Art: The beautiful thing is that, well, I've got wonderful viewers like you to help fill in the blanks. All of that is true, and these are very good points. The mental health aspects haven't been peer-reviewed enough to mention, but I rather hedged that as "some people's minds just work like that." And I could have done a bearing cleaning video, but it's not an area where I'm educated enough to educate. There are spinner channels where people can find that. Because the thing is, as I discovered during the review process, I have no real passion or love for the details of these little guys. They're neat, but there's not enough curiosity inspired to allow my normal process to work. So, I had a choice: 1) Power through, and produce six thorough-but-unenthusiastic reviews, taking 12+ hours of my life and 60 minutes of yours, not to mention the time it would take to "deep dive" into spinners in the way I have knives and pens and watches. 2) Sending them home unfilmed (which is a big loss on postage, and a disappointment for the viewers who send them along) 3) Produce a mega-review like this, with my honest opinions and recommendations, but without the level of detail that certain viewers ( :) ) have come to expect from an individual product review. In my experience, "powering through" has produced some of my least-appreciated and least-well-done reviews (and tends to attract the true enthusiasts from that community to pick me apart!), and (2) wasn't something I felt would be fair to anybody. I chose the last one, focusing more on the forest than the trees. Work with them on the level they're appealing to me, rather than getting lost in the minutiae of spin-times and the hundreds of options available, with new ones coming out every moment. If you want high-quality spinner content, alas, this channel is not for you. I'll probably review the Grimsmo one, because I'm curious. But beyond that, I think I'm pretty much spun out.

Not to spin this topic any more, but thanks for explaining. I hope you know from previous posts (and this one) that I respect you and wasn't trying to pick you apart. You're right, there are a zillion (almost mind-numbing) channels on spinners, tops, etc. Never expected you to go down that rabbit hole. ;) One last quick point - I sort of got into tops (what's one more collection - watches, pencils, knives, calculators; ok I'll stop now) - and bought the Grimsmo top. Was disappointed compared to other maker/machinists. Seems like they were just cashing in on that fad. I hope there spinner is better. Also, I guess I was a little annoyed that they'd be doing tops and whatever instead of making my Rask. ;)

I literally just bought (arrived in the mail yesterday) a Spinetic VC EDC COG Brass Spinner for $40.00. I'm pretty happy with it so far, and I think it has a pretty cool design for a single bearing spinner. This is my first spinner and I wanted something metal, unique, spins well, and didn't cost more than $60. So far it seems a winner.

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Nicotti you should have bought the Spinetic y spinner spinetic-spinners.com/product/spinetic-spinners-y-stainless-steel/ And x spinetic-spinners.com/product/spinetic-spinners-x-stainless-steel/ They maybe out of stock but its very with the wait

mountainhobo omfg we are trapped who knew... its the infamojs trap called 'the trend' DUN DUNNNNN

Arcane Master ikr

Thanks I will check them out as my first purchase of a spinner. The build quality is pretty good?

Suck My Mod yo Matt. Amazon has some nice copper ones under $25

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Lyrics King lol afance

Please tell me you are not older then 12

andre92h please tell me you understand he’s joking

Yeah, that would've been nice, but honestly, I didn't give enough of a damn. These little guys are fun, and a longer spin time is fun, but I'm not deep enough into that world to truly feel like I needed to go there.

Fasttech. It's a Chinese online retailer.

Counterfeit or "Homage" products are ugly, and I don't tend to support them here. But there's definitely an extent to which they can be a pressure-release valve during periods of mania.

I know your feelings on the subject very well, Nick. I know you mean well, but seriously: You can get a $20 Home made 3D printed spinner with bearings that probably came from china, or one of the 185 spinners that you already know come direct from china for under $20. It's not really a competition unless time is a factor. The bubble has already bursts IMO, you just have to know where to look. If someone just wants to try them out then I see no harm in getting a introduction toy for a introduction price. Most of us don't have excess money laying around for such trivial things.

ka1s3r_ there is one. its called the Fidknu Spinner.

ka1s3r_ Ahh the Z Hunter fidget spinner.

i kinda like the fact that knife makers can make tops and spinners to use up scrap material and give customers a cheap way to support them. however i am not remotely interested in either tbh

Rebel 24 it's a fake then

It's Ganzo. Give them a few months!

stedemon beat them to it. metal hand spinners (titanium, brass, and copper that I've seen) at plastic spinner prices.

yeah ganzo will make one. it will look nice, weigh about 4 kilos and be made from cheese grade steel.....or maybe lead.

I have a Stedemon titanium one. It's pretty nice. Light, small, good looks, and spins for 2 minutes.

TFSpider, I'm torn between getting the titanium Stedemon spinner or the brass one. What influenced your decision? All titanium sounds awesome but I wonder if it being less dense than the brass will mean it doesn't spin as long as the brass. On the other hand, being less dense may mean that it's easier to get it going with one hand.

+David Holt Grimsmo Knives is working on one.

+Mark Tong First and last time.

Cory Boyd HERE TAKE MY MONEY!!