Buying My Friend a Kendama for his birthday
I have been looking through this subreddit for a couple of weeks, trying to figure out which setup to buy him, but i'm a bit lost. Since you guys have very mixed opinions, it feels like i can't go too wrong with any of the big brands, but i just wanted to make sure i don't make a stupid mistake.
He has been a dama player since like 2011 on and off, but i have no clue how good he is.
I'm having a bit of trouble with the recommendations on here, because of the subjectivity, my lack of knowledge and the relativity. I've seen people recommending the krom lambo, and others disliking Krom as a whole, i've seen people liking a lot of the cereal shapes. But is it better than krom? Worse? I don't know which brands compare to which, and the quality differences. Should i buy a complete kendama or should i buy the ken and dama seperatly?
Honestly speaking the complete kendamas are within my budget, but i would would be willing to go a bit out of budget, if it was worth it.
If buying seperatly i was thinking of buying a Okendama revoclear in ash, but i can't decide which ken to pick:
Krom ADRIAN VILAU PRO MODEL
Krom LAMBO
Cereal Trinity
Cereal Rethink
(All in maple)
The complete Kendamas all have beech tamas with Matte Antiskid 2.0 and maple kens
the shapes are between:
Cereal Rethink
Cereal Trinity
Krom Lambo
Let me know if you have any questions, and thank you in advance!