Yep that's my limit!

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I’ve looked at yoyos, played yoyo, collected yoyos, and enjoyed yoyos for years. I have come to realize that without conscious thought I’ve drawn a line in the sand, a limit, on how much I’m willing to spend on a yoyo. Yoyos over that price mark just get passed by without any remorse. It doesn’t even bother me that they cost more than my personal limit. They look nice, I’m glad for others when they buy them but I just don’t feel like I’m missing out on much.

Maybe it’s simply that I have other interests that I pursue, that are as or more important to me than yo-yoing. Maybe I just find my limit reasonable and within my means. Maybe experience has convinced me that the yoyos I have, are capable of more than I’ve demanded of them.

So…is it the same for you?

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Yeah I did the same. Many many years ago I drew the line at 60 bucks. I have only went over that twice and that was too 100 for a Mg. That has more too do with not being able to find one for less, and it being my favorite playing throw.

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long ago i decided that i would pay what i felt was necessary for a yoyo…

if it didnt play well i didnt want it and i wouldnt pay for it… thats the reason why i have only owned one clyw and its one of the few yoyos i didnt buy for myself. ive probably only gotten one or two other yoyos for free… this one was by far the most expensive.

it comes to a point where you must realize how much you care to spend and how much it means to you and from that point you assess every yoyo you buy.

i love my orca would i pay the full price for it no… id gladly work for it though like i did. i love my alter ego would i pay the price for it totally.

id be hard pressed to pay over 150 for a yoyo… it would have to be so unique in play and style that i would go for it… now under a different money circumstance i may very well change, but so far it hasn’t.

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Yes.
I think the most I’ve spent on a single yoyo is like, $30.
And that was a second hand yoyo.

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Most I do is $120ish for a throw…but it has to be something I really want. I just don’t see the need of spending any more as really, they play the same, they just look a little nicer, especially those bimetals…Yes, Axis Yoyos Pulse Fire, I’m looking right at you.

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$150 is the maximum for me, and I would very rarely spend that much.

I just don’t believe any yoyo, no matter how much people harp on about it, could possibly be worth paying more than this for.

I will never own a Draupnir and I couldn’t care any less about it. In fact, I’m almost proud that I don’t.

I firmly believe in ‘budget’ yoyos. Yoyofficer especially will always have my heart. :-*

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120$ only for a weekend.

I won’t spend more then 70 or 80$ on a yoyo.

And side I do 1a 2a 4a and 5a.

2a and 4a are fairly priced I mean loop 1080 23$.

Fiesta tres 33$.

I am all over the budget line I love budget yoyos.

My expensive yoyo was a wm2 fg it was 93$ shipped and I sold it.

The most expensive I have is what I’ve bought is a shutter 45$.

After that I’ve won a Cyborg 2.0 or got yoyos for free.

Yeah I’ve got many yoyos and its hard to believe that my most expensive yoyo is 45$.

And I’ve bought 2 mystery boxes so those ar good deals for 45$.

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Warning in advance to the crybabies. This post contains many more words than the average reply in the General section of the YYE forum. Reading the complete text below this Warning may cause near fatal cranial pressures to those certain individuals with ADS or assorted other mental shortcomings that precipitate painful conscious nightmares. If you force yourself to completely read my response, please do not chime in and blame me if your ears start bleeding. You have been warned. If you have any reading or comprehension difficulties, opt out now…

You guys have some pretty interesting explanations for not wanting or just not willing to Spend Money, lol.

skitrz says,‘without conscious thought he drew a line…’ < You can’t draw a line without conscious thought. Lines are drawn through deliberate thought.

Angrygumball says, ‘more expensive yoyos play the same’. <That is a conclusion that is as untrue as it is true. That’s like saying All cars drive the same so why buy more expensive cars?

Glenacias states he, ‘is almost Proud he doesn’t own a Draupnir’. < Aesops Fable about a Fox that draws the conclusion some grapes he can’t reach are probably sour anyways; comes to mind.

Alecto say, ’ I won’t pay full price for a yoyo but I will gladly work for one’. <What’s the difference if you are paying for it one way or another? And your justification is not the result of thinking yoyos cost too much. You clearly state that if your money circumstances were different then you might very well change. So your view has less to do about whether a yoyo is worth the sticker price and more to do with your personal budgetary constraints…

Why do you guys try to justify your unwillingness or inability to spend money on yoyos? I mean, I know it makes for conversation and all. But these sound more like personal problems being rationalized.

Personally I have discovered over the years that more expensive yoyos are not ‘Magical’. No yoyos come with tricks included. No expensive yoyo is going to make you a better player. Owning expensive yoyos will not/does not make you a better person.

But being proud of intentionally not owning something expensive is a personal achievement at best. Nothing more.

You guys notice something that comes across very clearly in almost every post made in this thread? All of you don’t want to spend over ‘x’ amounts of money for yoyos… But for completely different reasons.

