How you choose a yo-yo depends on several things: your age, your skill level, and how much money you are willing to spend.
- If you are in 2nd grade or older, and you are just beginning, our new top recommendation for a beginner yo-yo is the Yo-yo Factory Precedent. It is virtually indestructible, can be taken apart when you have a tangle, has a ball-bearing axle, comes back up when you want it to, looks nice, and is cheap too (about $10).
- If you are in 1st grade or younger you should go for a yo-yo that is more durable and/or much cheaper. Durable is the better choice, but cheaper is good too since at that age it�s not clear how much you will really want to play with your new yo-yo. Our recommendations are the Spintastics Manta Ray, Spintastics Technic, or the Playmaxx ProYo. This is the only age group where a dollar-store yo-yo would be ok (although it is still not recommended).
- If you have already played with yo-yos some, and are looking for a more advanced yo-yo our first recommendation is the Duncan Freehand Zero. A good way to find out what you like is to try out yo-yos that your friends have, or go to a yo-yo club and ask if you can try out their yo-yos.
- If you are an intermediate or advanced player, and money is not a problem, you might just look at the Pro Files page and buy some of the yo-yos that our Pros recommend. Most will be advanced yo-yos, and some are quite expensive, but all are top quality. The Pros choose their yo-yos very carefully, but what they like may not be the same as what you like.