# Response Types **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [May 3, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-types/2114 "2009-05-03T16:33:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RCyo21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df788c/32.png) [@RCyo21](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RCyo21)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-types/2114/1 "2009-05-03T16:33:28Z")
What sets these response types apart? Silicone, O-Ring, Hybrid, Pad. The yoyo I want has Silicone. What does this mean? Do I have to change the Silicone often? ---
**Author:** ![Xdohl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/xdohl/32/12_2.png) [@Xdohl](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Xdohl)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-types/2114/2 "2009-05-03T17:03:55Z")
Silicone - A liquidy stuff that you have to pour into a little recess in the yoyo around the bearing seat. It takes a good amount of time to dry, usually 24 hours is safe. It lasts a long time, and gives unresponsive play but tight binds. Its seen in mostly in metal yoyos. It should last a few months, depending upon how much you play. O-Rings - These are rubber circles (usually black) that go around the bearing. They don’t need to be replaced for a very long time. They give slightly more responsive play than silicone usually. Hybrid - One half of the yoyo has an o-ring, the other has these little teeth things called Starbursts. This is seen in many plastics, as are O-Rings. Pads - Found in Duncan Plastics and metals. They are little stickers. A bit like O-Rings, actually. However, there are many kinds of pads, so you can mix and match them to find a combination of your liking 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mage1342](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mage1342/32/75_2.png) [@Mage1342](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mage1342)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-types/2114/3 "2009-05-03T17:22:05Z")
> [@Xdohl](#): > > Silicone - A liquidy stuff that you have to pour into a little recess in the yoyo around the bearing seat. It takes a good amount of time to dry, usually 24 hours is safe. It lasts a long time, and gives unresponsive play but tight binds. Its seen in mostly in metal yoyos. It should last a few months, depending upon how much you play. > > O-Rings - These are rubber circles (usually black) that go around the bearing. They don’t need to be replaced for a very long time. They give slightly more responsive play than silicone usually. > > Hybrid - One half of the yoyo has an o-ring, the other has these little teeth things called Starbursts. This is seen in many plastics, as are O-Rings. > > Pads - Found in Duncan Plastics and metals. They are little stickers. A bit like O-Rings, actually. However, there are many kinds of pads, so you can mix and match them to find a combination of your liking 🙂 Actually, there’s flowable silicone which is what Xdohl was talking about and then there silicone which is a also a type of pad which is similar to silicone but you don’t shape the response and is usually flush. ---
**Author:** ![Pheenix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pheenix/32/65_2.png) [@Pheenix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pheenix)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-types/2114/4 "2009-05-03T17:24:55Z")
> [@Mage1342](#): > > > [@Xdohl](#): > > > > Silicone - A liquidy stuff that you have to pour into a little recess in the yoyo around the bearing seat. It takes a good amount of time to dry, usually 24 hours is safe. It lasts a long time, and gives unresponsive play but tight binds. Its seen in mostly in metal yoyos. It should last a few months, depending upon how much you play. > > > > O-Rings - These are rubber circles (usually black) that go around the bearing. They don’t need to be replaced for a very long time. They give slightly more responsive play than silicone usually. > > > > Hybrid - One half of the yoyo has an o-ring, the other has these little teeth things called Starbursts. This is seen in many plastics, as are O-Rings. > > > > Pads - Found in Duncan Plastics and metals. They are little stickers. A bit like O-Rings, actually. However, there are many kinds of pads, so you can mix and match them to find a combination of your liking 🙂 > > Actually, there’s flowable silicone which is what Xdohl was talking about and then there silicone which is a also a type of pad which is similar to silicone but you don’t shape the response and is usually flush. He mentioned pads… ---
**Author:** ![yoyo13](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyo13/32/69_2.png) [@yoyo13](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo13)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-types/2114/5 "2009-05-03T23:08:36Z")
forgot starburst response like velocity, in which they are moveable to make more responsive or unresponsive: the little teeth things: > [@Xdohl](#): > > Hybrid - One half of the yoyo has an o-ring, the other has these little teeth things called Starbursts. This is seen in many plastics, as are O-Rings. but instead of an o-ring its another starburst ---
**Author:** ![rsmod123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rsmod123/32/46_2.png) [@rsmod123](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rsmod123)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-types/2114/6 "2009-05-04T06:54:42Z")
> [@yoyo13](#): > > forgot starburst response like velocity, in which they are moveable to make more responsive or unresponsive: Nah thats a misunderstanding. Starbursts can’t move, only the ones in a velocity/401/speed dial can move. Starbursts are just little friction bumps in the plastic. They are in the velocity, just not moveable.