Wednesday, January 13, 2010

$4 Well Spent

So I received a notification on my Facebook about a Yoyoskills.com post about Peter Fish yoyos at Walgreens.  I was so excited, that I hopped the first ride I could get to Walgreens, and BAM...a whole showcase of yoyos! Anyway, Yoyoskills asked me to post the inner guts. Here they are:

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Now, while these are pretty smooth for the price, they are pretty light (especialy the Luminator, which resembles a FH2 so much that old FH2 weight rings fit in them! And contrary to the name, the Luminator does NOT light up). However, these have a small YYJ bearing (found also in the Aquarius) which is good for the loopers, but not so good for the Luminator. They both play pretty smooth. I might be buying more since they are easy to mod :)

Pros:
-Fairly deep recess for siliconing (and it even has a lip!)
-Pretty smooth, especially for $4 yoyos
-No spacers, the bearing seats are molded into the body
-Good axle

Cons:
-The pads are too thick
-The pads are foam. Yep....FOAM!!!
-They come with cheap, plastic feeling string. Not as hard a plastic feel as Angel Hair, bu soft, yet cheap

Other than that...not bad. Good job Peter Fish!
I will probably be siliconing these tonight.

-Noel Kunz

P.S. A cleaned bearing, Chaz pads, and FH2 weight rings in the Luminator = PRETTY GOOD!! I will DEFINITELY be buying more of these! I just need to get more weight rings....