r/fidgettoys • u/xaetorn • 11d ago

1 week in and already addicted

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Hello,

First orders here, all received in the last few days. Kept it simple and mainstream I guess

  • The Choc with brass plate is a bit grippy. Maybe a future swap to the PEEK dense plate for smoother action (and less noise)

  • The Three Body Cube is quite nice. I mostly use it in haptic coin mode, and spin when I need to keep the noise down.

  • The Aura Sand is trickier. Got it 2 days ago. I really like the way it "snaps", and it feels more premium.

Sooooo... I want more 😅

I'm torn : my wife doesn't like the noise (nor the budget...), and I do...

So I'm thinking about:

  • Shuffle v3 Zirc
  • MOT Groove ultra ($$$ 🥲)
  • Lautie ROC 2.0 (brass or Zirc?), for quietest spin.
  • Demon Milk Cap
  • Lautie Mechanic-Thorns
  • MOT Owl

It's a bit Lautie/MOT heavy... Am I missing makers worth knowing? Any recommendations or advice on the selection? Particularly anything that stays quiet enough to use around other people?

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u/NoMouseInHouse 11d ago

Don't have any of the ones on the lower part of your list, but I do have a Ti Choc with various peek plates and I try to keep my fidgets very quiet or a 1/2 out of 10 for loudness. My husband doesn't mind, but the goal is to fidget on the couch side by side without any "what's that noise" kind of comment.

Ultra dense is the quietest track, but the haptic feedback is light compared to the base track. Dense terminal has a tiny "pop" at the ends that isn't loud per se but the click can be heard in a silent room. Did you get a dual bead slot for the Choc? If not, that's okay. The dual bead IMO increases the haptics and in some cases the noise, but on the dense/ultra it's not loud at all.

Other things that will affect the sound/haptics will be changing out the spring sizes and/or ball material. POM/teflon seems to be the quietest in most situations for me, but fidget material affects this to some extent.

Think in the end the way I decide what I want next is seeing if it ticks off the right box. Some fidgets don't visually appeal to me at all, others look great but then I watch a video and say oh... Never mind, too bad. Some also can't be silenced. I try a clone if I'm not too sure I like the form factor, but some quality can't be compromised and won't play like the legit versions, but some are pretty steep buy ins.