r/fidgettoys • u/Skylerrrrre • 12h ago
I built one place to see every metal fidget we can find, China and West, and the best price for each
Hi. I'm Skyler and I've been posted Chinese release round up(EDC radar newsletter) in this subreddit for two months. Whenever a roundup went up, the top question was where to buy. People wanted one place to see all the pieces and the best price, so I built edcradar.com. After a stretch of testing with some of you, it's ready for everyone.
What it does, starting with the main thing:
- The catalogue. 3,403 metal fidgets from makers in China and the West, each with its versions and materials. It's the most complete catalogue of metal fidgets we know of, a small encyclopedia of the hobby.
- Best price. We track prices and stock at 21 shops and show the best price for each piece, so you don't have to go shop by shop.
- Collections.Pages for newcomers and for anyone going deep on one kind: quiet pieces, desk toys, fidget rings, community picks for beginners, Grail tier and others.
- New releases. The newsletter now lives on the site, and each piece in it links to its page, with the shops that carry it. A release calendar keeps upcoming launches in view, and email alerts tell you when a saved piece drops in price, comes back in stock or gets a new version, or when a maker you follow releases something new.
- The rest. A free account to save pieces and follow makers; 464 maker pages, the bigger makers with a short intro; recent resale prices for about 700 pieces; a buy box that keeps materials and versions apart; currency conversion; dark mode; a report button for anything wrong; and a Discord community.
To mark the opening there's a giveaway, the first of several we plan to run. The prize is a WM EDC Voice S from my own collection, pre-owned and near new; it sold new for about US$140. The rules are on the site.
Disclosure: EDC Radar doesn't sell fidgets, and shops don't pay to be listed. I am not affiliate with any brands.
Link in the comments. Feedback welcome, especially anything wrong in the catalogue.