None of you are on the ‘same page’. Except for the fact that you don’t want to make any attempt to justify buying more expensive yoyos.

I fully agree with the comments about Great playing budget yoyos. Some of my very Best and favorite throws cost me less than 60 bucks or so.

But I don’t restrict myself to budget yoyos any more than being afraid to order more expensive food in a Restaurant.

My daily carry is a YYF Dogma. But then again I bought 2 Oxy Hyperions at $520 a pop, just to make a 2 tone yoyo, lol.

I really don’t care for going into a Restaurant with people that say, ‘I’m only going to spend $10 for dinner’. I have an easy cure for that. As soon as we sit down and get menus, I tell everybody at the table to, ‘pick whatever looks good. I am paying for everybody at the table’. Even though that can get expensive; I enjoy my meal and everybody enjoys their meal more when you remove the ‘economy factor’.

Congrats to everybody that buys within their budget.

But don’t start a thread and make feeble attempts at making buying more expensive yoyos some kind of financial crime.

I owe a debt of gratitude to Glenacias K, regardless…

The newest Corvette is the Very Best Corvette Ever Built; Period. But instead of feeling kinda lame for not being willing to Bounce that High for a new ride; I can now simply rationalize that I am Proud that I do not own a New Corvette.

And if Angrygumballs’ logic carries over; a New Corvette prolly drives the same as a Camry anyways…

I bet YYE is seriously thrilled that Budget minded folks are in the Minority, haha.

15 Evoras at 275 sell out in 5 minutes? Dozens of One Drop Citizens sell out in hours at 300 a pop. A batch of CLYW yoyos sells down to almost nothing over night at 155 each… <I could go on for quite awhile but to no end.

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Yeah… I’m still almost proud I don’t own a Draupnir.

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I draw the line around $160. Quality and performance certainly increase after you pass around that mark, but is it very noticable? Not really. There’s a huge quality jump from a shutter to something like a onedrop valor. There’s still a jump from a valor to a palpitation, but it’s less noticable. I feel like a properly tuned sub $140 throw is just as smooth as a $200+ one.

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No. It is definitely not the same for me. For most people, there will always be one yo-yo that could change your mind.

I like to be free when it comes to this kind of stuff. Life puts constraints on me, the same as anyone else, but beyond that, I don’t think life is as fun, if I’m putting even more constraints on myself. When I have paid for shelter, food, transportation, my education, and contributed to my savings, the rest of my money is for me to spend it freely. I spend the rest of it on myself, my friends and family, or give to charity. But, a certain percentage of my income is for pure “fun.” That’s the way I like to live.

I don’t just buy a yo-yo for the way it plays. It just has to look nice in some instances, and it’s a potential purchase. If I wasn’t willing to pay over $50 for a yo-yo, for example, and everyone else felt the same way, we wouldn’t have access to some of these crazy designs that have come out. So, people like me have to exist for things to continue to evolve they way they have. I typically spend half on budget models, and half on high ends. So, I want the best of both worlds.

  1. I want to encourage yo-yo manufacturers to make the best yo-yos they can, that play great and look great, at low cost; and

  2. I also want to encourage yo-yo manufacturers to make some crazy designs out of crazy materials, that look and play great. I want to show support, that no matter what they come up with, there might be a buyer out there to support their imagination.

The only limit is my means. So far, I’ve done it $4 - $650, and have no complaints about it. I find that some people with limits often dampen other people’s fun, by becoming overly critical of yo-yo designs and prices. I think, if you limit yourself, just be happy with your decision, and don’t try to suck the fun out of this for people who are supporting the high end industry. Don’t be miserable about these decisions, because misery loves company. Some of you are happy with the limits you’ve set, but some people are clearly not happy about it.

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So far I haven’t spent more than $100 on a single throw. My most expensive is my OD MMC. Sure there are $300+ throws out there, but I don’t think I’ll ever spend that much on just one, I’d rather get 3 $100 ones. I guess its the varity I enjoy.

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My apologies doc, didn’t mean to touch a nerve, but I still stand by what I said.

I appreciate that others buy more expensive yoyos and I’m glad they do. I want them to have them, really if that makes them happy, gives them joy, I’m glad. Maybe my limit is closer to the most expensive than you know, maybe it isn’t. I have no complaint that there are expensive yoyos, I’ve no complaint that there are inexpensive yoyos.

I often look at myself and try to recognize my own habits and behaviors. I have for some time now, without saying or thinking, “I won’t spend more than X amount,” fallen into a pattern of yoyo purchases. That pattern has indeed formed a line, just as walking through the lawn over and over through the same area creates a path, even though there was no thought to creating the path.

That’s all I meant, and that’s all I thought I had said.

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My best playing yoyo cost me 235 bucks. Now I’m selling all the others in the bst forum. Not all expensive throws are worth the price. But a lot of em truly are. I truly feel the leviathan 7 is worth it’s price…but that is the most I’ve spent on a single yoyo.

