# What are the best pads
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [December 19, 2021, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259 "2021-12-19T06:03:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Elyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Elyoyo)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2021, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/1 "2021-12-19T06:03:35Z")
Ive been looking around been playing around with pads what would you guys say are the best pads right now?
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### Author:  [@nightshadow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nightshadow)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2021, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/2 "2021-12-19T06:09:42Z")
Lotta people are going to say RSO’s
They’re good. I like Katana pads too!
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### Author:  [@djinni\_cake](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/djinni_cake)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/3 "2021-12-19T06:12:28Z")
RSO Landing Pads are really good.
G2 G19 pads are also really good.
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### Author:  [@Isaac](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Isaac)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2021, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/4 "2021-12-19T06:30:02Z")
Flowable silicone.
I like that RSO has explanations of their different pads softness/hardness. But tbh I haven’t ever gotten around to changing pads in a yo-yo, most I’ve done is replaced sloppy response (out of the box) with flowable; I tend to stick with stock pads. I guess I don’t yo-yo enough or rotate between too many for an individual yo-yo’s pads to completely wear down.
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### Author:  [@Upmanyu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Upmanyu)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2021, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/5 "2021-12-19T08:08:48Z")
Rso for sure.
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### Author:  [@Hanker](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hanker)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/6 "2021-12-20T02:09:46Z")
OneDrop’s Flow Groove Response! I thought these were going to be the first pads that come to people’s mind.
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### Author:  [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2021, 3:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/7 "2021-12-20T03:48:59Z")
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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### Author:  [@TheThrowingGnome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheThrowingGnome)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2021, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/8 "2021-12-20T04:07:34Z")
The best pads ever would be a peel and stick concave pad the replicates a recessed flowable response.
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### Author:  [@bheinz63](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bheinz63)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/9 "2021-12-20T04:16:13Z")
My yoyos that use core co pads are my favorite yoyos
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### Author:  [@Xanadu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Xanadu)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/10 "2021-12-20T21:19:23Z")
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 “standard” 19mm pad well:
> [@Simple mod for OD flow groove pads to cut them to "standard" 1.1mm thickness](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/simple-mod-for-od-flow-groove-pads-to-cut-them-to-standard-1-1mm-thickness/344789):
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> In follow up to [this post](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/suggestion-request-one-drop-can-you-please-consider-adding-a-third-size-of-response-pads-to-your-lineup-standard-thickness-1-1mm/334489), I have developed a rather simple mod to quickly and accurately trim down Onedrop flow groove pads (thickness 1.8mm) to make non-recessed “standard” ~1.1mm response pads that will fit flush in standard 19mm response wells. What you will need: Some OD flow groove pads A high walled cheap plastic yoyo that you don’t mind taking a blade to. I recommend the YYF ONE, it has perfectly flat sidewalls, can be found at retail stores (I bought this one at Mastermind in Canada)…
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### Author:  [@Hanker](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hanker)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/11 "2021-12-21T00:50:22Z")
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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### Author:  [@Xanadu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Xanadu)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/12 "2021-12-21T01:03:05Z")
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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### Author:  [@YoyoGeezer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoyoGeezer)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2021, 2:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/13 "2021-12-21T02:40:54Z")
Isn’t this mostly dependent on the yo-yo in question? Is there a ‘universal’ 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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### Author:  [@Mep](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mep)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/14 "2022-08-20T13:37:40Z")
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 🤦♂️
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/15 "2022-08-21T00:40:29Z")
> What are the best pads
Well, can you tell me how high is UP??? 🤢
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### Author:  [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/16 "2022-08-21T01:04:13Z")
Since 2018 I’ve just purchased whatever pads are cheapest and don’t really ever think much of them. I’ve never had any problems.
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### Author:  [@pinhead](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pinhead)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/17 "2022-08-21T04:10:36Z")
Same, I got a set of 50 for like 25 dollars and now I don’t think I’ll need for a very long time.
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### Author:  [@chrisnotes86](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/chrisnotes86)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2022, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/18 "2022-08-22T10:24:20Z")
Use flowable silicone, I personally love it!
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### Author:  [@Mep](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mep)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/19 "2022-08-22T10:40:36Z")
That seems like the tried and tested way. Was hoping the softer RSO pads would be very similar though!
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### Author:  [@pinhead](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pinhead)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2022, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-best-pads/349259/20 "2022-08-22T10:53:34Z")
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 hasn’t fully dried out yet.
Call it laziness on my part.
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