# Any advice or preference on glove vs tape?

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**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [July 6, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-advice-or-preference-on-glove-vs-tape/75627 "2015-07-06T15:31:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![evansj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/aeb1de/32.png) [@evansj](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/evansj)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-advice-or-preference-on-glove-vs-tape/75627/1 "2015-07-06T15:31:16Z")

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I currently don’t use anything in regards to a glove or tape, but recently I burned myself with the string doing a trick.

Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-advice-or-preference-on-glove-vs-tape/75627/2 "2015-07-06T15:35:38Z")

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Don’t burn yourself with a string.

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**Author:** ![TheArcadeKid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@TheArcadeKid](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheArcadeKid)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-advice-or-preference-on-glove-vs-tape/75627/3 "2015-07-06T15:40:33Z")

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string burns happen. when you notice a trick requires a lot of pressure/friction on your hands/fingers  
try and see if you can adjust to loosen it. but eventually you will build small calluses in the more common areas.  
if you really feel like you need it, i suppose you could pick up a glove, however i personally dont like them. hope this helped.

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**Author:** ![gijoey959](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gijoey959/32/7958_2.png) [@gijoey959](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gijoey959)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-advice-or-preference-on-glove-vs-tape/75627/4 "2015-07-06T18:35:41Z")

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I prefer tape, I have a glove, and the finger tips get stuck in loops very easily, not to mention I feel like they really take a lot of the feel away from the string, so it makes it more difficult for me. That’s just my opinion though, you could always try both and see what you like, gloves are not really expensive.