# What response pads are the best for string life?

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**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [June 6, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-response-pads-are-the-best-for-string-life/303461 "2019-06-06T19:18:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![hughesj](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hughesj/32/624162_2.png) [@hughesj](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hughesj)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-response-pads-are-the-best-for-string-life/303461/1 "2019-06-06T19:18:20Z")

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I have a YYF/YT Ethos that eats strings like candy. there aren’t any machining issues or burrs in the response area, so i can only assume it’s the blue YYF pads that it can with. What pads are best for string life?

I’m not too concerned with longevity in the pads; I’m fine with pads that wear down quick since my fingers don’t come into contact with them, but overly fuzzy string is a pet peeve of mine.

Also, I read somewhere that you can “de-fuzz” a nylon string by running it lightly over a lighter. Is that legit or will that ruin the string.

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**Author:** ![nonja121](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nonja121/32/52722_2.png) [@nonja121](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nonja121)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-response-pads-are-the-best-for-string-life/303461/2 "2019-06-06T23:19:27Z")

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I’m pretty sure that response pads don’t eat string. I’ve personally never had that issue with YYF blue pads or any pads. It’s more likely an issue with the area around the response.

There’s another thread here about this same issue.

> [@Brand new yo-yo is a string cutter / string eater?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/brand-new-yo-yo-is-a-string-cutter-string-eater/291013):
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> A few days ago I noticed this YoYoOfficer Blossom was starting to eat through one of my fancy StringLabs strings after only a few minutes of play. I thought maybe it was a bad string so I replaced it with a generic string and just spent 10 minutes playing with it literally right now and… then this happened scream [image] So yeah … it got some dings as a result. Dang, I should have tested this theory over carpet cry I am wondering why a brand new yo-yo would be such a terrible string eater…

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-response-pads-are-the-best-for-string-life/303461/3 "2019-06-06T23:23:32Z")

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Oh yea NO way this is the pads, it’s definitely the aluminum around the response area.

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**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-response-pads-are-the-best-for-string-life/303461/4 "2019-06-07T00:14:16Z")

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Confirming here. Pads _don’t_ eat string.