# How does a wider gap width affect play? **URL:** \ **Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation\ **Created:** [September 19, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-does-a-wider-gap-width-affect-play/384930 "2023-09-19T19:00:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
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there are a few pads that I could recommend, but harder rubber is generally less responsive, softer rubber is generally more responsive. duncan uses pretty soft pads, which i personally love. hkmt has some dark colored, and purposefully hard response pads that yye has at the store here. there are two types, and one is in stock currently. > **[HKMT Equipment Response Pads](https://shop.yoyoexpert.com/products/hkmt-equipment-response-pads?_pos=1&_sid=66cf4b6a8&_ss=r&variant=15391088279626)** > > New Grip-C and Grip-I response pads are released by hkmt equipment. Grip-C is produced by Takumi Hakamata for his off-string yo-yo play. It is made of a harder material with great longevity that offers the ultimate balance between smoothness and... but i’d really recommend looking into permatex ultra-grey for snag free response, theres a whole thread here devoted to its awesomeness. > [@Permatex 22074 Ultra Grey for very unresponsive return system](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/permatex-22074-ultra-grey-for-very-unresponsive-return-system/374904): > > Hello everyone, First of all thanks to @mable to introduce me to this silicone (which also has better pictures), second sorry for my awful pictures and application I did not used silicone from ages. Let’s start from the beginning: I used to use the Motorsil D while living in Italy, it was a quite good silicone and quite unresponsive also easy to apply, moved in London I had to start use pads cause impossible to find that silicone here. From pads I always felt that I had quite an harsh respon… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-does-a-wider-gap-width-affect-play/384930)._