Valkyrie Fidget Spinner by Alpha-Bot Industries

[@TMRaven]

I use my Valkyrie as half worry-stone, half fidget-spinner. The stainless steel is very smooth and almost 'wet,' the smoothness is reinforced by the well chamfered and rounded edges. The appearance screams executive to me, as it's a simplistic and almost monolithic solid chunk of stainless steel. The creators allowed the use of customization by adding melted crayons or some other medium to go inside the grooves around the triangles for added flavor. I love the bar spinner form factor as well. Ironically, the Valkyrie is considered big by spinner standards, with arms stretching beyond 2.5 inches, but its bar design allows its overall footprint to be minimized for worry-stone usage and pocketing. I ordered two other bearings for my Valkyrie. The Acer Racing Hybrid R188 gives 2-3 more minutes of spin time compared to the full stainless steel bearing that comes with the Valkryie, and the One Drop shielded and lubed full stainless steel bearing allows for completely silent and smooth spinning while fidgeting. The wobble is a side-effect of heavy bar spinners, so it's mostly not the Valkyrie's fault, but I do agree that its buttons and/or bearing could be a little better secured. The wobbling is minimized when pressing down hard on the buttons while spinning off axis, as opposed to loosely holding the buttons, which leads me to believe a more secure fit would help mitigate the problem.

[@michaelreed649]

Great review. I love my Valkyrie. I also get a 7 minute plus spin time. There are NO hot spots. The machining is great and the feel is well chamfered. It is a smooth spinner and is quite fidgitable. Just as a quick FYI about bearings, The R188 is what most use now. It is the bearing of choice for most. Also about the wobble, ALL bar spinners will have it. It is indicative of the style but the Valkyrie isn't too bad. There are a few that have less wobble but not many and not by a lot.

[@lukamartin9624]

I am gonna buy the Valkyrie when they are back in stock. I now just have a standard plastic one. I will also make a review on my channel LuMar, but that is in Dutch.

[@jonny8688]

The most used and is standard in most spinners. Also considered to be the best bearing and you have never heard of it? :o Hmm these days its kinda hard to find a a spinner that dont use the r188. The sound this spinner makes is incredible, sounds awesome indeed!