What's the lifespan of an unmodded pad?

[blargfest]

Will ANY of them last longer than 6 months?
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[xphoguytonyx]

it depends how many hrs or whenever u play with the pad.

13 pad of mine last at least one month each.
then 14 pad, it was the same kind and it only last bout 3 days. the right arrow always the first one to stop working . now im playing ddr using circle. its fun though but cant do it with faster songs.
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[Twyster]

After 14 pads don't you think its time to build/order a hard pad =p

I've only had 1 soft pad for about a year and i'm already starting to build my own hard one.
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[xphoguytonyx]

i do have a metal pad. my uncle didnt send it from house place to my place yet. and no i cannot pick it up. its in another state.
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How long to hard pads last? Do they wear out?
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[chibidjinn]

It depends how much they are being playing on, the type of metal pad, and how well you maintain them.

[vsamaco]

[blargfest]

Thanks, vsmaco. I'm asking because I wore out a cheap pad after a couple months, bought an ignition in January which is toast now, and was just wondering if this was just the way things were. I'll check out the flux.
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[DDRdre]

Well metal pads should last long of you maintain it but soft pads stink my first one didn't even work when i first bought my game and tried it. The next one lasted 10 days. The third one lasted 2 months then the down arrow started to mess me up since the foam thing was ripped but i did a little something to it and made it last a little longer but my score was always bad. Ex song like .59 i can get a A at my aunts house with her pad. My house with my pad a C or B and sometimes when it feels like working an A But im building a metal pad as of today
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[Flameboat]

I've had 3 Naki pads, each of which lasted about a month and a half. My Ignition pad, however, I got in December and it still works just as well as when I got it. I must not be as rough on the pads as everyone else...
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[NageurSansVie]

I've been through two Madcatz pads, both which lasted one month each. Right now I'm on a RedOctane Ignition 2.0 which has lasted me three months, but the down and left buttons are dying, but it lived a pretty good life, which consisted of about an hour a day, a trip to Amish Land, and a spring break party (Healing Vision Angelic Mix will torture your pad...). I gotta activate the warranty so I can get my new one for the Yearbook Committee party... It would be so nice if there were indestructible unbreakable superduper ultra pads. Wouldn't it?
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[uouuɐ]

when i got on heavy, i had a madcatz soft pad. when i got on heavy, the right arrow got stuck down and the pad kept slipping. it really pissed me off. but then i ordered a metal pad on ebay for like 85 bucks. its lasted me two months now and still works like it did when i put it together.
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[Trifthen]

If you have the time, access to a table saw, a 12 volt or stronger drill, tin snips, and about $100 worth in supplies, you can build one that should be easy to maintain. The idea being that you built it, so you should know how to fix it. I'm almost done with mine, and the guy that came up with the design said he's had is for about two years now, no problems.

Barring that, get a Cobalt Flux. They're expensive, but indestructible. The only reason I'm not buying one is that I want an arcade replica, and Cobalt Flux covers all of their pads with a rather thick layer of lucite, so you can't feel where the metal brackets would be.

Soft pads are good to start, but if you start getting into heavy songs, they'll die rather quickly. There are exceptions, but it looks like most people agree soft pads last about a month. Ignition style pads seem to last anywhere from six months to a year - loger if you don't mind the occasional flickering arrow. Look at the soft pad sticky for discussions on extending pad life, but no matter what you do, eventually soft pads will get flaky.

I think the most amusing part of that statement is that if they just used a slightly thicker plastic for the internal wiring, and better quality foam for the layer between the internal wiring, soft pads would last much longer, without a significant cost increase. So far as I've been able to tell, from looking at the inside of every soft pad that's eventually died on me, everything from a cheap MadKatz to a Red Octane Ignition pad all use cheap krinkly plastic for the internal contacts, and foam that tears or bunches up inside the circuitry. This all leads to ghost-steps, unresponsive arrows, and sometimes outright pad death.

So if you want long pad life, mod and hope for 6 months, or buy an ignition and hope for 6 months to a year, or just circumvent the whole thing and go for a Cobalt Flux. I wish there were some kind of middle ground, but for now, there doesn't seem to be.
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[mavrik_055]

i got one of the naki pads 6 months ago and it still works great (not modded). I bought a pad b4 this one tho, and it lasted maybe 2 months...

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