# Why do people think plastic yoyos hurt less than metal? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [July 30, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572 "2022-07-30T04:21:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BottledWater](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bottledwater/32/172376_2.png) [@BottledWater](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BottledWater)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/1 "2022-07-30T04:21:22Z")
As title states, I’m wondering why people think plastics hurt less than metal? If there’s two yoyos, both with the exact same specs except the material used, and density of the material and weight distribution was the exact same, why would plastic hurt more? Is it the hardness of the material? Emotional damage? I’m interested to hear people’s thoughts on this. ---
**Author:** ![hobby\_master](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hobby_master/32/145533_2.png) [@hobby\_master](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobby_master)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/2 "2022-07-30T04:42:32Z")
If i hit you with a 10 lbs bag of rocks and a 10 lbs bag of kittens, which one is gonna hurt you more? ---
**Author:** ![BottledWater](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bottledwater/32/172376_2.png) [@BottledWater](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BottledWater)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/3 "2022-07-30T04:46:16Z")
Okay I just realised the stupidity of my question lol. ---
**Author:** ![Roman\_Soup](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/roman_soup/32/173217_2.png) [@Roman\_Soup](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Roman_Soup)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 4:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/4 "2022-07-30T04:50:16Z")
Uhmmm… kittens. Dem claws… ouch. _Poll ([view on site](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/4))_ ---
**Author:** ![hobby\_master](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hobby_master/32/145533_2.png) [@hobby\_master](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobby_master)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/5 "2022-07-30T06:48:05Z")
Theyre in a bag, and i havent see kitten claws made into tools or arrow heads ---
**Author:** ![BottledWater](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bottledwater/32/172376_2.png) [@BottledWater](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BottledWater)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/6 "2022-07-30T07:08:53Z")
Pretty sure that could classify as animal cruelty depending on how the claws are harvested :joy: ---
**Author:** ![Chriscatastrophe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chriscatastrophe/32/111769_2.png) [@Chriscatastrophe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chriscatastrophe)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/7 "2022-07-30T07:27:32Z")
The stones would hurt more because I feel like the weight distribution would be more spread out with the bag of kittens and they would probably be moving around more . ---
**Author:** ![YoYoMa1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoma1/32/167867_2.png) [@YoYoMa1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoMa1)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/8 "2022-07-30T08:14:38Z")
Plastic is softer than metal. ---
**Author:** ![ToastedOats](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/toastedoats/32/182384_2.png) [@ToastedOats](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ToastedOats)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/9 "2022-07-30T10:19:56Z")
I’m going to disagree with everyone here. I may very well be wrong, I don’t know. But plastic is not soft enough to hurt “less” than a metal yoyo. Neither one of them deform when they hit your face. They are both harder than you, and mass is mass Ergo they hurt equally. ---
**Author:** ![Siggy-06](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/siggy-06/32/182279_2.png) [@Siggy-06](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Siggy-06)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/10 "2022-07-30T12:20:42Z")
‘No rocks or kittens were harmed in the making of this post.’ I think it comes down to the shape of the yoyo. Some H and V shapes are pointy. ---
**Author:** ![Exmime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/exmime/32/40143_2.png) [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/11 "2022-07-30T14:15:24Z")
What about Wood? \*Beat on the Brat with the Baseball Bat" [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/c/8/0c8717a97baf4d09ec4a5eb64bd9ff5988e2d84a.jpeg "The Ramones - Beat On The Brat music video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj7h9VPEL9E) ---
**Author:** ![chaosgow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chaosgow/32/61394_2.png) [@chaosgow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/chaosgow)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/12 "2022-07-30T14:50:27Z")
I’ve had this argument many times and I still feel like this is the correct answer. You can decrease pain by increasing surface area of likely contact points, not by changing materials. Any material that is going to hurt less is going to be extremely difficult to make a half decent yoyo out of. ---
**Author:** ![Luke\_Renner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/luke_renner/32/368_2.png) [@Luke\_Renner](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Luke_Renner)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/13 "2022-07-30T16:22:31Z")
Not sure on metal but plastic is harder than teeth with the right amount of force applied ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/c/c/eccd0029215bfe9431d5776df0dfe31276f611f7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![chaosgow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chaosgow/32/61394_2.png) [@chaosgow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/chaosgow)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/14 "2022-07-30T16:30:01Z")
That’s definitely an edge case. You’re more likely to ding your lips than your teeth. Not impossible but I can’t see it being all that common to hit your teeth with a yoyo. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/15 "2022-07-30T16:36:45Z")
Plastic dissipates the energy of a hit way more than aluminium just by the fact its less dense. ---
**Author:** ![chaosgow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chaosgow/32/61394_2.png) [@chaosgow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/chaosgow)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/16 "2022-07-30T16:49:18Z")
Yea but it doesn’t lessen the initial impact. It needs to deform or break ---
**Author:** ![Nova](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nova/32/172750_2.png) [@Nova](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nova)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/17 "2022-07-30T16:52:53Z")
All I know is if I cover my responsive yoyo in response pads i get both maximum responsiveness and minimal pain when it responds ---
**Author:** ![Lefski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lefski/32/1430_2.png) [@Lefski](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lefski)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/18 "2022-07-30T21:00:27Z")
It hurts me more when a metal yo-yo hits the ground than when a plastic yo-yo hits the ground. ---
**Author:** ![bheinz63](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bheinz63/32/137310_2.png) [@bheinz63](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bheinz63)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/19 "2022-07-30T21:10:41Z")
This! ---
**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572/20 "2022-07-31T09:23:32Z")
I got hit in the head with a 10 pound Marshmallow sledgehammer one day. When I woke up, I walked into the forest and started a campfire for some reason. There’s s’more to the story but not now…🙀 [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-people-think-plastic-yoyos-hurt-less-than-metal/360572.md?page=2)