# Yoyos with rubber-coated rims?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-with-rubber-coated-rims/389523
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [December 2, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-with-rubber-coated-rims/389523 "2023-12-02T23:33:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Siredud](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Siredud)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-with-rubber-coated-rims/389523/21 "2023-12-04T02:02:47Z")
At least in my experience, the xodus’s rubber rims hurt a lot more than a sharp metal yoyo.
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### Author:  [@DanAvi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DanAvi)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-with-rubber-coated-rims/389523/22 "2023-12-04T02:12:15Z")
I don’t buy that. If we’re talking about the same level of impact in the same part of the body, there’s no way that rubber would hurt more than metal.
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### Author:  [@Beverchakus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Beverchakus)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-with-rubber-coated-rims/389523/23 "2023-12-04T02:20:07Z")
Rubber could pull hairs, or maybe “do a burnout” on the skin. That could hurt more than a metal. I’m just spitballin’ here. But i do see rubber yoyos have a higher volume of impacts during a session due to rubber being able to grip and do unexpected things. I think i’d have to agree with the others on this one, i’d rather get hit with a metal yoyo that slides vs a rubber yoyo that grips.
Edit, i do have a rubber rimmed hyabusa that’s modded for 5A that i do play quite often, so i’m not just pulling this out of thin air. Maybe because it’s big (like most rubber yoyo) but i do NOT want that thing flying at my face or hands. It hurts.
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### Author:  [@DanAvi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DanAvi)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-with-rubber-coated-rims/389523/24 "2023-12-04T03:03:19Z")
I have a Yomega Xodus. I haven’t taken many hits with it because I don’t use it as often, but my experience thus far is that it hurts less than my metal yoyos, even though it weighs quite a bit more and is larger. Never once has the Yomega claimed a single hair or cause a burnout. It would do that if you try to do a grind with it while it’s spinning fast, but not if it whacks you in the knuckles head on. And for the record, if I’d have to choose, I’d rather have a hair pulled than a bone fracture.
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