# Good string for Looping tricks **URL:** \ **Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation\ **Created:** [July 14, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-string-for-looping-tricks/56467 "2013-07-14T04:42:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PerspectiveDesigns](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/perspectivedesigns/32/1288_2.png) [@PerspectiveDesigns](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PerspectiveDesigns)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-string-for-looping-tricks/56467/1 "2013-07-14T04:42:02Z")
What’s good string for looping tricks? I’ve just been using yoyoexpert’s 100% poly string. Is that good for looping, or is there something better? ---
**Author:** ![Big\_cat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/big_cat/32/877_2.png) [@Big\_cat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Big_cat)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-string-for-looping-tricks/56467/2 "2013-07-14T04:44:51Z")
> [@PerspectiveDesigns](#): > > What’s good string for looping tricks? I’ve just been using yoyoexpert’s 100% poly string. Is that good for looping, or is there something better? For looping, I thing people like to use 50/50 or just pure cotton. Nylon is a no no though. ---
**Author:** ![Mikers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mikers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mikers)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-string-for-looping-tricks/56467/3 "2013-07-14T04:53:41Z")
Use what you like. I think most if the big 2A guys are using 100% polyester these days. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-string-for-looping-tricks/56467/4 "2013-07-14T06:40:31Z")
100% Nylon ;D Lol, jk, I and others use slick 6 poly/cotton from this site 🙂 poly is fine too but it isnt really made for looping… ---
**Author:** ![PerspectiveDesigns](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/perspectivedesigns/32/1288_2.png) [@PerspectiveDesigns](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PerspectiveDesigns)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-string-for-looping-tricks/56467/5 "2013-07-14T13:39:09Z")
> [@andy569](#): > > 100% Nylon ;D > > Lol, jk, I and others use slick 6 poly/cotton from this site 🙂 poly is fine too but it isnt really made for looping… > [@Big\_cat](#): > > > [@PerspectiveDesigns](#): > > > > What’s good string for looping tricks? I’ve just been using yoyoexpert’s 100% poly string. Is that good for looping, or is there something better? > > For looping, I thing people like to use 50/50 or just pure cotton. Nylon is a no no though. > [@andy569](#): > > 100% Nylon ;D > > Lol, jk, I and others use slick 6 poly/cotton from this site 🙂 poly is fine too but it isnt really made for looping… Thanks for all the advice! I thought my loops weren’t so good with the poly. Luckily I’ve got an extra bag of 50% cotton string. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-string-for-looping-tricks/56467/6 "2013-07-14T13:53:09Z")
> [@PerspectiveDesigns](#): > > > [@andy569](#): > > > > 100% Nylon ;D > > > > Lol, jk, I and others use slick 6 poly/cotton from this site 🙂 poly is fine too but it isnt really made for looping… > > > [@Big\_cat](#): > > > > > [@PerspectiveDesigns](#): > > > > > > What’s good string for looping tricks? I’ve just been using yoyoexpert’s 100% poly string. Is that good for looping, or is there something better? > > > > For looping, I thing people like to use 50/50 or just pure cotton. Nylon is a no no though. > > > [@andy569](#): > > > > 100% Nylon ;D > > > > Lol, jk, I and others use slick 6 poly/cotton from this site 🙂 poly is fine too but it isnt really made for looping… > > Thanks for all the advice! I thought my loops weren’t so good with the poly. Luckily I’ve got an extra bag of 50% cotton string. Well, the string isn’t really going to improve your looping that much or at all… But poly/cotton will make it more responsive which may make it better as a result 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TheYoyoDoctor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theyoyodoctor/32/1395_2.png) [@TheYoyoDoctor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheYoyoDoctor)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-string-for-looping-tricks/56467/7 "2013-07-14T15:05:48Z")
Some use type 8 string since it is a bit thicker. ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-string-for-looping-tricks/56467/8 "2013-07-14T17:06:03Z")
Why shouldn’t nylon be used? ---
**Author:** ![Big\_cat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/big_cat/32/877_2.png) [@Big\_cat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Big_cat)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-string-for-looping-tricks/56467/9 "2013-07-14T17:07:45Z")
> [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](#): > > Why shouldn’t nylon be used? Well, it’s really slick, and then there’s the small problem that it can melt if you loop to fast… NOTE: I’ve never actually seen Nylon melt while looping, but many sites add a disclaimer saying that Nylon string should not be used to loop, because it will melt. ---
**Author:** ![xxjohnsonxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b782af/32.png) [@xxjohnsonxx](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xxjohnsonxx)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-string-for-looping-tricks/56467/10 "2013-07-15T14:00:34Z")
Id like to see someome actually melt a nylon string when looping to see how it turns out ---
**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:** [July 15, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-string-for-looping-tricks/56467/11 "2013-07-15T14:08:38Z")
> [@xxjohnsonxx](#): > > Id like to see someome actually melt a nylon string when looping to see how it turns out I’ll get some nylon and try it out 😃 I don’t have any 100% nylon at the moment I only have 50/50 poly/nylon ---
**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 15, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-string-for-looping-tricks/56467/12 "2013-07-15T14:17:25Z")
I think you’d be hard-pressed to melt nylon on a modern bearing plastic looper. The disclaimer applies more to wooden fixed-axle loopers (wooden axles as well), I would imagine. But y’know… those world-class guys can do nutty things that I can’t even imagine, so I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![FiveIronBrian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fiveironbrian/32/451_2.png) [@FiveIronBrian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FiveIronBrian)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-string-for-looping-tricks/56467/13 "2013-07-15T14:32:01Z")
> [@Big\_cat](#): > > > [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](#): > > > > Why shouldn’t nylon be used? > > Well, it’s really slick, and then there’s the small problem that it can melt if you loop to fast… > > NOTE: I’ve never actually seen Nylon melt while looping, but many sites add a disclaimer saying that Nylon string should not be used to loop, because it will melt. Looping fast doesn’t cause nylon or poly string to melt. Only sleeper tricks do that and that’s only for fixed axle. On the original topic, I use 50/50 type 8 for looping because it’s a little more responsive and durable than type 6.