How do I increase sleep time?

[BattleToads]

95% of sleep time is your throw. If you aren't getting the spin-time you want, then work on throwing straighter and stronger, with a tight wrist snap. Any modern yoyo with as ball-bearing will give you minutes and minutes of sleep time with a decent, straight throw.

[Elephark]

Also, if you're going for straight-out spin time, not doing combos or tricks or stuff, you can use the string twist method to get a lot more spin time than you'd get from just throwing it down and waiting. This is how records are set.

[DYonch]

Just do tricks and you will get better at throwing as you do it more often.

[zomah2]

Shims will do something, since its a DM1 the string will touch the oring and the star burst. I shim add are added the string will touch less the response and you will have a wider gap so you do trick easier.

if you havent noticed, you can have a straight throw... that will keep the string from touching the starbursts.

[yoyo jake]

buy a new yoyo dark magic is not good

why do u say that its a lie

[icthus]

The DM v1 or v2 is a great yoyo. I mean if a national yoyo master likes them and has one as a signature yoyo, they must be good right? I know i want another one. I didn't get one like the experts did. So...... Now i want one!

[XminusmikeX]

The DM v1 or v2 is a great yoyo. I mean if a national yoyo master likes them and has one as a signature yoyo, they must be good right? I know i want another one. I didn't get one like the experts did. So...... Now i want one!

Agreed, I love my DMv1

[Elephark]

My first metal-rim yoyo was a Dark Magic. It was someone else's main yoyo for a year before I got it, then it was my faithful companion until it finally gave up the ghost in the courtyard of Grays Harbor College on a mild day in the spring of 2006. I've owned other DMs since then, but right now I have but one. It looks like this, and it was given to me on the condition that I never sell it:

[scyshc]

dont let the string touch the sides of the yoyo

practice your throw, thats all you can do practice pratice and practice

[secondskin]

The yoyo spins on a bearing. A good one with a fair throw should give you about 5 min.

[Kristiawan]

People are already say it. Practice.
you wont get strong and straight throw instantly, you will learn it through certain process.
first time i saw andre's strong throw vid, i was amazed. After a year, i can do that pretty easily.
don't blame the yoyo, they'll do fine if you treat them right. As in throw them stright and strong.