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I don't think it's possible to spend a day here in San Francisco w/out seeing someone using a spinner.
It seems like these EDC fidget/stress toys came from nowhere and suddenly popped up just about everywhere. My CFO has a, granted rather attractive, brass spinner that he keeps in his office and I've seen him aimlessly spin it as he's on a conf. call.
Personally I must admit I've never really been into these stress/fidget EDC toys (remember the stress balls, etc) but I can sort of kind of see the appeal with these.
So what are they?
In short they are all mechanical (no batteries, etc) hand-held spinning tools that uses a number of bearings to extend the spin to up to 5+ minutes.
Some of them are multi-functional in that they are also cigar rests, bottle openers,etc and some of them even incorporate some light emitting chemicals in them.
You can also in many cases 'customize' and accessorize them.
They come in every possible material and price point and seem to predominantly be a male-thing.
Trivia: One of the most popular spinner-maker is in the UK: Rotablade
There are Kickstarter ones as well that are doing very well.
Me?
I hate to dismiss something I haven't tried personally but...I just can't see myself getting one of these.
Maybe I'm just not stressed enough.
Anyone here having jumped on the hand-spinner craze?
This video does a pretty good job explaining the background/"reason" for these spinners:
Some Rotablade products:
It seems like these EDC fidget/stress toys came from nowhere and suddenly popped up just about everywhere. My CFO has a, granted rather attractive, brass spinner that he keeps in his office and I've seen him aimlessly spin it as he's on a conf. call.
Personally I must admit I've never really been into these stress/fidget EDC toys (remember the stress balls, etc) but I can sort of kind of see the appeal with these.
So what are they?
In short they are all mechanical (no batteries, etc) hand-held spinning tools that uses a number of bearings to extend the spin to up to 5+ minutes.
Some of them are multi-functional in that they are also cigar rests, bottle openers,etc and some of them even incorporate some light emitting chemicals in them.
You can also in many cases 'customize' and accessorize them.
They come in every possible material and price point and seem to predominantly be a male-thing.
Trivia: One of the most popular spinner-maker is in the UK: Rotablade
There are Kickstarter ones as well that are doing very well.
Me?
I hate to dismiss something I haven't tried personally but...I just can't see myself getting one of these.
Maybe I'm just not stressed enough.
Anyone here having jumped on the hand-spinner craze?
This video does a pretty good job explaining the background/"reason" for these spinners:
Some Rotablade products: