# Yoyo suddenly starts chewing up strings **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [January 20, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-suddenly-starts-chewing-up-strings/297744 "2019-01-20T21:58:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![JWaugh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jwaugh/32/42366_2.png) [@JWaugh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JWaugh)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-suddenly-starts-chewing-up-strings/297744/2 "2019-01-20T22:21:26Z")
> [@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): > > 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… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-suddenly-starts-chewing-up-strings/297744)._