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#830684 - 18/06/07 10:06 PM Weight on sock poi
LadyDay Offline
newbie

Registered: 31/05/07
Loc: Silkeborg
How heavy are your sock poi?

Wondering how much weight should I out into my newly bought sock poi? I don't want them too bouncy, but heavy enough to be stabile.
How do you fill in your dried beans (or whatever you use), but them in a sock with a knot on and then inside the sock poi or?

Cheers

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#830685 - 18/06/07 10:42 PM Re: Weight on sock poi [Re: LadyDay]
Felixwah Offline
journeyman

Registered: 12/09/05
Loc: Norhwich/Manchester
safe i have a few a diff weights betwwen 90g - 140g, depends what you want, the heavier they are the slower they will spin but the more momentum they will have when there faster, also better for iso's. i fill balloons with rice or sand, i use a funnel and chopstick plus once you have it at your required weight suck the air out of the balloon then tie it, i feel this gives you a nicer ball (not necessary its my personal preference really. then i also but that balloon into another balloon so i can just stick the poi in the wash without taking the balls out (easier when you have weighted handles)

hope that helps


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#830686 - 19/06/07 02:20 AM Re: Weight on sock poi [Re: Felixwah]
TheBovrilMonkey Offline
Liquid Cow

Registered: 03/09/01
Loc: High Wycombe, England
I use 110 gram juggling balls in my poi.

If I'm feeling particularly lazy then I'll use a shop bought ball, otherwise I'll make my own using the patterns here.
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