# Anyone try the Sochi co stuff? **URL:** \ **Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation\ **Created:** [June 4, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348 "2019-06-04T21:54:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnnyJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/johnnyj/32/94616_2.png) [@JohnnyJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JohnnyJ)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/1 "2019-06-04T21:54:48Z")
Interested in how their strings/bearings perform. Response pads would be interesting to hear about if anyone has tried those also. ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/2 "2019-06-05T00:10:00Z")
Id also like to know 🙋🏻‍♂️ Particularly string and pads ---
**Author:** ![SpyseaRice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/spysearice/32/82121_2.png) [@SpyseaRice](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SpyseaRice)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/3 "2019-06-05T00:36:27Z")
Now that I’ve decided to move away from flowable, I want to try other pads 🙋‍♀️ ---
**Author:** ![Damb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/damb/32/44045_2.png) [@Damb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Damb)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/4 "2019-06-05T00:46:58Z")
Seems like some hype to me, bearings are kinda expensive (?) ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/5 "2019-06-05T01:36:49Z")
Not sure if they’re Chinese made or not but if they aren’t those are most certainly not expensive ---
**Author:** ![Damb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/damb/32/44045_2.png) [@Damb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Damb)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/6 "2019-06-05T01:40:46Z")
My bad, I’m used to paying Chinese bearing prices :joy: ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/7 "2019-06-05T01:52:51Z")
I will say though that even though the owner created the company to provide quality supplies for cheap they aren’t really doing that. $3 for pads aren’t exactly cheap and there’s no bulk option. Like you said the bearings aren’t exactly cheap if you’re competing with Chinese bearings. If bulk string isn’t boutique poly quality then the value isn’t really there either. But I’m buying into the hype anyway 🤷‍♂️ If these will replace the hole irpad left and their strings are better and longer lasting than other bulk polys then that’s good enough for me. ---
**Author:** ![SpyseaRice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/spysearice/32/82121_2.png) [@SpyseaRice](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SpyseaRice)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/8 "2019-06-05T02:20:21Z")
> [@andy569](#): > > If these will replace the hole irpad left Wait what? I’ve heard good things about IR pad but I really have no idea about them. Can anyone bring me up to speed? ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/9 "2019-06-05T02:30:05Z")
Luckey Li is a monstrous yoyo player, I’m super curious to see what constitutes superior yoyo gear under his standards. ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/10 "2019-06-05T02:41:22Z")
IrPads was the company of Ryosuke Iwasawa (famous japanese yoyo player, sponsored by YoyoRecreation, and known for his insanely difficult laceration tricks, also creator of the widely-famous trick “Iwasawa Tower”). IrPads were used in all YYR yoyos for a while and also were developed in a lot of sizes, according to an era of yoyoing where 9mm pads were not so standard (back then that size was know as K-pads or Kentaro pads). IrPads were known for being supper grippy and soft, and came in a very soft pink color. The company stopped producing pads as long as i know, and slowly moved out of the spotlight. ---
**Author:** ![SpyseaRice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/spysearice/32/82121_2.png) [@SpyseaRice](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SpyseaRice)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 2:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/11 "2019-06-05T02:43:23Z")
Thanks for the history lesson! > [@EOS44](#): > > the widely-famous trick “Iwasawa Tower” oof I don’t know this. YT time! ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/12 "2019-06-05T02:49:17Z")
I got you :wink: “Iwasawa Tower”, created by Ryosuke Iwasawa, performed by Malcolm “Meowcolm” Chiu. ---
**Author:** ![SpyseaRice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/spysearice/32/82121_2.png) [@SpyseaRice](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SpyseaRice)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/13 "2019-06-05T03:05:13Z")
😱 ---
**Author:** ![Saber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/saber/32/52611_2.png) [@Saber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Saber)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/14 "2019-06-05T03:26:41Z")
Double ewe tee eff. I’m still watching that trying to figure it out. ---
**Author:** ![Damb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/damb/32/44045_2.png) [@Damb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Damb)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/15 "2019-06-06T17:28:14Z")
been practicing this laceration on and off for the past few weeks, ONE DAY! ---
**Author:** ![Marm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/marm/32/46204_2.png) [@Marm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Marm)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/16 "2019-06-06T19:13:31Z")
This trick is a pain ---
**Author:** ![nonja121](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nonja121/32/52722_2.png) [@nonja121](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nonja121)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/17 "2019-06-06T20:06:53Z")
Haven’t opened up their sting yet but loving their pink response pads in my Y01 Node currently. Nice and grippy. ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/johnnyj/32/94616_2.png) [@JohnnyJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JohnnyJ)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/18 "2019-06-06T21:11:15Z")
Definitely let me know when you try the strings. Interested how they compare to bulk poly ---
**Author:** ![Jedillama](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jedillama/32/45547_2.png) [@Jedillama](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jedillama)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/19 "2019-06-10T00:30:10Z")
![15601265792531252856277](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/5/f/e5fd408a7b31d5e14828f49d28a138cb8cd37d8c.jpeg) Picked up a nimbus. Very good. ---
**Author:** ![ColinBecko](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/colinbecko/32/54758_2.png) [@ColinBecko](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ColinBecko)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348/20 "2019-06-11T00:28:58Z")
I’m sponsored by Sochi Co, I think out of all of the products I would recommend the bearings the most. Those are my favorite out of all of the accessories that are offered. The pink pads are also really nice. I would consider the sample pack the best deal offered by the brand if you want to try everything out. [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-try-the-sochi-co-stuff/303348.md?page=2)