YoyoFactory SHUTTER Yo-Yo - Black (World Yoyo Champion Pro Model)

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The last bi-metal yoyo that we want to recommend is kind of taking things in a different direction from the Edge Beyond and the Marco, and that is the Ethos.

There is also the yoyo body that you are getting. These don’t really require maintenance, just general care. Just make sure you are not constantly over-tightening the yoyo or you might strip the threads on the inside of the yoyo. Make sure you are not slamming it against concrete. If you don’t do those two things, your yoyo body should last a pretty long time. One of the coolest things that you will notice about both of these is that they do have a finger spin dimple on the inside, and both of them are very, very easy to make finger spin, and because they are made out of plastic, they do not use up so much of the weight as they are creating the design to draw your finger into the center of the yoyo, certainly not nearly as much as you would need to use if you were using aluminum in its place, so it leaves so much weight left over that goes into these metal rims, that the yoyos both have a really, really powerful spin but they also both play really light and fast. Designed from the ground up, the Shutter features an inner foil designed to achieve a weight distribution that offers power, speed, and control through long technical combinations and flashy performances. It also offers unique finger spin opportunities on both inner faces as well as a central and outer ring grind capabilities. It is a premium, it comes with a custom bearing, so no other yoyo in the world has this same bearing. Everything has come together to make this exactly what Evan was looking for. That also comes with a premium price. If you are kind of looking at the price of this yoyo thinking, that might be a little bit more than I want to spend, we do have some other recommendations. The first one comes in at less than half the price. It has been making a lot of waves in the yoyo world this year. It is called the Marco.You might also be a new player and say, I don’t really want to look through a whole list. Can’t you just tell me the one thing to get? Ok. I’ll just tell you three things, but this will make sense. Ever since the Shutter was launched in 2013 there have been small changes made to keep it at the forefront of modern performance and in-tune with the needs of current USA champion Gentry Stein. This year Gentry's Freestyle was a bit bigger and a bit bolder. The yo-yo he threw? Shutter WIDE ANGLE! There are two that I mentioned that we really love. One of them is the iCEBURG, the other one is the iPPON. Both are made by iYoYo, and we kind of like to call them the fraternal twins of yoyo design, because we like both of them so much, we just can’t decide which one we love better.

The first thing that you need to know is that these are actually machined on the same machines that make the metal yoyos that we have already talked about. That means that they can be held to nearly the same tolerances, and play just as smooth and great as metal yoyos, but the plastic that is used is quite a bit less dense than the aluminum in metal yoyos, which means that you can do more interesting thing with the design and still have a ton of weight left over to put into the stainless steel rim on the edge of the yoyo, so that the yoyos can play super powerfully, but you have got some more extreme things that you can do with the shape.You may be wondering, is there something out there even better than bi-metals, and we think arguably there is, and it is not tri-metals, it is actually plastic metal yoyo hybrids. The new way that they have been making these yoyos is pretty amazing, so I want to tell you a little bit about how they are made first, and then I will tell you the yoyos we really like the best. Fast forward 4 years later, Shutter is here to stay. It is the go to yoyo for myself and thousands of players around the world. You may be wondering if there is anything out there that is better than a metal yoyo, and in fact there is, they are called bi-metal yoyos. What bi-metals do, they combine two different types of metals into one design to be able to focus the weight in one location to achieve superior performance than you could with a single metal in your yoyo. In the case of this yoyo, most of the body is made out of aluminum, but these rims are made out of stainless steel, which is more dense, which means you can put more weight focused on the outer rim of the yoyo, which achieves more powerful spins. If you are thinking about bi-metal yoyos and which one is the best, the choice this year is really obvious, it is the Edge Beyond.