# How long do strings last you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [January 26, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316 "2020-01-26T00:22:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![beeebon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/beeebon/32/30672_2.png) [@beeebon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beeebon)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/41 "2020-02-10T12:57:03Z")
> [@Apple](#): > > so if I like buy 100 kitty thin this is considered bulk? But the smaller packets of 5 is better quality. Regardless of who you buy from Uuuhhh how did you extrapolate that from what I wrote? ---
**Author:** ![hyprstorm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hyprstorm/32/71475_2.png) [@hyprstorm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hyprstorm)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/42 "2020-02-10T15:49:33Z")
You can wash it as well to “bring it back to life” ---
**Author:** ![Apple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Apple](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apple)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/43 "2020-02-10T17:16:37Z")
> [@beeebon](#): > > Depends on the string, bulk string doesn’t last as long as you would expect. Thought this meant that if you buy strings in large quantities the quality is worse ---
**Author:** ![Nawcegamma](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nawcegamma/32/88623_2.png) [@Nawcegamma](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nawcegamma)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/44 "2020-02-10T17:29:29Z")
![20200210_122344](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/7/a/f7a1338672fb2a050ee86be36bd48b91938a019f.jpeg) ill put my strings through a week or 2 of use then ill switch once the tension retention is noticeably poor. I use regular kitty string ---
**Author:** ![PCaliyoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pcaliyoyos/32/108396_2.png) [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/45 "2020-02-10T19:18:53Z")
Nerf gun? ---
**Author:** ![Apple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Apple](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apple)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/46 "2020-02-10T19:27:55Z")
LOL! ---
**Author:** ![Apple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Apple](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apple)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/47 "2020-02-10T19:29:19Z")
> [@Nawcegamma](#): > > ill put my strings through a week or 2 of use then ill switch once the tension retention is noticeably poor. I use regular kitty string This is more of the thing i do. I see fraying on the string. For me it gets back to where it’s more of a cord. Do you get a double break in? ---
**Author:** ![NoT\_ATHROWER](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/not_athrower/32/14242_2.png) [@NoT\_ATHROWER](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NoT_ATHROWER)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/48 "2020-02-10T19:36:14Z")
Nylon strings last a few months. ---
**Author:** ![Apple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Apple](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apple)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/49 "2020-02-11T17:19:46Z")
pictures of dead nylon strings juxtaposed with new ones? ---
**Author:** ![Nawcegamma](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nawcegamma/32/88623_2.png) [@Nawcegamma](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nawcegamma)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/50 "2020-02-11T21:35:35Z")
Yeah usually. Ill probably run that string for another week or so ---
**Author:** ![Nawcegamma](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nawcegamma/32/88623_2.png) [@Nawcegamma](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nawcegamma)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/51 "2020-02-11T21:36:26Z")
Yess aside from yo-yos, nerfs another hobby of mine ---
**Author:** ![Travelingyoyokid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/travelingyoyokid/32/62091_2.png) [@Travelingyoyokid](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Travelingyoyokid)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/52 "2020-02-11T21:41:59Z")
New string vs old string. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/a/e/eaebaf22f509ddfbcb7853857a8e9dd36dff169b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/53 "2020-02-11T21:44:37Z")
My own poly strings last about 2 hours of play before they start to get noticeably “soggy”. I can push up to 4 hours if I really wanted to, but I just loooove the feel of a fresh string. ---
**Author:** ![PCaliyoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pcaliyoyos/32/108396_2.png) [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/54 "2020-02-11T22:48:45Z")
Nerf guns are fun. ---
**Author:** ![Nawcegamma](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nawcegamma/32/88623_2.png) [@Nawcegamma](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nawcegamma)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/56 "2020-02-12T16:55:19Z")
Fats on the left(old/new) and regulars on the right ![20200212_115325](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/5/d/85d9e5c630fac1286958912f2cba79663ca51d8f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![stevejspins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@stevejspins](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stevejspins)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/57 "2020-02-12T17:32:20Z")
When you’ve been doing this a while, you just know when. It’s not the response, it’s not the bearing, it’s not you… it’s the string. ---
**Author:** ![Mep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mep/32/79842_2.png) [@Mep](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mep)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/58 "2020-02-13T02:20:48Z")
How many hours of play roughly did those strings get? ---
**Author:** ![Nawcegamma](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nawcegamma/32/88623_2.png) [@Nawcegamma](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nawcegamma)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/59 "2020-02-13T15:01:23Z")
Probably around 40+ maybe more. I usually throw for about 6 to 8 hours a day, predominately with the yellow string and I change strings like every 2 weeks. I’m not gunna lie though, sometimes it messes with my slack tricks ---
**Author:** ![Mep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mep/32/79842_2.png) [@Mep](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mep)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/60 "2020-02-13T18:37:10Z")
That’s a lot of hours you got out of one string! Color me impressed. ---
**Author:** ![Apple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Apple](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apple)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-do-strings-last-you/314316/61 "2020-02-14T17:45:52Z")
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