valhalla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl_jOcRO89w
The Titanium Banshee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiOfHiyZfEw
Paces - Mini Banshee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1STRdLPvgU
Comparing anodized blasted titanium tritons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsJCCyvyMYU
LCAYY - Mini Banshee Wide Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppx5KNH_46s
MMYY - 2/21/22 - Mongoose Last week - Epic Day inbound this week. EPIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8tqSzyrhzg
Champaign Poppin AL6 Valhalla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwK9syp6oA0
Reverse Rainbow Road Pelican (RRR P19) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQXIClJ_zt0
Night Fury Swirl Banshee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgsh5pPk8Uk
Project C V3 - Warthog Replacement? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfoLCTKvALc
LCAYY - G2 Banshee SS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVM0khUXiak
Banshee 2018 Swirl Attempt Two https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3BHa7tLEqg
Brasse Banshee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYyFqJ6vkvI
Let’s Talk About the Covenant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLBBSq67-aM
The Valhalla - Design, Specs, Story, Drop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdtM7LfBroQ
Introducing the Banshee 22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJRsAcrf1jM
G Squared Aftershock and Quake - Let’s Cut a YoYo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFms0mfSC6g
LCAYY - The magic behind the Valhalla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cd0rhhGl4s
MMYY - 1/31/22 - Ti Triton V2, Reaper Testers, Dec Shipment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYJ934WuMRw
Meet the Mini Banshee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoq-sivKZDc
The 3 Brass Valhalla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyl6UjlAfkg
LCAYY - Titanium Banshee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43LGvaW5awI
Introducing the AL7 Brass Banshee SS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN1bjMtfdG4
The Perfect Storm Direwolf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xIIYa2YUqo
BAP Valhalla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl_jOcRO89w
The Titanium Banshee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiOfHiyZfEw
Paces - Mini Banshee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1STRdLPvgU
Comparing anodized blasted titanium tritons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsJCCyvyMYU
G Squared YoYos Banshee Unboxing and Giveaway! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di40eYnGjWw
Final Turkey Sale - Blue/Gold Valhalla - Best YoYo of 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcSI1SZF82w
G Squared YoYos Elite Unboxing and Giveaway!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae70TvcY7Tc
Reverse Rainbow Road Pelican (RRR P19) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQXIClJ_zt0
Ti Triton V2 Proto - First Impressions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNfUtC7Rtks
The G2 Collab that happened but didn’t - Donation YoYo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uxj54-wqJ4
Ti Triton Vs OG - Planned Changes for V2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bFdLHCyOgY
MMYY - 5/2/22 - Valhalla, Banshee 22, Code Black https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iapcjORYZx0
The G2 Reaper Retires https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS6FLyGC3n0
World Champs Banshee ep 90 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epk6EjoqNe4
Unicorn Dreams Arbiter & Skit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcuJxtbhcVw
SB 55 Commemorative Life and Reaper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=487t9CKfh5I
Plans for the Banshee SS Retirement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krBh1BEr0Uc
Ti Triton V2 Update / Waitlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNNOkpnrlzg
Brass Arbiter is actually OP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8-hVfujM_Q
Pacific Fade Valhalla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZC-aOm4ryQ
BLACK AND WHITE SWIRL BANSHEE 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3fk6hCLL6s
MMYY - 12/13/21 - Mini Shee, Valhalla best of 21, Night Fury B18 Swirl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZSH3IxYGLE
MMYY - Smashing Closed, Banshee PreOrders are here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4SrIzd5G3g
Lucid Dreams Arbiter and Early Black Friday Sale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyLuJzP6StE
Banshee 22 - Berry Storm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryuxyvQk-G0
Golden Flaked Ti Hawk and dont miss our on your hoodie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJP_fTLdM6M
Unearthed Arbiter and Hoodie Shoot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiX35KecmGA
New AL7 Banshee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCE4XLvfQR0
Titanium Triton V3 - testing results, production plans, giveaways https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oekK2pK9yk
Wine n Gold Arbiter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zLgpaT3_90
MMYY - Last Banshee SS 1st run, Life, GIveaways, PNWR, ECM, March Contest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGZgoL4FbhQ
Galactic Explosion G2 Wolf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLXLfhDOaI0
Oil Slick Arbiter, for now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-HUP6Bmuz8
MMYY - Mail Updates, BraSShee, AL7 Reapers, GBP 48 grams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t36uZPe7dGI
What’s new for the Elite 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3yMY0hXtys
MMYY - SEYYC Winner - Clear Reaper - Bimetal Proto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBBdIZQeMtg
Frieza Banshee SS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o4ftCpK5GY
G2 Elite 2018 Unboxing and Giveaway (Enter Now) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kzPj04_9Ho
Watch BEFORE Tuesday 2/22/22 Ti Albatross / Mini Banshee / Decade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REL-LRl1gUk
MMYY - Bucs SB YoYo, Diamond Blend, AL7 Reaper Updates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LeY6Bw9FDY
The Campaign by G Squared YoYos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-U1Y9jH1oI
Monday Morning YoYo - Final Big Boi, Diamond Blasted Banshee, Giveaway winner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcwtIi9a7Ws
Landscaped the HQ, Banshee SS / Mystery ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jcrBLRPDrM
Rainbow Road Covenant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcdBYoY-Nrk
MMYY - Final Hawk, $800 for the Showdown and rising https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EezXn9PK0LY
