Hi there! Here we have twelve juggling props. Which one will you fall in love with? Some greet you kindly on day one, but plateau sooner than you'd expect. Others make you sweat for months, then keep rewarding you for decades. This guide scores every prop from 1 to 20 across seven categories — from beginner-friendliness to artistic potential — and shows what a good setup really costs. The scores are drawn from the collective wisdom of the juggling community, and the prices come from real shops. Want to see where all this data comes from? You'll find the sources at the bottom of the page. Now pick a prop and watch it move.
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The 1–20 scores were drafted by Claude (an AI assistant) as a synthesis of the juggling community's conventional wisdom — not personal practice hours or measured data. The main wells it drew from:
Library of Juggling · TWJC tutorials · Wikibooks juggling guides · juggling.org · The Juggling Edge forum · Kinetic Circus tutorials
Prices were gathered in June 2026 from juggling retailers, aiming at good mid-range gear:
Firetoys · Renegade Juggling · Play Juggling · Home of Poi · Juggling Warehouse · The Spinsterz · Hoopologie · YoYoTricks · NetJuggler · Amazon listings
The animation techniques (cascade scoop, diabolo spin-up, plate-spinning start) follow the same tutorial sites, plus Wikipedia on plate spinning.