This post is why I mainly support One Drop. Their threads are impeccable. Their bearing seats are engineered to NASA grade tolerances. They take pride in their work and it shows.
made in the USA
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I understand this and my issue is why make the yo-yo that way knowing bearings need to slide on and off multiple times testing different bearing cleaning whatever the reason I have some THROWS THAT ARE JUST STEEL ON THE POST no anodizing coating to flake off with repeated removal and inserts and obviously you can fit bearing up to a certain tolerance onto the post before the issue of simply being small to fit so MOST AFTERMARKET bearing fIT TIGHTTTTT and I like a well made bearing that needs to be snugged onto the throw I just hate when you can see the paint coming off when your doing said action.
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I honestly think it would be better to have the annodizing done before the bearing seat is cut into the part, but thatâs just the machinist in me talking.
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So that the machines surface of the post would be bare metal?
So that it could be the exact measurement to precisely fit a bearing with proper load. âPress fitâ
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Not all are this way. Just buy One Drops and your problem will be solved.
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Love you Jose! Love your emotion. And I think it is justified to ask your question and it would be fair for manufacturers to take a note of this.
But I also have to reiterate a point some made before me. I say this as a graphic designer, so you can gauge that itâs not just pettyness.
In typography (The way written language looks) every letter and the way we use them has purpose. A logic in it. One thing concerning to this are excalmations and embellishments. Like writting something in uppercase to show a reader that this part is important. But embellishments work like marking colors. They work by being in contrast to the rest, to their environment. If you would paint a whole workshop in neon-orange paint, you wouldenât inform anyone of the dangerous circlesaw, as you intended. If you just paint a line around the saw, everybody gets it. I hope this makes sense to you.
And again: Love you dude! 
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maybe i missed it but what yoyo are you buying thatâs $250? lol
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I will say I really like how OD bearings spin even if I donât like flats much
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Any titanium YoYoâs is gonna be over 200 easy
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of course, iâm just curious as to which one specifically. i ask because for someone experienced/invested enough to be dumping that kind of money into this hobby, all of the complaints just feels like an average day in yoyoing. axles have always been cheap, bearings are always a hit or miss, and dinging your yoyo/opening them up constantly will make them vibe. grass is green and sky is blue
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Quick side-question, Brandon:
So you would not say that narrow, flat (C-) bearings are for beginners only? How do you decide when to use one over the other?
Narrow, flat bearings were sold to me as a stepping stone for noobs. So I wonder.
Thatâs fair and for those who know axles are something you want cheap and as a commodity as you would rather the axle strips instead of the yoyo
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True.
Which is damn near impossible considering the female is aluminum and the axle is either ti or steel.
In the case of one drop flats I was referring to their full size but in the case of modern responsive using a slim bearing or lubed wide bearing stalls and such are not really beginner friendly. Responsive tricks can be beginner but thereâs an expanded world of responsive tricks that are much more difficult like kick flips, and lunars and such.
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Sorry, I missed that response semehow.
Some⌠not many have dived into this realm. The issue is if you make the axle too weak it can snap then you have half an axle stuck in a yoyoâŚ
One drop does get around this by having side effects so you canât harm the yoyo half at all.
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play more, bearing less 
one thing i can positively guarantee you is that the time you spend fussing with and over bearings is holding you back far more than an actual bearing ever could
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I agree. It is unfortunate for how much yoyos are that you would expect opening and closing a yoyo too much wouldnât slowly (sometimes quickly) degrade it. Iâve only played one one drop yoyo but that aspect of it definitely is in the back of my mind to buy their yoyos.
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