# Comparing string thickness / fatness?

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**Created:** [July 16, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/comparing-string-thickness-fatness/290711 "2018-07-16T01:07:34Z")\
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> [@MattB](#):
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> For example, Ammo, Venom and Plutonium have the same number of strands, but each is a different thickness. These are all thicker and have more strands than Type X which I would call regular thickness (although Venom is just barely thicker than Type X)

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> [@Ammo, Venom, or Plutonium?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ammo-venom-or-plutonium/293471/7):
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> Oh yeah @MattB summarized in [https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyostringlab-new-formula/289313/9](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyostringlab-new-formula/289313/9) AMMO - This is a thick version of Type X that I did for JD. Super nice for slack, but if you do a lot of layers in the gap, you have to be on top of your game. Softest of them all. Venom - Eric Koloski wanted something for his slack style, and if possible in a regular thickness, so we came up with Venom. It slacks more like AMMO, but about the same thickness as Type X. It’s softish, but not as sof…

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