# How many throws could you break a new string with if you tried to break it? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [March 24, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868 "2014-03-24T15:50:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stuarttw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stuarttw](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stuarttw)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/1 "2014-03-24T15:50:36Z")
Read the subject. Maybe I should say how many you “How many throws could you break a new string with if you tried to break it?” ---
**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:** [March 24, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/2 "2014-03-24T15:52:48Z")
I have never broken a string unless it was in a “string eater” yoyo or it was a cotton string on a wooden fixed-axle yoyo. I don’t think I can throw hard enough to break a non-defective string. At all. ---
**Author:** ![Elluzion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/elluzion/32/1269_2.png) [@Elluzion](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Elluzion)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/3 "2014-03-24T15:53:24Z")
Ive never ever ever broken a string. I dont think its even possible. ---
**Author:** ![Mofoya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mofoya/32/7946_2.png) [@Mofoya](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mofoya)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/4 "2014-03-24T15:59:13Z")
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a… oh, wait… that’s another matter… ---
**Author:** ![Nemyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nemyo/32/14407_2.png) [@Nemyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nemyo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/5 "2014-03-24T16:06:41Z")
More than 30, unless you are using a poly string on a fixed axle. ---
**Author:** ![Zorro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zorro/32/206266_2.png) [@Zorro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zorro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/6 "2014-03-24T16:16:39Z")
> [@GregP](#): > > I have never broken a string unless it was in a “string eater” yoyo or it was a cotton string on a wooden fixed-axle yoyo. I don’t think I can throw hard enough to break a non-defective string. At all. Same here ---
**Author:** ![DoubleBass](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/doublebass/32/1464_2.png) [@DoubleBass](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DoubleBass)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/7 "2014-03-24T16:20:51Z")
My Yeti when I first got it would go like 4-5 throws before it snapped the string After I sanded the edges just like Chuck did in the Yeti maintenance video it hasn’t snapped a string since (Going on 4 months) So I’d say a few more than 30 throws 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mrjackthepoodle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mrjackthepoodle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mrjackthepoodle)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/8 "2014-03-24T16:33:19Z")
I’ve got toxic poly string and I never snap strings…lol in the 4 months I’ve been yoyoing I’ve only had to replace one string. But the cotton ones I had at first did seem to wear out faster. ---
**Author:** ![hobbyman101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eada6e/32.png) [@hobbyman101](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbyman101)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/9 "2014-03-24T16:44:20Z")
You did not happen to mean “breakin” did you. If I broke a string every 30 throws I would be going through several strings a day. ---
**Author:** ![stuarttw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stuarttw](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stuarttw)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/10 "2014-03-24T16:56:50Z")
I meant if you tried to break it. I’m resetting the poll to zero, because i misworded the question. Like, even if you break your finger trying. ---
**Author:** ![yooldman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yooldman/32/1213_2.png) [@yooldman](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yooldman)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/11 "2014-03-24T17:05:58Z")
I have broken cotton strings in as few as 5 or 6 throws working on long tricks with a heavy fixed-axle. (Didn’t want to.) I don’t think I could break a poly string in just 30 throws even if I tried. I generally throw hard to very hard every time and even cheap strings will last an hour or two. ---
**Author:** ![stuarttw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stuarttw](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stuarttw)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/12 "2014-03-24T17:12:25Z")
Okay, I’m changing this. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/13 "2014-03-24T17:28:01Z")
There needed to be a “3000+” or “never” option. :wink: “Never” would take common sense into account… if you threw a single string for enough years, it would probably eventually rot away and break. Unless you have a defective yoyo or string, I think you will be hard pressed to ever break a string just from throwing. ---
**Author:** ![stuarttw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stuarttw](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stuarttw)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/14 "2014-03-24T17:37:40Z")
> [@GregP](#): > > There needed to be a “3000+” or “never” option. :wink: > > “Never” would take common sense into account… if you threw a single string for enough years, it would probably eventually rot away and break. > > Unless you have a defective yoyo or string, I think you will be hard pressed to ever break a string just from throwing. Okey dokey, will do. But just to let you know, most of the time, I play my strings until they break. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/15 "2014-03-24T17:49:48Z")
> [@stuarttw](#): > > Okey dokey, will do. But just to let you know, most of the time, I play my strings until they break. So, you play your strings until the yoyo goes flying around the room, maybe at people or valuables? ---
**Author:** ![stuarttw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stuarttw](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stuarttw)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/16 "2014-03-24T17:53:49Z")
> [@GregP](#): > > So, you play your strings until the yoyo goes flying around the room, maybe at people or valuables? I aim in a safe direction all the time. (When I break strings, they break downward, not upward.) ---
**Author:** ![skitrz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skitrz/32/849_2.png) [@skitrz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skitrz)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/17 "2014-03-24T18:07:42Z")
Bouncing and ricocheting are still possibilities. I would never recommend intentionally playing a string until it breaks. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/18 "2014-03-24T18:34:57Z")
Even when a yoyo I’ve thrown has managed to break a string (fixie or string-eater) while I was throwing downward, the incredible RPMs of the yoyo mean that with the smallest amount of friction it will start hurtling along the floor towards something. Worst idea ever, and I suspect you’ll admit that you change them out when they start looking like they’re going to break, not literally when they do finally break. ---
**Author:** ![oops](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/oops/32/683976_2.png) [@oops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/oops)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/19 "2014-03-24T18:35:32Z")
the only way for this thread to be salvaged was for the last poll option to be “over 9000” ---
**Author:** ![stuarttw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stuarttw](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stuarttw)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868/20 "2014-03-24T18:37:14Z")
> [@oops](#): > > the only way for this thread to be salvaged was for the last poll option to be “over 9000” If you tried to break the string. [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-throws-could-you-break-a-new-string-with-if-you-tried-to-break-it/64868.md?page=2)