Contact Poi the Optimum Setup
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- čas přidán 11. 06. 2024
- Here I talk about what is optimum setup for your contact poi and also what might be keeping you from doing certain moves. For a great set of poi I recommend Flow on Fire. Discount code POIMECHANIC
Wonderful video. Haven't moved on to contact moves yet but your video was a real education. Thanks.
Thank you so much! Helps me a lot, I've been eyeing flowonfire for months trying to figure out what I need! I feel like you blessed me with your knowledge. ×*°
Awesome, glad I could help
Super good Info
Thanks for doing what you do!
You're welcome :)
You are the man, thanks a ton!
Good video! Well presented and lots of useful info. Thanks
Thanks
Love this.
Thank u
I just got into contact poi 3 weeks ago and this video helped me a ton in creating my setup, thank you so much! For VPC rope do you recommend 3/8" or 7/16"?
That's rad! Glad I could help
Hey there! This is a really insightful video. How do you recommend that beginner-intermediates find their optimum setup? I'm ready to move on from the super basic beginner poi, I'm interested in contact, but I'm not sure where to start to save myself a lot of time and effort. Or maybe time and effort is required to figure it out?
Hi. It does just take time to figure it out. But for women I think 190 heads or lighter is good tp keep the fatigue down cause the heavier ones will even hurt my shoulders if I spin a lot. Also depending on hand size I would recommend maybe 95mm heads. The length still applies the same as in this video. You could always order a longer set if you wanted and shorten them.
hey were you at cheeseman park flowjam a few weeks ago in Denver? Think I met you but I didn't get your name lol
Yep that was me
@@ThePoiMechanic Oh cool! We were spinning poi at the end of the night there. Playing with tosses and obscure patterns and stuff. Hope to catch you again there if you go often.
@@mirrorcube3709 oh yeah. Well I moved back to Sedona for the winter. I'll be back in spring some time and will be back up there so hope to jam again
hey, I was wondering if I could melt the vpc rope at the end so it doesn't slip out just like the smithy rope or if I have to use something different?
It doesn't work that well but could technically be done if you have a washer on it. Problem is that the cover is made of polyester which doesn't melt all that great and the core is made from a fine fiber called Vectran which has a much lower melting point. This means you have to start by melting the cover first then the core. The fine fibers in the core will start to shrivel up quickly so you have to be ready. Then push the melted end into a flat surface to bond the fibers. I recommend using a 2 part epoxy called Devcon Home from Ace Hardware if you can or even high heat glue sticks (Yellow kind from Ace
What size VPC rope do you recommend / are you using in this video?
I like 3/8 for nearly every trick although I'm starting to like 7/16 slightly more because the rope stays more rigid thru the toss
Can you sub in climbing rope, or does that eventually become a problem due to the "give" in it?
You can do climbing rope for sure but both feel too rough on my hands for my liking. Static climbing rope will be much stiffer which is great for juggling and keeping the rope straight while tossing. Dynamic rope works well too and is much more floppy. The dynamic I have tried tends to not stay perfectly straight when doing tosses but it's not too bad.
When you say you start your setup at 28.5" does that mean from tip to tip, or just rope length?
tip to tip
Sweet. Thanks for the speedy reply. You da man!!
Hey, what's your opinion on JL rope?
I'm personally not a fan. It feels amazing and has a good stiffness to it but I notice when you are spinning if the head is twisting a little then the rope fibers, which are layed in 2x2 strands, will start to stick out so if feels like a little ridge against your hand. Kinda hard to explain, you would have to feel it. I know some people love it and maybe I'm just a perfectionist. I do like the stiffness of it though. I am using vpc with technora core. I found that if you double up 3/16 technora (splice it thru itself) that it doesn't shrink anywhere near as bad as straight vpc plus it has a bit more stiffness. It's especially noticeable in the non solid color vpc.
hey man, what size vpc is that? Cheers
I don't have that set anymore but I think it was 3/8 but I have made some with 7/16