# Tight, neutral, or loose? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [October 13, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tight-neutral-or-loose/70099 "2014-10-13T20:01:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stuarttw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stuarttw](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stuarttw)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tight-neutral-or-loose/70099/1 "2014-10-13T20:01:32Z")
I prefer it either neutral or tight. I feel like leaving it loose make’s it feel less like when it was new. I’ve noticed that leaving a string in not-neutral tension adjusts the string’s neutrality level to the messed up tension. So if you leave it tight, neutral tension is tight; if you leave it loose, neutral tension becomes loose. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tight-neutral-or-loose/70099/2 "2014-10-13T20:53:26Z")
That is the coolest thing I have read on these forums in a while. I chose neutral because I don’t want it too tight or too loose, I want it to be just right. ---
**Author:** ![Mikers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mikers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mikers)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tight-neutral-or-loose/70099/3 "2014-10-13T21:12:55Z")
Unless its going in my pocket, I usually don’t put down a yoyo with a string on it, I generally will just play until the string is dead. But when it does go in my pocket I make sure its neutral. ---
**Author:** ![Moise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moise/32/955_2.png) [@Moise](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Moise)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tight-neutral-or-loose/70099/4 "2014-10-13T21:21:50Z")
I throw lefty cause I’m just weird like that. When I throw, the string gradually becomes looser, so I constantly have to keep making it tighter. I prefer to have a string’s neitral state as tight as possible, so that to make it tight again all I have to do is let it dangle. Therefore, I always leave a string super tight. it also makes the string feel smoother in my fingers. ---
**Author:** ![stuarttw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stuarttw](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stuarttw)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tight-neutral-or-loose/70099/5 "2014-10-13T22:20:45Z")
> [@Moise](#): > > it also makes the string feel smoother in my fingers. That’s why I prefer tight over loose. ---
**Author:** ![Grinch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/grinch/32/1515_2.png) [@Grinch](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Grinch)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tight-neutral-or-loose/70099/6 "2014-10-14T04:37:04Z")
i actually like it pretty loose, just makes it more of a laid back feeling in my hand,and for slacks and whips, it just make its more flowyerrererer. im not a speed thrower one bit. so loose and relaxed makes for good throwing in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Pineapple\_Jumpsuit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pineapple_jumpsuit/32/1431_2.png) [@Pineapple\_Jumpsuit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pineapple_Jumpsuit)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tight-neutral-or-loose/70099/7 "2014-10-14T04:55:34Z")
> [@Grinch](#): > > i actually like it pretty loose, just makes it more of a laid back feeling in my hand,and for slacks and whips, it just make its more flowyerrererer. im not a speed thrower one bit. so loose and relaxed makes for good throwing in my book. same ---
**Author:** ![Raigo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/raigo/32/1446_2.png) [@Raigo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Raigo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tight-neutral-or-loose/70099/8 "2014-10-14T08:10:10Z")
Wait… If you’re a righty, does doing a UFO (from a trapeze throw) make it tighter or looser? ---
**Author:** ![stuarttw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stuarttw](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stuarttw)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tight-neutral-or-loose/70099/9 "2014-10-14T16:46:54Z")
> [@Raigo](#): > > Wait… > If you’re a righty, does doing a UFO (from a trapeze throw) make it tighter or looser? looser ---
**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:** [October 14, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tight-neutral-or-loose/70099/10 "2014-10-14T18:12:07Z")
> [@stuarttw](#): > > looser _facepalm_ I thought you were calling him a loser. ---
**Author:** ![LinksLegionaire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/linkslegionaire/32/886_2.png) [@LinksLegionaire](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LinksLegionaire)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tight-neutral-or-loose/70099/11 "2014-10-14T18:45:26Z")
Tight, obviously. Who prefers it to be loose? But I like my string to be neutral. ---
**Author:** ![Eli\_Flops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Eli\_Flops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Eli_Flops)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tight-neutral-or-loose/70099/12 "2014-10-14T23:00:46Z")
For the last month or so I’ve become nearly obsessive with keeping my string tension neutral, but I’ve been working on a trick called lord of the flies which is slacky and it has been taking me a really long time to get it down. ---
**Author:** ![Grinch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/grinch/32/1515_2.png) [@Grinch](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Grinch)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tight-neutral-or-loose/70099/13 "2014-10-19T09:08:35Z")
> [@LinksLegionaire](#): > > Tight, obviously. Who prefers it to be loose? > > But I like my string to be neutral. XDDD vunderbaugh ---
**Author:** ![jon\_walker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jon_walker/32/1481_2.png) [@jon\_walker](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jon_walker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tight-neutral-or-loose/70099/14 "2014-11-01T04:26:40Z")
I don’t care when I set it down. When I start I usually throw a few throws and then adjust the tension to my liking. I never thought about the tension altering on the string as it sits. I will have to check out this with my throws. Good topic! ---
**Author:** ![SkinnyBNY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@SkinnyBNY](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SkinnyBNY)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 5:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tight-neutral-or-loose/70099/15 "2014-11-01T05:19:14Z")
> [@LinksLegionaire](#): > > Tight, obviously. Who prefers it to be loose? > > But I like my string to be neutral. This. So much of this.