# Silicone Question **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [May 26, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-question/14867 "2010-05-26T21:12:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brew\_Need](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@Brew\_Need](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Brew_Need)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-question/14867/1 "2010-05-26T21:12:53Z")
I’m really new at this so this may be a dumb question but I was wondering if there such a thing as black silicone. The reason I ask is that I got a New Breed it came with black rings instead of the clear silicone shown in the pictures. Thanks, Gary ---
**Author:** ![Yummy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yummy/32/14065_2.png) [@Yummy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yummy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-question/14867/2 "2010-05-26T21:14:36Z")
Yes, there is black silicone. [http://www.getprice.com.au/images/uploadimg/1277/350\_5366.jpg](http://www.getprice.com.au/images/uploadimg/1277/350_5366.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![UnstoppableWalnut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/unstoppablewalnut/32/512_2.png) [@UnstoppableWalnut](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/UnstoppableWalnut)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-question/14867/3 "2010-05-26T21:21:55Z")
… Does “Ultra Black” have any advantages over this type for yoyos? [![](http://www.importedcarparts.com/images/81158.jpg) ](http://www.importedcarparts.com/images/81158.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-question/14867/4 "2010-05-26T21:24:16Z")
No advantage whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![Brew\_Need](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@Brew\_Need](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Brew_Need)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-question/14867/5 "2010-05-26T21:37:28Z")
Thanks for the replies! I guess what I should have asked though is should my New Breed have come with clear silicone in it? When I got it, there was only one side cap on it. They promptly sent me a cap but after noticing the clear silicone in the pictures I’m now wondering if I may have gotten a used yo-yo. Hope not. Thanks, Gary ---
**Author:** ![yoyojamben](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyojamben/32/289780_2.png) [@yoyojamben](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyojamben)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-question/14867/6 "2010-05-26T22:08:01Z")
> [@Brew\_Need](#): > > Thanks for the replies! I guess what I should have asked though is should my New Breed have come with clear silicone in it? When I got it, there was only one side cap on it. They promptly sent me a cap but after noticing the clear silicone in the pictures I’m now wondering if I may have gotten a used yo-yo. Hope not. > > Thanks, > Gary No, they switched to black silicone. I’m pretty sure, I’ve heard that a couple of times. ---
**Author:** ![AgentFlynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@AgentFlynn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AgentFlynn)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-question/14867/7 "2010-05-27T23:38:04Z")
Ok here’s a scenario I want you to go over. When someone asks you what kind of response you have in your yoyo. How would you rather be able to respond? “Oh, Just black silicone” or “ULTRA BLACK SILICONE!!!”… Your choice bud ;D ---
**Author:** ![YoYoExpert](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoexpert/32/71258_2.png) [@YoYoExpert](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpert)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-question/14867/8 "2010-05-27T23:41:04Z")
YoYoJam is currently using Black Silicone O-Rings in their yo-yos. They originally made red ones, switched to white, then to clear, back to white, and now they are black. The black one is now what comes stock in all of their yo-yos - with them changing it so often its hard to keep the photography current to show the correct color o-ring - but black is what it currently is.