How do you compensate for the precession and axis tilt? I can compensate for precession by turning around in a circle, but the tilt is basically impossible to compensate for without being able to correct it on a trapeze.
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You can compensate for tilt by twisting the string in one direction or the other. I didn’t compensate for precession; I just let it rotate slowly about the string (again, adjusting torsion as necessary).
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I used this method to get a pretty easy 2 minute sleeper on a CP Pivot. Then I did a trick and missed the bind afterwards.
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I just threw my Czech Point and it didn’t start slowing down til about 4 minutes, didn’t fully stop until after the 5 minute mark. And I hit the thing on my knee when I threw it, too. 
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Btw, my Czech Point processed a full 360, but had ZERO tilt on the full 5 minute spin. Kind of suprised me. I knew I liked this thing, but dang.
Edit: Also just to be clear, I did not do the string twist method to accommodate for any tilt. 
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Lol, thought this thread was funny, but then got me thinking.
So I don’t own any shutters, so I did a very crude spin test (I never tried so don’t actually have any idea, for me it spins for the duration on my tricks and it’s enough).
Used a plastic Dove and a Bi-metal Banshee SS, basically what ever I had near me to grab to compare.
I tried to throw hard, and what not, just for fun, you know for science.
A pointless video but anyway why not 
(Disclaimer : I throw like a girl)
Dove : roughly 1:35
Banshee SS : roughly 2:15
[Edit : I probably need to work on my front style throw as these are rookie number 
]
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Ok, I did a test three days ago and realized that the spin time depends on one thing besides the force applied at the moment of throwing the yo-yo:
A) friction of the string toward the wall of the yo-yo.
The tension of the string makes the yo-yo to lean or tilt to one side. If you really want to measure the spin time, throw the yo-yo and hold it from the string close to the bearing. If the yo-yo is leaning to one side either twist or untwist the string to bring the yo-yo-yo back to a centred position.
I did this by just dropping the yo-yo from my hand with no force applied. Without doing what I mentioned above, the spin time was 25 seconds. After doing what I am mentioning, the spin time was 7 minutes and 55 seconds. The yo-yo I used was a Horizon.
Try this out and let us know.
P.S. if you throw the yo-yo very hard, you only get from 1 to 1.5 more minutes of spin time
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Duncan Metal Drifer 6 minutes
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This helps you achieve all the spin time you need…
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I’ve hardly ever timed my sleep times because it’s boring sitting for 4+ minutes, but authentic data this is.
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I loose interest and get bored before I get to a minute.
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I just tried with my Top Yo Origin (because science) and gave up after 1:45 lol. I fixed the tilt twice by popping it up into a trapeze and still got a solid bind at the end of it. Even though its not a fancy high end throw, its pretty easy to put a lot of power behind.
I don’t think I have enough patience to try this with my butter lol. Like @hobbygod said, the only time I ever run out of spin is if I’m learning a trick(or do a super dainty throw 
)
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When sciencing, one does not give up until the experiment is finished. Since you stopped at only 1:45, I’d say you “tried” this because of something other than science. 
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You’re right…I can’t give science a bad name by attaching it to such a shoddy test.
3:48 with a hard breakaway. Timer started at the throw and ended when all spin had stopped. I held the string about 2 inches from the bearing and adjusted for tilt by twisting the string slightly
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This video explains what Zs is talking about.
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If the bearings of your yoyos are spinning freely (if they can spin from around 6-7 seconds from a flick of your thumb), then the lack of spintime is 100% from a lack of technique. Luckily, this will get fixed the more you yoyo.
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I can hit 2 minutes easy on a light throw with my Buddha king. 5 minutes on a good throw. Lol
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I’m not gonna time the spin on any of the yoyos I own because the way things are going here one of you guys probably will pretty soon…
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Just realized it has a link to a different site. Removing.
My yoyo sleeps when I put it down and turn off the lights. If it’s spinning it’s doing tricks, that’s what yoyos are for. 
(no insinuation intended. if you choose to be offended for some reason that’s on you)
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