What are the best pads

[Xanadu (Alex 🍁)]

@Chriscatastrophe @TheThrowingGnome @bheinz63, see these topics of mine that go into detail about pad thickness.

Suggestion/Request: One Drop, can you please consider adding a third size of response pads to your lineup (‘standard’ thickness = ~1.1mm)?

One Drop response pads are my favourite. They are durable, economical and most importantly they bind perfectly with my custom nylon strings. I know that this has been discussed before - the OD ‘slim’ response pads are marketed to fit yo-yos with ‘standard’ 19 mm response pads however they are thinner than most 19 mm pads (measurements below). OneDrop has stated that this is intentional to allow the pads to be slightly recessed. In my experience, this works excellently when paired with a flat b…

Simple mod for OD flow groove pads to cut them to "standard" 1.1mm thickness

In follow up to this post, 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)…