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Maybe I should have clarified my original post. For me, within my budget, I don’t currently see me spending more than $125 or so. I do own several $100+ yoyos (Space Cowboy, Dogma, Aviator, Pulsefire). I look at it this way: Video games are almost up there, slightly more expensive than what many label as “budget” yoyos. I honestly spend more time playing with a yoyo (I can take it anywhere and play it anywhere) than I am sitting indoors playing a $60 game.

I also own many $50 range yoyos. I’m also very satisfied with those throws as well and have seen a few (setting my bimetals aside as there is quite a difference playing those) that play just as well as some of the $100 yoyos I’ve bought, based on my experience. I do however like trying out small companies (Eternal Throw, Axis) as I know that their attention to detail will be top notch. It shows it in my collection :slight_smile:

Just like when I’m at Disneyland with my buddies. I could theoretically grab dinner at the high end Blue Bayou restaurant (I have eaten there before and their food is great) but it’s just one of those things I tell myself “not this time”. I could make my trip budget stretch more by limiting myself to a certain extent. I’ll still eat in the park but I’ll be more budget conscious and maybe treat myself to a somewhat pricey meal on the last day of the visit.

In the end, I’m very satisfied with my arsenal of yoyos, even with my limits of spending I stand by.

Oh, and I’m a sucker for special colorways and will often spend the $20 more for a splash/acid wash just because if it’s a yoyo I really want, I want it to look pretty :slight_smile:

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drawing lines is stupid. i am really not a competetive player but i really count myself to some sort of yoyo gourmet. i like good machining, i like comprehensible details on designs, and of course special/small runs, different materials, exotic - manufacturers, etc.

Sorry to YFF now but i have to use them as the prime example.

from budget, to premium all their YoYos lack machining problems. All my most recent YYF (Shutter, Horizon and Space Cowboy) lack machining quality. Bad threads, overfitted bearing seats, bad bearings and minimal vibe. (small vibe is the vibe you can not see but feel when tipping the findernail onto the yoyo whilst spinning)

In comparison my One Drop Gradient or IYoYo 2 Steel don`t have these small machining flaws.

do i perform better with an iYoYo2 Steel in comparison to a Space Cowboy. NO.
do i feel more satisfied with an iYoYo Steel. Yes

To me there is a tremendous difference between Budget Metals from YYF, Magic, YoYofficer and Premium Metals from ILYY, Onedrop, SPYY, Hspin etc.

Not in question of performance, but in question of design, machining and overall feels and i am eager to pay more for such features.

And everyone who tells me that a Horizon is Smooth has never thrown a SPYY or ILYY

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You ‘didn’t hit a nerve’. You simply inspired a perspective diametrically opposite from yours.

You still stand by what you say as do I.

That doesn’t mean your opinion was/is wrong. Your view is simply not a common one. And as I already stated, each person that chimed into the thread was limiting their purchase price point for reasons not exactly the same as yours.

My response wasn’t, ‘nerve based’. It is a viewpoint with examples to give a clearer understanding of what train of thought is being utilized in reference to identifying performance value to limiting price points.

Nothing for me to become unnerved about… I have no budgetary constraints. But at the same time I sure don’t buy one of everything. And I never bought an expensive yoyo that made me ‘better’…ever.

Your view is perfect for people that like think.

I just pretty much gave a more in depth explanation about how your buying stimulus is in the minority.

If it wasn’t; Yoyoexpert would most likely cease to exist as we know it. (Hypothetical drama inserted for heightened emotional impact).

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For me its not so much of “how much do i want to spend on the yoyo?” it’s more of “how long am I willing to wait to save up for this yoyo?” Cause with all the yoyos I buy its out of my own pocket, and I’m a broke highschooler, so for me it can take MONTHS in order for me to buy my own yoyo. This is also why i tend to gawk at yoyos for a long time. Cause by the time I have the money to buy the yoyo I want, I want to make sure I still want the yoyo I’m buying by the time I can afford it.

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Totally wrong.

I have tried general yo clyw. Both vibe free

And many Yoyofactory yoyos all vibe free

No machining flaws or whatever.

I think you might have got an bad 1.

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I’m not a fan of YYF but something must be said. I have personally had a couple YYFs metals, and they are dead smooth, and if you know me personally you’ll know that I can fret over the slightest vibe (I literally destroyed a Phenom because a friend borrow it and then returned with a slight vibe). When I say dead smooth, I mean it’s hands down dead smooth even when doing grind. I also just sold a Magicyoyo that is completely dead smooth.
And I have a friend who had a vibey SPYY.

What I wanna say is, sometimes you got duds, not every single yoyo from a certain company is exactly the same, it’s just what it is. I had a few expensive yoyos that has some vibe, and a lot of “budget” yoyos that are vibe free and plays great.

However I agree that some companies do really seem to put a lot of thoughts into their designs, Yoyojam, YYR, CLYW, and OneDrop comes to mind.