Yomega Raider - Professional Responsive Ball Bearing Yoyo, Great for Kids, Beginners and for Advanced String Yo-Yo Tricks and Looping Play. + Extra 2 Strings & 3 Month Warranty (Clear/Black Cap)

Love this yo-yo. I can do some tricks and it works great.

The Yomega Raider is the best yo-yo around. Great for beginners because of its ease in making it sleep and bringing it back up. Great for pros because of its lag time so you can Do tricks. This yo-yo is superior to any other yo-yo EVER. The sheer nostalgia mixed with the intense newfound passion to dominate the yo-yo world is reason enough to buy a Yomega, but the quick shipping, extra strings, and nice little packaging makes it a no brainer.

The yo-yo was made very well. Easily fit in the palm of my hand. It was just too heavy for me. I don’t have the strength that most other people would have. I would recommend this yo-yo.. I ordered another yo-yo.

EDIT: Yomega finally got back to me and replaced my yoyo at no charge to me. New one works great. Review increased from 2 stars to 4. I'm sure this is a fine yoyo in theory and a good step-up from the Fireball but mine was manufactured incorrectly and the threads were cut wrong so they don't actually have any purchase on the nut they thread into. In addition the yoyo was put together off-center and is not straight when it is assembled. These Yomegas use to be near indestructible but now both my Fireball and my Raider are broken and all emails to Yomega have not been returned. My Fireball worked find and when I realized my Raider was broken straight out of the box and Yomega wasn't getting back to me I swapped the internals from the Raider into the body of the Fireball (Identical bodies) and that worked great for about a week before the nut that the spindle threads into tore lose from its housing and stripped. Now I can't get the yoyo apart or tighten it because the nut just spins and spins, so it's essentially worthless. Two Yomega purchases within days of each other and both are garbage in less than a week. I'm moving on from my nostalgia of owning Yomega's in the past and am going to be purchasing some purpose-built performance yoyos by other manufacturers. Do not waste your money unless you literally have no idea what you're doing and just want something to learn the very basics on, but even then don't be surprised when they're broken in a week.

I was worried after reading some negative reviews, I bought this for my son and we have played with it, seems to be just as good as the old ones, any comments on the starburst wearing has me thinking they are using nylon string, if you get this be sure to get some good cotton string.

My son got a cheap yoyo somewhere and wanted a better one to learn/ practice. I bought two, including this one which was better for his skill level and a bit cheaper. It has grabbed his interest and is sturdy. Good for beginners

it was a gift and a successful one. Recommended

Bought these to mod for looping. Love the purple and Amazon is the only place that offers them in this colorway. They're Raiders, classic. I've modded Raiders before with no problems, and I'm not sure if the issues I've found apply with these newer ones. (I got the purple with black caps btw.) Issues: I don't know what they did with the spacers, but they do not release from their seat via tapping. The non-axle halves I had to remove with pliers and had minimal damage even when I was being very careful not to damage the plastic that interfaces with the spacer. The challenge I am now facing is the spacer on the axle half of the yoyo. I tapped the halves on the table and the spacers don't seem to budge. They really made the spacers snug that it's impossible to remove without damaging the axle. I've given up at this point and am out 30 dollars for the pair. That's the cost of education I suppose. These are still nice yoyos if you're buying it as a gift for a child that won't be doing too much with it or for yourself if you're a nostalgic 90's kid. Update: I was able to fiddle around with them more and in order to remove the bearing on the axle half of the yoyo, I overcranked it without a spacer in the non-axle half. After overcranking, when I unscrewed it, the axle was then on the half without a bearing and I was able to pop out the remaining spacer with pliers. It worked for both Raiders on the first try each. With that said, I'm bumping my original 1 star rating to a 3 star.