Yo-Yo Setup of the Month: YoYoFactory Shutter (Jason Lee Edition)

Everyone appreciates good playing yo-yos, and everyone loves affordable yo-yos. But when you get a great playing yo-yo that is also incredibly affordable, you know you have got a winner. When YoYoFactory first showcased pictures of the Shutter, everyone knew it would be a good yo-yo, but when the price was released, Spinners just could not believe it.

Well, neither could we!

And here is our Yo-Yo of the Month for November.

Shutter (Jason Lee Edition)

YoYoFactory has been putting out quality yo-yos for a decade now, and the Shutter is just another shining example of how they have grown in terms of quality products and exceptional price points. They always give players the best yo-yos that they could have ever wanted.

The Shutter is the signature model of YoYoFactory Contest Team member Gentry Stein. However, this version that we are featuring is the special edition Jason Lee Shutter, that has the logos and graphics of a digital camera, just like the one Jason brings with him on his travels around the world.

Any Jason Lee model from YoYoFactory looks incredible. The Shutter is no different. It is in a shiny, cutting-edge black that makes it look more stunning and refined.

Taking a look at the face of the Shutter, you can see that it looks just like how the dials on a digital camera looks like. The various settings and option logos to optimize and capture the precise picture that you envision in your head. A very nice and deliberate touch that YYF did was to include and incorporate their logo amongst all the other logos.

The gap profile of the Shutter is a gentle H-shape, giving the Shutter more rim-weight and this translates into longer spin times and greater stability. Despite having a H-shape, the Shutter feels comfortable in hand and even with a hard throw and bind, it does not hurt the hand. The inner walls of the yo-yo has a steeper slope to allow the yo-yo to hold spin-time well when the Spinner is performing horizontal style tricks.

As the Shutter is a Champions Collection model, it comes with YoYoFactory Champions Collection 3-color string. However, for our setup, we preferred the slightly thicker strings that sOMEThING had to offer. The Yellow sOMEThING strings provided the yo-yo with tighter binds and more solid throws, and that was our choice strings to go with the Shutter.

The Pads that were used in the Shutter is the CBC White Silicone pads. These are the original pads that came with the yo-yo, and we felt that it provided us with the exact response we needed.

The regular bearing that comes with the Shutter is fine, but we wanted optimized performance from this Championship winning yo-yo, and we wanted the best. So we chose to use a gold Centre Trac bearing in the Shutter, and after a throw of 2, we knew it was the perfect choice. The gold Centre Trac bearing is unresponsive and requires practically no maintenance due to the gold coating. Long and smooth spins are a breeze for the gold Centre Trac.

Not only does the gold Centre Trac bearing perform incredibly well, it looks great too. Nice and shiny, and definitely something that will capture your attention. If you are looking for a large bearing to throw into your contest or daily throw, do consider getting the gold Centre Trac.

The gold Centre Trac bearing also compliments the black body of the Shutter very well. It definitely makes the entire yo-yo shine (just like gold).

Taking a closer look at the inner face of the Shutter and we can see the signature of Jason Lee, YoYoFactory Team member and probably one of the longest members in YoYoFactory since the start. Jason has a unique, smooth and distinct style of yo-yo play, making him one of the most respected and looked-up-to players in the world.

The opposite face of the Shutter is just like the shutter of a camera.

The Shutter is stable, long-spinning, smooth on the string, and looks and plays great. Furthermore, this Jason Lee edition just makes it that much sweeter. If there is one version of the Shutter that we had to choose, it will definitely be this one!

The Shutter fits comfortably in the hand, and even with a hard throw and an immediate bind, it hits the palm softly and does not hurt like other H-shaped yo-yos do.

The Shutter is a beast of a yo-yo. It handles any type of string trick with ease, and it just keeps the Spinner pushing the limits of what it can achieve. Furthermore, for the price, it is definitely one that you absolutely cannot miss out on.

We cannot say enough good things about the Shutter. Definitely one of our favorite throws, and one yo-yo that we encourage everyone to try, pick up and purchase with confidence.

Shutter

1) YoYoFactory Shutter

2) CBC White Narrow Silicone Pads

3) 100% Polyester sOMEThING String (Yellow)

4) Large Gold Centre Trac Bearing

That brings us to the end of this segment of our Yo-Yo Setup of the Month. But before we head on out, check out what Gentry can do with his Shutter. Not one, but two videos to showcase what the Shutter is able to pull off.

Let us know YOUR Yo-Yo Setup of the Month. Drop us a comment below, leave us a message on our Facebook Page with the title - My Yo-Yo Setup of the Month, or tag your setup with a picture on our Instagram Page, with @spinworkxsg #yoyoofthemonth. 

Till next time, 

Spin like a champion!

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Yo-Yo Setup of the Month: Yoyofactory Onestar (Paul Han Champions Edition)

Wow, it's already been a month??

Nonetheless it has been a good month for yo-yos!

If you have been following the Spinning scene on YouTube and all your favorite social media sites, you would have seen all the great videos coming out from creative and awesome players the world over.

