# When Is It REALLY Time For A New String? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [June 21, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-is-it-really-time-for-a-new-string/304276 "2019-06-21T12:08:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**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 21, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-is-it-really-time-for-a-new-string/304276/22 "2019-06-21T21:28:35Z")
I’m in the “strings are _ridiculously_ cheap so replace them frequently and often” camp. I mean consider what other consumables are there in this hobby? Silicone response pads? Those last for an _insanely_ long time… Bearings? What is there? It’s just strings, and they’re cheap! (Even if they’re not cheap, trying fancy strings is also fun and contributes a lot to the overall feeling of yo-yoing. Just ask @edhaponik who won’t use anything but cotton now…) Also I really like the feel of a new string, it’s like putting on warm underpants fresh outta the dryer… ahh 🤤 ---
**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-is-it-really-time-for-a-new-string/304276/23 "2019-06-21T23:16:11Z")
> When is it REALLY time for a new string? If you have to ask a question, you should spend more time playing in less time thinking about it. You’ll know when you know. ---
**Author:** ![ThrowButcher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/throwbutcher/32/54388_2.png) [@ThrowButcher](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ThrowButcher)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-is-it-really-time-for-a-new-string/304276/24 "2019-06-22T15:49:53Z")
Right. I was thinking about the tire analogy when I wrote the thread. I just feel like Im being wasteful and bourgeois replacing strings like I do. However, I play. A lot. ---
**Author:** ![ThrowButcher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/throwbutcher/32/54388_2.png) [@ThrowButcher](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ThrowButcher)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-is-it-really-time-for-a-new-string/304276/25 "2019-06-22T15:51:10Z")
Yeah, well, Im like rubber and you’re like glue 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-is-it-really-time-for-a-new-string/304276/26 "2019-06-22T15:52:02Z")
Hahaha, I was trying to get all grasshopper on you ---
**Author:** ![ThrowButcher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/throwbutcher/32/54388_2.png) [@ThrowButcher](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ThrowButcher)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-is-it-really-time-for-a-new-string/304276/27 "2019-06-22T15:53:41Z")
Ahhhh, Kemosabe try teach Tanto. Tanto now wiser 😌 ---
**Author:** ![ThrowButcher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/throwbutcher/32/54388_2.png) [@ThrowButcher](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ThrowButcher)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-is-it-really-time-for-a-new-string/304276/28 "2019-06-22T16:00:05Z")
I agree wholeheartedly with this @codinghorror. That’s what I meant by feeling bourgeois; I ain’t got that gwop like Big Daddy Code :100: ---
**Author:** ![eternalmetal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eternalmetal/32/44877_2.png) [@eternalmetal](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/eternalmetal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-is-it-really-time-for-a-new-string/304276/29 "2019-06-22T16:04:57Z")
I know what you mean, sometimes I feel like that when I take out a string that still holds tension but is just a little too frayed for my liking because I had to undo a couple knots. I try not to let it bother me though, string is cheap enough. As for the nylon suggestion, yea they last longer, but the feel is entirely different. I love using nylon to change things up (I have like 3 or 4 yoyos set up with nylon), but my heart tells me that I normally want the feel of a standard poly string. ---
**Author:** ![eternalmetal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eternalmetal/32/44877_2.png) [@eternalmetal](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/eternalmetal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-is-it-really-time-for-a-new-string/304276/30 "2019-06-22T16:09:19Z")
> [@codinghorror](#): > > I really like the feel of a new string, it’s like putting on warm underpants fresh outta the dryer… ahh 🤤 I can’t agree with this enough. The temptation for a new string is hard to resist sometimes. I will occasionally look through my collection to pick a yoyo to throw for the day and pick the one with the freshest string, or one that needs replacing just so I can get the fresh string feels. ---
**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 22, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-is-it-really-time-for-a-new-string/304276/31 "2019-06-22T16:11:08Z")
> [@ThrowButcher](#): > > That’s what I meant by feeling bourgeois But bulk strings are like 10 cents each… is it really “bourgeois” to spend 10 cents a day on average, if even that? ---
**Author:** ![ThrowButcher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/throwbutcher/32/54388_2.png) [@ThrowButcher](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ThrowButcher)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-is-it-really-time-for-a-new-string/304276/32 "2019-06-22T16:49:59Z")
Of course not. That’s called being facetious. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-is-it-really-time-for-a-new-string/304276.md?page=1)