# How much should one use string? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [October 3, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-much-should-one-use-string/19658 "2010-10-03T01:11:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yoyoz1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoz1/32/388_2.png) [@yoyoz1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoz1)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-much-should-one-use-string/19658/1 "2010-10-03T01:11:05Z")
I am a kind of cheap stake with string. I don´t stop using a string until its untill its unusable. But what are signs that the string is going to break? ---
**Author:** ![staten\_island\_man](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/staten_island_man/32/481_2.png) [@staten\_island\_man](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/staten_island_man)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-much-should-one-use-string/19658/2 "2010-10-03T01:12:34Z")
i change strings when its dirty, frayed, or not holding tension anymore, or the latter. really depends on how hard u play ur strings ---
**Author:** ![scyshc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/scyshc/32/658_2.png) [@scyshc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/scyshc)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-much-should-one-use-string/19658/3 "2010-10-03T02:57:18Z")
agreed ---
**Author:** ![Paolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Paolo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Paolo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-much-should-one-use-string/19658/4 "2010-10-03T03:06:02Z")
I do 10 really high eli hops right after washing my hands. If I get a stringburn, I replace the sring. ---
**Author:** ![ztrain36](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ztrain36/32/668_2.png) [@ztrain36](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ztrain36)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-much-should-one-use-string/19658/5 "2010-10-03T03:32:42Z")
> [@Paolo](#): > > I do 10 really high eli hops right after washing my hands. If I get a stringburn, I replace the sring. Nice idea i like it ---
**Author:** ![Mi1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mi1/32/626_2.png) [@Mi1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mi1)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-much-should-one-use-string/19658/6 "2010-10-03T07:30:21Z")
I replace it when it starts to look like a milipede. ---
**Author:** ![zombiegavins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zombiegavins/32/673_2.png) [@zombiegavins](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zombiegavins)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-much-should-one-use-string/19658/7 "2010-10-03T10:57:44Z")
I change either when the string breaks with no warning, I get a funky new colour I want to use or if the string starts to look like a badly maintained dreadlock… ---
**Author:** ![RedWarp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/redwarp/32/370_2.png) [@RedWarp](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RedWarp)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-much-should-one-use-string/19658/8 "2010-10-03T11:17:46Z")
I change string pretty much whenever I leave the house. lol After a time when a string randomly broke in the middle of Walmart, I’d rather not take any chances… I also change string whenever I’m about to do some recording, just so there’s as much string visibility as possible. ---
**Author:** ![patrickcondon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/patrickcondon/32/619950_2.png) [@patrickcondon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/patrickcondon)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-much-should-one-use-string/19658/9 "2010-10-03T11:44:01Z")
> [@zombiegavins](#): > > I change either when the string breaks with no warning Yeah, something tells me if the string breaks, you should replace it :wink: ---
**Author:** ![zombiegavins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zombiegavins/32/673_2.png) [@zombiegavins](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zombiegavins)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-much-should-one-use-string/19658/10 "2010-10-03T12:04:26Z")
> [@patrickcondon](#): > > > [@zombiegavins](#): > > > > I change either when the string breaks with no warning > > Yeah, something tells me if the string breaks, you should replace it :wink: I walked right into that one! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TidusVsSora](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tidusvssora/32/242_2.png) [@TidusVsSora](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TidusVsSora)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-much-should-one-use-string/19658/11 "2010-10-03T12:39:26Z")
i change it when it doesnt hold a loop for suicides anymore or when it doesn’t bind as easily or binds too much. it changes quite often for me for some reason 😕