# How good are IrPads?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-are-irpads/74146
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [April 20, 2015, 4:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-are-irpads/74146 "2015-04-20T04:34:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@KonoCat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/KonoCat)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 4:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-are-irpads/74146/1 "2015-04-20T04:34:37Z")
How good are IrPads compared to YoYoFactory or Yoyojam silicone pads?
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### Author:  [@YOLOcop\_57](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YOLOcop_57)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-are-irpads/74146/2 "2015-04-20T04:39:56Z")
Soft pads are superb for trick binds and very slick thin string.
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### Author:  [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-are-irpads/74146/3 "2015-04-20T04:42:31Z")
Pads is pads.
But seriously, if you’re looking for incremental differences, IrPads are great. I’ve only tried the normal hardness but they were great. Satisfying binds.
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### Author:  [@Raigo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Raigo)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-are-irpads/74146/4 "2015-04-20T05:27:36Z")
Irpads are like, dedicated to making response, and is affiliated with YYR in a sense, so you know their pads must be at least decent 😛
But honestly, I’ve heard lots of good things about them; but I also heard somewhere that Yoyojoker makes some good response aswell…