Jdrabik
February 16, 2014, 2:16am
150
20mmrain:
So I just ordered a MonkeyFinger Gelada and I just received it today. I am very impressed with the Colorway packaging extras and how it plays (For the most part)
However… one thing I am not impressed with is the speed that it eats through the string. I wasn’t using cheap string either (Cough String labs Ammo $7 bucks per 10)
I have read reviews about this throw… and according to most reviews they said “Monkey Finger” no longer suffered from problem. I still took the precaution of looking at my string after each throw… and when I noticed wearing on the string, I changed it. I went through 3 strings in a matter of an hour (which is excessive)… on the 3rd string it snapped. Bouncing off the floor several times. Luckily it left very little marks and no wobble.
Understandably I should have probably stopped after the 2nd string wearing out so quickly but, I thought if I kept going the string might wear down the finish enough to stop this from happening.
SoI am kind of in a pickel here??? I am kind of worried about even throwing this yoyo any more. Any advice… has anyone else ever experienced this with the Gelada or any other Monkeyfinger throws? I can tell you that in all my years of yoyoing I have never had this issue happen to me. I am kind of disappointed. Besides doing an RMA… does anyone have any suggestions to help me with this?.. (for example ideas people have done to smooth out the rough edges.)
What really confuses me… is that this Gelada does not have sharp corners on the catch zone like the evil-yo. catch zone does and supposedly that is the MFD throw that has this issue?
My intention is not to bash MFD… it is just to gather information and advice.
Thanks
P.S. I will admit I Ammo is a thicker string and I have already switched to Kitty String (Normal) to help with this. However if this throw has problems with larger string. I did not see that information anywhere.
The blast is probsbly the problem. My Bape.2 had a similar issue, and just rubbing the wall of the yoyo with the green side of a Scotch-Brite pad fixed it.