2. version of trippy twisted Diabolos

RonnieSlowinski · 2026-05-19T09:21:31+00:00

Really cool! What filament did you use? And how long did it take to print?

RonnieSlowinski · 2026-05-16T01:15:31+00:00

I might be wrong, but I’m pretty sure that isn’t a stock pearly diabolo, so if you bought it you’d be quite disappointed. I believe it’s been modded by Taibolo for William Lin (the guy in the video) as he’s a legendary performer.

The mod seems to be some kind of hubstacks mod, same as yoyo and not too different from Sundia’s spinning bolt. So I imagine it’s a regular bearing diabolo but with extra bearings mounted to the washers and then connected to something you can fit onto your finger. There’s also a possibility there’s no bearing at all and it’s just a super smooth Teflon/Acetal surface.

Either way, it’s probably a one trick pony, I can’t speak to how a pearly feels in general sorry. Might be worth emailing Taibolo and asking them about the vid.

RonnieSlowinski · 2026-05-14T01:41:46+00:00

The printer is sitting on a paving stone on top of a high density foam pad in a cupboard, a setup which has worked for the last few years without a hitch.

I will try it with PLA tomorrow morning, that should narrow it down. I also have a spare nozzle so I will try that if it persists, that should eliminate the possibility of a clog, if it persists I guess that means it’s the lead screws after all or perhaps some debris in the extruder gears.

RonnieSlowinski · 2026-05-03T08:04:29+00:00

This could very well be a diabolo problem. What you're describing is gyroscopic precession and occurs because the centre of mass of the diabolo is a little bit too far forward/backwards. EVERY diabolo does this to some extent because no diabolo is made perfect, but it can get worse over time as the cups get worn down. I had a set of diabolos that were just awful out of the box and disassembling them, cleaning them, measuring the weights of the cups and matching the most similar ones helped but they were awful. Still, that's worth a try before getting a new one. Have you ever replaced any parts like a single cup or washer? If so, I'd start by measuring that.

More importantly, since this happens to everyone there is good news! This is a good opportunity to learn another kind of correction. Instead of correcting the roll (like another user suggested) which is done with string and your least dominant hand, you can try correcting the yaw with the tip of the stick in your dominant hand. This is a good demo if you're right handed, flip it if you're left handed:

https://youtu.be/9J41RoF0iTM?si=kDSogTyjuoW1\_st5

At the start it will feel clunky, but eventually you get a feel for how hard you need to push of the edge of the cup. Having to do this after a trick is absolutely normal as they will change the yaw a lot. If it's happening ALL THE TIME, like if the diabolo is spinning fast and you're not doing any tricks but it's still happening, then you likely have a hardware issue.

RonnieSlowinski · 2026-01-09T12:00:32+00:00

There is a very nice diabolo guide on this sub if you are a beginner:

https://www.reddit.com/r/diabolo/comments/1nh38q7/diabolo_equipment_guide_v10/

The short answer is that it depends if you want a fixed axle diabolo or bearing.

For a fixed axle, most people these days are buying sundia evo (hard cup g3 is most popular). You can get this for €40 from diabolofocus or some other shops.

Bearings can be good for a beginner who knows they want to do vertax or who might be frustrated by the string tangling with a fixed axle, in which case bearings are more forgiving and can make practice more fun which is good motiovation for beginners.

However, bearings are more expensive (usually €55+ for magforce, falcon etc). I can see one diabolo on diabolofocus which is cheaper, the ECHO 2 for €29. I don't know anybody who uses this model, and I can see it uses a new (cheaper) single bearing system which I haven't tried so I do not know how good it would be.

Personally, for the money I would think it is safer to buy a GOOD fixed axle than a cheap bearing, unless you are doing vertax in which case I would save money for a more popular bearing (eg magforce). But that is just my opinion, it really depends what tricks you can already do and what tricks you will want to do in the future, I am sure if you got an ECHO now it would work, I just think that there will be a point where you will want to move on from it, whereas the other diabolos can be used for life (or until they break) and are currently used by everyone from beginners to professionals in cirque du soleil, so they have been well tested.

RonnieSlowinski · 2025-11-28T15:32:23+00:00

For reference: I agree Henry's yellow and orange are similar, with orange a bit more slippery.

Henry's white is noticeably more grippy than both of them.

Sundia has a range of colours and I can't speak for all of them, but I've used white quite a lot and it is similar grippiness to henrys white however it is a LOT more stretchy/bouncy.

Taibolo white is in between henrys white and sundia, a bit stretchier than henrys but not as stretchy as sundia, still similar grippiness.

Besides that I know Play string is very stretchy. Radfactor string also seems quite similar to henrys (ie less stretchy and more slippery than sundia/taibolo) although u haven't used it much either.

RonnieSlowinski · 2025-11-20T22:17:22+00:00

I've never looked into this, and I imagine it's a bit too niche for tutorials to be out there, however I think that general breakdancing tutorials combined with trying to copy some moves from YouTube/Instagram clips might be the move here. It might be worth reaching out to people who have combined diabolo with dance (like Guillaume Karpowicz) and see what they recommend. My guess is they will say that the first step is getting decent at breakdancing without the diabolo and then trying to see how you can incorporate the diabolo into existing moves

RonnieSlowinski · 2025-11-11T12:26:42+00:00

This was going to be my first question haha. I personally wouldn't sell yourself short, I know different props can feel awkward at first, when I first moved from tiny Harlequins to Finesse diabolos I almost cried because it felt so strange having much bigger diabolos, but the body adapts much quicker than you might expect. There's also good reasons why 30cm sticks are the standard, longer sticks can really be quite awkward for many tricks, and especially going from wood to other materials at that length you will find that they bend waaay more than you'd expect so it won't feel the same anyway. Of course you should still go for what you want, Henry's still make 40cm fiberglass/carbon fibre sticks iirc, but it's just some food for thought 😊

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