# Yo-yo for 5 year old **URL:** \ **Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation\ **Created:** [June 25, 2019, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-for-5-year-old/304533 "2019-06-25T10:47:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leprevada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Leprevada](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Leprevada)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-for-5-year-old/304533/1 "2019-06-25T10:47:16Z")
Howdy Partners My boy is turning 5 and it’s time. He keeps taking my yo-yos and it puts me on edge. Which yo-yo do you guys recommend? Even my first base is not responsive enough for him. I’ve tried him with a string measured for him but it ends up so short he’d have to throw at a million miles and hour to flow. Any ideas? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![shatterFX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shatterfx/32/66476_2.png) [@shatterFX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/shatterFX)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-for-5-year-old/304533/2 "2019-06-25T10:50:25Z")
YYF Whip. Cheap, plastic, and responsive. ---
**Author:** ![MarkD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/markd/32/40845_2.png) [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-for-5-year-old/304533/3 "2019-06-25T10:50:36Z")
Try a Duncan pulse, it’s been a hit amongst all my friends’ kids around that age, my daughter (6) has one too ---
**Author:** ![RyoCanCan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ryocancan/32/163437_2.png) [@RyoCanCan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RyoCanCan)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-for-5-year-old/304533/4 "2019-06-25T10:51:26Z")
If he just wants to throw it, maybe a looper or some fixie. They should be more than enough responsive. Something like: Loop720 Butterfly Imperial Hornet Legend (Wing) ---
**Author:** ![Legit\_yoyostrings](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/legit_yoyostrings/32/136873_2.png) [@Legit\_yoyostrings](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Legit_yoyostrings)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-for-5-year-old/304533/5 "2019-06-25T11:14:00Z")
get a yyf whip there only $6 and you can find them at hobby lobby. it is a great beginner yoyo my brother got one not to long ago and he loves ti ---
**Author:** ![Cannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-for-5-year-old/304533/6 "2019-06-25T14:17:12Z")
Yyf whip and put vaseline or chapstick in the bearing to make it even more responsive :+1: ---
**Author:** ![Leprevada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Leprevada](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Leprevada)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-for-5-year-old/304533/7 "2019-07-09T07:19:35Z")
Thanks for all you suggestions. Ended up going for a Duncan Pulse. The fact that it lights up was quite the source of excitement for the little man. :+1: ---
**Author:** ![yoyojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e99b99/32.png) [@yoyojoe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyojoe)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-for-5-year-old/304533/9 "2023-01-03T19:32:35Z")
I would recommend the Duncan first yo yoyo. It has rubber rims so it won’t really cause any damage if it hits something. ---
**Author:** ![Pun1sh3R](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pun1sh3r/32/193125_2.png) [@Pun1sh3R](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pun1sh3R)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-for-5-year-old/304533/10 "2023-01-03T21:13:03Z")
All great recomendations. My daughter (6 at the time) liked the YYF Spinstar. An upgrade to this would be the Snapback here on Yoyo Expert. The others that comest to mind is the YYF Whip or One. ---
**Author:** ![YoyoGeezer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyogeezer/32/755_2.png) [@YoyoGeezer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoyoGeezer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-for-5-year-old/304533/11 "2023-01-04T21:05:33Z")
A five year old with a hunk of plastic at the end of a string… What could possibly go wrong? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Pun1sh3R](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pun1sh3r/32/193125_2.png) [@Pun1sh3R](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pun1sh3R)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-for-5-year-old/304533/12 "2023-01-04T21:10:07Z")
Hitting their 4-year-old cousin in the head? (True Story)