What are the best pads

General Yo-Yo
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Ive been looking around been playing around with pads what would you guys say are the best pads right now?

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Lotta people are going to say RSOā€™s

Theyā€™re good. I like Katana pads too!

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RSO Landing Pads are really good.

G2 G19 pads are also really good.

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Flowable silicone.

I like that RSO has explanations of their different pads softness/hardness. But tbh I havenā€™t ever gotten around to changing pads in a yo-yo, most Iā€™ve done is replaced sloppy response (out of the box) with flowable; I tend to stick with stock pads. I guess I donā€™t yo-yo enough or rotate between too many for an individual yo-yoā€™s pads to completely wear down.

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Rso for sure.

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OneDropā€™s Flow Groove Response! I thought these were going to be the first pads that come to peopleā€™s mind.

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  1. One Drop Flow Groove
  2. Mowl Black or Natural
  3. RSO Type 40 (though I just put in my first pair of Saturn pads and they are super grippy, these bind nice and tight)
  4. CoreCo Pinks
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The best pads ever would be a peel and stick concave pad the replicates a recessed flowable response.

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My yoyos that use core co pads are my favorite yoyos

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The RSO pads are good but my ultimate favourite is the One Drop flow groove pads. For me, the grabbier/snappier the better, and these are the best and most reliable.
Also, I have developed a simple mod to make OD flow grooves that fit flush in a ā€œstandardā€ 19mm pad well:

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There are 19mm Flow Groove pads being sold which are about 0.2-0.4mm thinner (0.7-0.8mm) than the standard 19mm response pads (1.0-1.1mm). I use those for all my yoyos with 19mm pads.

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Ya, I use those too. But I find that for me they can be too thin when combined with a centering bearing. So the moded OD flow groove pads fit nicely in between at around 1.1-1.2mm thick.

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Isnā€™t this mostly dependent on the yo-yo in question? Is there a ā€˜universalā€™ pad size I am not aware of?

Otherwise; I have always loved IR-pads. Many sizes and no missed-binds.

I also like General-Yo pads. They fit my Ti-Walker.

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Has anyone compared the One Drop flow groove vs. RSO saturn (peach, type 30) pads?

I tried your mod and managed to unevenly ruin my OD pads :man_facepalming:

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What are the best pads

Well, can you tell me how high is UP??? :nauseated_face:

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Since 2018 Iā€™ve just purchased whatever pads are cheapest and donā€™t really ever think much of them. Iā€™ve never had any problems.

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Same, I got a set of 50 for like 25 dollars and now I donā€™t think Iā€™ll need for a very long time.

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Use flowable silicone, I personally love it!

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That seems like the tried and tested way. Was hoping the softer RSO pads would be very similar though!

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yeh, I agree, I just got tired of having to apply, clean, wait to dry, and find out I messed up or made the recess too deep and have to do it all over again instead of just plug and play with the pink pads I got.

For me it was just easier to buy the bunch of pads while on sale rather than hope my bottle of RTV silicone or clear sili hasnā€™t fully dried out yet.

Call it laziness on my part.

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