BraSShee - Brass Banshee SS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvWo7oex0mU
MMYY - Reaper Giveaway, LSU Banshee, Mystery Boxes, New Life, Showdown Finals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN0GKLD1Eao
MMYY - 2 Giveaways, Project B shipping, Rainbow Road Covenant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMQMaJI0f_8
Assembled those fan colorway Banshee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yV2qhu9HoU
Red Orange Sunset Blue Rainbow Banshee SS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xDwT6App2s
Gotham Banshee 22 / Morning Meeting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56LF8hWfx9E
Quick Update Pelican Release and OC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWz5qs3Y99U
MMYY - 9/6/21 - Rainbow Ti Triton Giveaway, Respawn Lite, Arbiter Restock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jlDu8OOuHA
Custom Torched TiHawk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvuGsc7Q6Fs
G2 Swirl AL7 Warthog Release Info https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxl6VTg7A6c
Quick G2 Intel Update - Elite / Ghost / Throwers YoYo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nie2pqkgBaQ
MMYY - RIP Paul Escolar, Nebula Reaper, first batch of GBP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoPTvKJd03Q
Testing the incredible 117 Arbiter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA7mwNhRshQ
MMYY - 4/11/22 - Customs, Carbine, Reaper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMPEub46nSg
MMYY - 2/7/22 - Ti Triton Glitches, Reaper Testers, Customs are back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjvo1t1M3dk
Monday Morning YoYo - Big Boi, Being Anonymous, Elite Drop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS5T7n9HweA
End of vlog week - surgery - Half birthday - Ti Tritons complete https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjLGoKmfCrQ
Cherry Bomb Banshee SS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZaGloCp-NM
What an Elite day - 184 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmvnpZMAeG8
G2 Reaper V7 has arrived! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viq2ZCnncuA
This is how we reaper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBgXni77XxQ
MMYY - 6/6/22 - First up Mini Banshee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k8YAHhxsWs
MMYY - 12/26/22 - Banshee 22 Release, Grind Tricks, G2 Customs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36R1TXC3_NE
MMYY - EYYC 2019 / TiBanshee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkZspIKBfQY
MMYY - 2/28/22 - Nationals Announced - AL7 Mongoose - 6061 Valhalla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbyFfOJXRLY
Story Time - Ti Triton accessory issues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3nuQpGUjv4
Pick one - Banshe 18, Elite 18 SS - Elite 18 Brass - Pelican https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-w4k0eBR0U
MMYY 2/6/23 - Extra Ti Tritons, Relic Giveaway, BRASS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBcCUa9JD7Q
The Plasma Wolf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6hIgBBQjXE
D.C Quake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvllakTmAis
MMYY - Over Productive Weekend - New Arbiter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1hkIZvRMpc
117 Valhalla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2LUmoktgj4
MMYY - Warthogs / Issues / New Challenge Series / LCAYY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGRr8ysr7g8
Casefile 003 is too fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8iDxggKsk
Ti Triton V1 is ready https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vJa79xV-xw
1 out of 2 aint bad (Ti Hawks, Warpath Wolves) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC6b3gEp4nM
MMYY - 3/7/22 - YoYo Hall of Fame - AL6 Valhalla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0ypfDRQ9QE
How to get a Ti Triton V2 - 4 hours only 11/5/21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrTLjgd_m1M
MMYY - PNWR 2019 Results, G2HQ power outage, reaper contest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOVNpTcbxAU
MMYY - VA States 2020, Arbiter info, Draft YoYos, New Reapers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUah_6C1CUM
Monday Morning YoYo - Combat Hawks and other cool stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch1fFrKvmag
MMYY - 9/27/21 - Valhalla Returns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERxlU88nRlY
Pre Proto Proto - Ti Triton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YWdGDy5aiA
Banshee SS 117 and our trial silent auction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67PSQuWwVtE
What happened to these reapers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbky9WtCnqY
New Arbiter Action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F60a2o9XUE
MMYY - Gentry and Pewds, SB Covenants, kaleidoscope colorway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRh3bCvqtVY
MMYY - 5/9/22 - Start of the covenant retirement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK06vr0ADPQ
LIVE G2HQ - Valhalla Testing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d9KnEgxjeQ
Let’s Cut a YoYo - G2 TiHawk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8xhGjNJwkU
MMYY - We back, Valhalla, Thursday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCclF6pTNeI
MMYY - ECM, Life, Ti Banshee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx1pGJiQFRk
MMYY - 8/8/22 - Mini Covey Machining, Nebula Decade, Ti Triton V3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icXMZ3VpsM0
MMYY - Covenant Lottery, Mustache Relic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0mj5q57Xug
Mini Covenant Play Testing and Updates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKAzIsEzxns
Blackout Valhalla / Skit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLdzOSAw0FQ
AL7 Reaper day at the G2 HQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jtgTU-Net0
Unicorn Road Banshee 18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gaLAXx3B90
G2 Quake Retirment Details https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31XLwj3G-QA
Andromeda Wolf Results / New YoYo Design https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7tXfMEXohI
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This is pretty wild. Be amazing if I could build this into the site when you search a model.

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It would certainly be possible as it is just a list of urls! You could also probably use iframes to embed your videos into your site. Something that would be cool is if in your YoYos section, when you click on a YoYo you can have a vid embedded that would be about that yoyo and its release.

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