Now, for this month, we have chosen a relatively new throw that has just been launched a week or two ago.

Onestar (Paul Han Champions Edition)

The Yoyofactory Onestar made its pre-production debut at the Bay Area Classic contest in the US last year (2012), and has been one of the main plastic yo-yos players have been looking out for. From looking at the yo-yo, it will definitely bring to mind the Yoyofactory Protostar, as the shape looks similar, but the Onestar has a different feel from the Protostar or Northstar. 

The gap view of the Onestar looks just like a Protostar or Northstar, but the Onestar does not come with weight rings in the halves, and it has a more solid feeling core. Furthermore, the Onestar uses a completely new and improved plastic as compared to other 1A yo-yos from Yoyofactory. It also has a blasted surface that makes the yo-yo great for grind tricks.

The reason why the Onestar is named the One-Star is due to its combined elements from two of Yoyofactorys most popular models, the One and the Protostar. With its shape like the Protostar and the same plastic material of the One, the Onestar is a great yo-yo for new Spinners looking to delve into the realm of unresponsive play, or for advanced Spinners looking to pick up an affordable, durable and spectacular new throw to practice and create tricks with.

Now let us take a look at the insides of the Onestar, and how we chose to set it up.

For the Onestar, we chose to leave it stock, exactly how it came straight out of the box. We did not need to make any changes or modifications to the Onestar, and straight after unpacking it and throwing on a string, it could pull off any tricks we threw at it.

The string we chose to use on the Onestar is regular Yellow 100% Polyester string. 

The stock Onestar comes with a Centre Trac bearing and CBC white silicone pads for response. If you wish to make adjustments to your Onestar yo-yo, you may like to consider changing the pads in this yo-yo to something more suited to the purpose of your play. Try out the Red CBC silicone pads if you plan to use this yo-yo for competitions, or the Natural/Blue Pads you are like grippy and long lasting response.

Like we mentioned before, the Onestar is a great yo-yo straight out of the package. It spins long, the string is always centered, the colors are catchy and bright and it is truly an amazing throw.

The Onestar is nice and wide, and is very stable on the string. This could be attributed to its wide, H-shaped Butterfly profile that it sports. It is a perfect yo-yo for new Spinners who are looking for an affordable and unresponsive throw.

Just to recap on our Yo-Yo Setup of the Month.

Onestar (Paul Han Champions Edition)

1) Yoyofactory Onestar

2) CBC White Silicone pads (Any other CBC pads will work as well; Personal preference)

3) CBC Centre Trac bearing

4) 100% Polyester Yellow String

And that is our Yo-Yo Setup of the Month for February. Stay tuned for our next installment of Yo-Yo Setup of the Month!

In the meantime, do let us know YOUR setup of the month. Drop us a comment below, or shout out to us on our Facebook page with the title - My Yo-Yo Setup of the Month, and show us what you've got!

Till next time,

Super Squirrel signing off~

Yoyofactory - SYYC 2011

When Yoyofactory first started out back in 2003-2004, no one really stopped to take notice or considered what was to come. But as the Yoyofactory name slowly started getting out, as the contest team started to build and grow, and as the hype slowly started to become reality and not just talk, people stopped, took notice and stood in awe. Since that point in time, yo-yoing was never quite the same again. Yoyofactory simply took the worldwide community by storm and people just begged for more.

Yoyofactory has a wide range of products to choose from and any player wanting to buy a yo-yo will be completely spoilt for choice at the range of yo-yos they have to offer. Looking at the plastic lineup, we already notice a diverse range of products, for everything from beginner to professional, string tricks to looping tricks, responsive to unresponsive. Furthermore, yo-yos such as the Protostar and Northstar are not just National Championship winning yo-yos, they have been used to win and place at the World Yo-Yo Contest!

What about their metal yo-yos you ask? Well, just like the plastic range, one will be spoilt for choice at the number of competition grade, superbly made yo-yos on offer. In 2007, the 888 was used at the World Yo-Yo Contest to win the Single A category and it was the first ever metal yo-yo used to win a World title. Since then, multiple Yoyofactory metal yo-yos have made its way into the World contest scene and they are not only chosen to be used, they have been used in countless top 3 freestyles. Yo-yos like the Rockstar, Genesis, Supernova, 888, Superstar, MVP and more have allowed players to compete with the knowledge and confidence that their yo-yo has what it takes to carry them right to the top.

If you think the quality is just the yo-yos that Yoyofactory has, you are wrong. The Yoyofactory contest team comprises of some of the best players in the world! Featuring players from countries such as USA, Germany, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, China, Japan and more, the team is made up of past World Champions, current World Champions, trick innovators, up and coming stars and a National Yo-Yo Master.

Every year, Yoyofactory continues to push the boundaries of what modern yo-yo play is, so if you are not quite caught up in the phenomenon that is Yoyofactory, you better get on it fast because Yoyofactory waits for no one!

Yoyofactory is proud to sponsor the upcoming Singapore Yo-Yo Championships 2011.