If you asked me a week ago I would have said Kusa but for my bday I got a krom pop and a krom x beams and boy do those things play! I think they look great and they definitely play great. Durability I will have to see but so far nothing but greatness from them. So yeah right now my favourite company would be krom!
My top 3: kusa, gt, DWI. Sticky AF goes well with almost any other ken you stick it with. In my opinion.
Just got the new sol shape and I’m hooked. Instantly a fan. I love the kusa pro mods and the hg play so good too. Way to many to chose just one
Rez because of the amazing looks and the insane lunar balance. The only problem is that they aren’t exactly the most durable Kendama out there.
Sweets pro mod for the price, Krom Slaydawg for overall. I prefer maple, regular+ size, and sticky paint.
Oh god...THIS question. It's always hard for me to decide, but I'm kinda getting more and more into Sweets' old F3s and KUSA's original 5 v4 pro mods! I would say that it's a split tie between them for just basic kendamas, but Sweets takes the win with the OG homegrowns. I haven't copped a Next Gen maple or even a prime, so definitely looking forward to jamming one in the future if I can pick one up! (which probably won't happen for over a year!)
The Krom Pop has unlocked SO many tricks for me it's unreal. I love the shape of the ken. Same can be said for the Sweets Prime as well. Love those damas. It's hard to beat affordable, accessible, stylish perfomance ya know? That said, I gotta rep DWI. Portland pride forever. I'm sure as soon as I can cop a GT, I'll take this all back.
@Carlos Habbenero, I joined multiple similar threads together so previous replies can be seen. In this case it also added a poll so get your votes in.
Glad we could vote for multiple companies. There are so many great people in this industry. You know I gotta put most of my disposable income into supporting the dama world
Poll troll. Seriously though, I think we could perhaps edit the poll to add other companies since the OP hasn't been around for quite a while and is unlikely to do it themselves. I'm unsure of the max number of options the forum software allows however. (EDIT: Just checked, 10 is the max number of poll entries allowed so this one is topped out)
Glad that the three kings of the industry (Sweets, KUSA, and Krom) have been given their due appreciation, with Sweets coming out on top of the poll, and KUSA & Krom tied for second. Great damas, great marketing, great customer service, etc. across all three of the brands.
Maybe we can add one more company? Why are there two entries for sweets ("Sweets" and "Sweets Homegrown")? )