Forums > Help! > cathedral vs monkey fist

Posted: 25th Apr 2012
It depends, monkeys are heavier, more expensive and arguably create a better looking flame, cathedrals the opposite.

What sort of spinning do you do and how much experience do you have?

Working hard to be a wandering hippie layabout. Ten years down, five to go!

Posted: 27th Apr 2012
i have not yet owned nor spun a pair of fire poi, but i have had about a year and a half of LED spinning.

"Thats what"
—She

Posted: 2nd May 2012
Cathedrals also mentally feel softer when you hit yourself in the nuts...
It's an important physcological effect

A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.

Posted: 3rd May 2012
lol, thnx

"Thats what"
—She

Posted: 14th Aug 2014
These responses don't address the pros and cons of each. could you address goods and bads of eachthem please?

Posted: 24th Feb 2015
Hey im in no way able to address factual pros and cons about the heads but as an owner of both over the last 10 years ill share my opinions.

Cathedral Weave:
Pros-
lighter in weight
more forgiving when mistakes are made
very large "fireball" burn style
capable to reproduce yourself at home
easy presoak and spin out for striaght to the point burn

cons-
its fire poi no cons! lol

now im gonna give my opinion on monkey fist and keep in mind some of these pros are strictly in comparison to the cahedral head

Monkey Fist Weave:
pros-
MORE balanced weight makes planes, orbits, and hypers more approachable
tight deep weave allows for longer burns
IMO the visual aspect of a MFW is more like a burning tennis ball, it gives off a gorgeous comet burn with flowing tails
they are heavier (con?) but i find this allows me to become more fluid. in transitions as well as moves.


there are so many weaves out there im curious what makes you battle these two? if your looking for something in between i would suggest the twista. good luck n safe burns