# Cake’s String Reviews **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Reviews\ **Created:** [August 31, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615 "2023-08-31T19:29:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![LX\_Emergency](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lx_emergency/32/149227_2.png) [@LX\_Emergency](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LX_Emergency)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/405 "2025-09-03T13:02:41Z")
Got a Fora at worlds….kind of need a pack of Canopy Rope now…. ---
**Author:** ![Georgekouts](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/georgekouts/32/645027_2.png) [@Georgekouts](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Georgekouts)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/406 "2025-09-03T13:24:27Z")
I will soon receive some canopy rope as well l, based on cake’s review. Can’t wait! ---
**Author:** ![Yooo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yooo/32/196320_2.png) [@Yooo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yooo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/407 "2025-09-03T14:02:39Z")
OT Sitanggang is my new favorite string. I really liked original OT Fat but hate the way it feels once it starts to get worn out. It’s like a feeling that messes with my sensory feelings if thats the term. These don’t do that. Still haven’t got to try Hunter’s I heard they last longer. Another thing that confuses me is I have the Crescendo and have no clue how Johnathan binds so well with his signature string. ---
**Author:** ![cmoneylone1999](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cmoneylone1999/32/622460_2.png) [@cmoneylone1999](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cmoneylone1999)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/408 "2025-09-03T14:55:12Z")
Very sticky pads ---
**Author:** ![Yooo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yooo/32/196320_2.png) [@Yooo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yooo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/409 "2025-09-03T15:09:13Z")
I’ve been thinking of swapping them. I like the crescendo alot. ---
**Author:** ![aderan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aderan/32/628562_2.png) [@aderan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/aderan)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/410 "2025-09-03T15:17:55Z")
Safe to assume softer pads or is just really used to it at this point. I play his OT string a lot and it used to play kinda slippery in his older sig, the GTR-JS, until I did a pad swap. ---
**Author:** ![theendofcake](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theendofcake/32/245990_2.png) [@theendofcake](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/theendofcake)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/411 "2025-09-03T20:23:57Z")
I’ve never had that issue! I even tried the string with a Crescendo I have and it felt great. I don’t remember the kinds of pads in it though ---
**Author:** ![Yooo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yooo/32/196320_2.png) [@Yooo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yooo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/412 "2025-09-04T00:16:33Z")
Maybe its just my Crescendo. My yoyos with pads down to almost the metal bind better than the Crescendo I have 😭 ---
**Author:** ![NuroVolt7](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nurovolt7/32/671908_2.png) [@NuroVolt7](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NuroVolt7)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/413 "2025-09-04T00:44:25Z")
Did you try swapping to a more shallow bearing? ---
**Author:** ![Yooo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yooo/32/196320_2.png) [@Yooo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yooo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/414 "2025-09-04T05:04:50Z")
I haven’t. What kind of bearing do you mean? ---
**Author:** ![NuroVolt7](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nurovolt7/32/671908_2.png) [@NuroVolt7](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NuroVolt7)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/415 "2025-09-04T11:54:49Z")
I believe Duncans come standard with a concave bearing. If you swap it for a more shallow bearing, i.e. CT, DS, VIP, etc, it should help with slippy binds as the string will be closer to the response area. However, if your style of play involves loading lots of string into the gap, make sure the bearing you swap it with isn’t too shallow, or it will be more likely to snag. You likely gonna have to try out whatever you have on hand to see what works best for you ---
**Author:** ![Splizacular](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/splizacular/32/640487_2.png) [@Splizacular](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Splizacular)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/416 "2025-09-04T14:01:22Z")
> [@NuroVolt7](#): > > it should help with slippy binds as the string will be closer to the how so? ---
**Author:** ![NuroVolt7](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nurovolt7/32/671908_2.png) [@NuroVolt7](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NuroVolt7)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/417 "2025-09-04T16:02:54Z")
> [@NuroVolt7](#): > > the string will be closer to the response area. In my experience, (my Summer Solstice during 1July is a great example) when I noticed binds were slipping with a CT, I swapped it for a VIP and binds were normal again until the pads recessed even further. When that happened I swapped the VIP for a flat. The yoyo was snaggy for a bit afterwards as the Solstice has a more narrow gap. You will need less string to bind with if the bearing is shallow. In other words, the tail you have when you set up for a bind won’t be as long. ---
**Author:** ![Georgekouts](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/georgekouts/32/645027_2.png) [@Georgekouts](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Georgekouts)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/418 "2025-09-04T16:21:17Z")
> [@NuroVolt7](#): > > You will need less string to bind with if the bearing is shallow. I think this is not correct. Flat bearings require less string for the bind to take. Center track requires bit more and concave require bit more than than. Please correct me if I am wrong! ---
**Author:** ![NuroVolt7](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nurovolt7/32/671908_2.png) [@NuroVolt7](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NuroVolt7)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/419 "2025-09-04T16:38:57Z")
That’s exactly what I mean. A flat is more shallow than a CT, which is more shallow than a concave. Sorry, I should have specified ---
**Author:** ![Splizacular](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/splizacular/32/640487_2.png) [@Splizacular](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Splizacular)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/420 "2025-09-04T16:42:03Z")
sry my quote got cut off before i intended, but i was asking how a flatter bearing would lead to being closer to the response area ---
**Author:** ![Benthrowsyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/benthrowsyoyo/32/300522_2.png) [@Benthrowsyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Benthrowsyoyo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/421 "2025-09-04T17:00:08Z")
It isn’t necessarily closer to the response area per se, but a flatter bearing will more easily contact the response area as there is nothing to stop or “correct" the course and movement on the string. Practically if you put something in a U-shape rotated around a plane, gravity will tend to make the object stay around in the trough of the U instead of how a flat surface would work ---
**Author:** ![NuroVolt7](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nurovolt7/32/671908_2.png) [@NuroVolt7](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NuroVolt7)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/422 "2025-09-04T17:02:16Z")
I’ll give you a visual when I get home. Think of it this way: if you have a line at the inner wall of the response area, and a dot at the lowest point in the bearing, the flatter/more shallow/less deep a bearing is, the closer that point will be to the line ---
**Author:** ![Benthrowsyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/benthrowsyoyo/32/300522_2.png) [@Benthrowsyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Benthrowsyoyo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/423 "2025-09-04T17:04:19Z")
In short, kinda like how the hypotenuse of a right triangle is longer than either of the other legs of that triangle. Idk if that simplifies things seeing as how I’m using trig but that is the comparison that comes to mind ---
**Author:** ![rkalajian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rkalajian/32/672584_2.png) [@rkalajian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rkalajian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cake-s-string-reviews/383615/424 "2025-09-04T17:29:27Z")
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