My brother just bought one, had problems starting it so I tried it out. Well it said give the string some welly so I give it a good pull and the end flicked my wrist, got a nice red line and the skin at the end went off somewhere. Couple of drops of blood. Seems to work well enough though with me using it so the problem is him. Its got the lights but not the RPM display.

Certainly tensions your arm doing it, must be ideal for all the winkers out there who own one...

Been thinking of getting one myself. :whoops:

yeah thoughs things are awsome.
had a go on one a while ago and could only get it to 9700rpm.
theres vidios on youtube of people getting to silly speeds like 20000 rpm or somthing ridiculous like that.

We broke the stringy thing so we used the spinny thing on a dyson to get it goin lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCR8UDovPpA   30k rpm !  

thats the one, 15209 in the right hand and 15195 in the other. lol.

I broke mine by taking it apart to see how it worked

Since putting it back together it is misaligned and makes an awful grinding noise when you use it :s

http://www.tekforums.co.uk/posts/list/6229.page

Quote from: Eggtasticohttp://www.tekforums.co.uk/posts/list/6229.page

bah!! that was january, this is august.

Im so impressed that Im buying one!

Going for an inbuilt counter but will also have a look at the other options.

Quote from: SeriousIm so impressed that Im buying one!

Going for an inbuilt counter but will also have a look at the other options.

same as I got

Quote from: knightyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCR8UDovPpA   30k rpm !  

look at the top comment


lmao!

What they for?? And whats the string your on about serious?!

This is funny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tjshC72UJk

Still dont know what theyre for!!

Quote from: chrisdickoWhat they for?? And whats the string your on about serious?!

Its a wanking aid

Sweet, gonna get two then!!

Quote from: Eggtastico

Quote from: SeriousIm so impressed that Im buying one!

Going for an inbuilt counter but will also have a look at the other options.

same as I got

search ebay for Power Ball Gyro Blue Neon POWERBALL FREE BAG & STRAP

£23.94, not bad.

There are Chinese ones out there for about £7 although the quality is an unknown.

Yes I had to go for the blue one, geek level +1

Quote from: chrisdickoWhat they for?? And whats the string your on about serious?!

They are to give yourself Popeye type forearms, might improve your biceps/triceps a but too.

Basics, its a gyroscope in a hand held plastic case with a race to allow it to turn in two planes. The string is used to start the gyroscope off, you wind it around the thing and then pull start it like a petrol lawn mower. Look closely at some of the youtube vids and you will see people using them. After this you move it as if stirring a pot of stew or something. As it gets faster the resistance against moment increases until you cant get it to go any faster.