# Worn out string
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worn-out-string/84491
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [July 26, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worn-out-string/84491 "2017-07-26T22:27:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Niekro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Niekro)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worn-out-string/84491/1 "2017-07-26T22:27:54Z")
What are the drawbacks of playing with worn out string? Possible breakage of
course. Is it harder to bind? Thanks in advance.
edit : I use fat nylon
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### Author:  [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worn-out-string/84491/2 "2017-07-26T22:51:44Z")
Discoloration. I think it makes the string not hold tension as well (could be wrong).
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### Author:  [@GrindDude](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GrindDude)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worn-out-string/84491/3 "2017-07-26T23:00:41Z")
Color
Tension
Binds slippier
Breakage
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### Author:  [@Niekro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Niekro)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worn-out-string/84491/4 "2017-07-26T23:02:27Z")
Tension, thanks guys.
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### Author:  [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worn-out-string/84491/5 "2017-07-26T23:43:15Z")
> [@Niekro](#):
>
> Tension, thanks guys.
No problem!
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### Author:  [@Caden3211](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Caden3211)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worn-out-string/84491/6 "2017-07-27T01:42:46Z")
I always get knots because
The loop connected to the yoyo get to big I also hate string that is bit bright and vibrant
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### Author:  [@Throwto100](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Throwto100)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worn-out-string/84491/7 "2017-07-27T02:52:00Z")
It is thinner, more twisty, and less slick and puffy.
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### Author:  [@Niekro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Niekro)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worn-out-string/84491/8 "2017-07-27T19:43:50Z")
My tension problems are over!!
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### Author:  [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worn-out-string/84491/9 "2017-07-27T23:31:31Z")
> [@Niekro](#):
>
> My tension problems are over!!
Using a new string helped a lot I assume? :wink:
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### Author:  [@Niekro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Niekro)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worn-out-string/84491/10 "2017-07-28T00:14:48Z")
Huge
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### Author:  [@rizki\_yoist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rizki_yoist)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worn-out-string/84491/11 "2017-07-28T09:57:34Z")
They just suck, words can’t even describe it.
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### Author:  [@Ludaveen](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ludaveen)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worn-out-string/84491/12 "2017-10-29T15:28:06Z")
Once a string gets grimy when im playing w/out gloves it starts to drag on my hands more, get snagged more often, and even when there is no string tension the string loses its consistent whippiness thats good for things like a brent stole, so i find myself using fresh string just when i want to freshen the experience
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### Author:  [@Throwto100](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Throwto100)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worn-out-string/84491/13 "2017-10-29T16:50:00Z")
It dampens the fun of yoyoing. If you have trouble keeping neutral string tension, the string is the issue. Change them when they no longer play as well as when they were new.
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### Author:  [@skitrz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skitrz)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worn-out-string/84491/14 "2017-10-29T22:55:44Z")
Yoyoing with worn out string is like eating a chocolate chip cookie without chocolate chips. The experience just isn’t what it should be. 😢
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### Author:  [@Oldthrower3000](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Oldthrower3000)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worn-out-string/84491/15 "2017-10-30T19:57:41Z")
Don’t know. I use nylon exclusively, and it’s actually pretty tough to wear them out. When they get grimy, I just pop them into a pants pocket and wash the pants.
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### Author:  [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2017, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worn-out-string/84491/16 "2017-10-31T07:35:20Z")
Well; there is an upside to using worn out strings. Think of it this way\> If you use the same string for a ‘week’(you throw 7 days a week; all day long); you save about 10 cents a week. Now if you throw 52 weeks a year; you save $5.20 a year. If you started throwing and economizing at the same time(lets say 10 years old); and you throw every day, every week, every month, every year until you are 80; then you have amassed an incredible fortune in the amount of $364!
And with that tremendous amount of Capital; you could eat one item per day from the Taco Bell Dollar menu for an entire year.
The End…