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Oscar Vortex vs. Tornado Spinner
tonmazz:
Ok guys, I can't wait anymore. I need a spinner and from all of my reading, the Slik Stik Tornado Spinner seems to be a good alternative to the Oscar Vortex. Before I dive in I would appreciate some personal experiences. I have reviewed the comparisons listed previously but they don't difinitively say one is better than the other. Any advice is appreciated.
Timoe:
I've never touched and oscar spinner but when I got my tornado I set it on a coworkers desk and amazed him with how long it kept spinning off of just one turn. Literally THREE FULL MINUTES. This means nothing to game play mind you its just cool.
On the other hand it is WAY TOO expensive. I would much prefer a homemade hack for my next spinner. There's a guy here who can make one out of parts from a hardrive. He calls em "nasty spinners" I cant remember his username or website but they were like $20 or something.
Oscars spinners might be the perfect middle ground
CJK:
The Tornado is a great spinner -- good feel, smooth as silk, tiny footprint. The two major problems with it, in my opinion, are that (1) it is too expensive and (2) it uses its own encoder so it won't work with the OptiPAC unless you change the encoder for one of Kelsey's (or build your own).
-- Chris
RTSDaddy2:
I suppose it's all just a matter of personal preference...
I just recently purchased the Tornado for much the same reasons you listed.
CJK:
Do you have any issues with a trackball and the Tornado connected at the same time? I liked the idea of the OptiPAC handling that (potential) conflict for me by ignoring one or the other, depending on what was used in the last 10 seconds.
-- Chris