BNS DX Xtreme FUSION + Lite

[pow]

To anyone who is wondering about how good these pads are:

I can do just about every song thats in DDR right now and most ITG 12's and 13's on this pad and do it with relatively high scores.

I've gotten AAA's on it on Heavy so it's pretty good.

IMO its probably the best foam/soft pad you can buy. I've played on ignitions, the itg pad the mariomix pad the konami pad, and after going through about 3 ignitions, I'm glad that I found this pad. Probably the best investment you can make for the money.

I've had the pad for about 6 months now and its still working like its brand new after playing every day for about 1-2 hours on heavy all 7-12's.

If your looking for something that will last a long time and is good as hell, BUY IT, DO OO OO O O IT

[noctorious]

hmm... i have thick carpet, would it help a lot using a chairmat under these pads? I'm thinking about getting one for the guests XD

[dj_sammylvr03]

[DefaultGen]

I just picked up a Sparkle for my girlfriend (After getting her a crappy $30 foam pad earlier this year)

Hope its good
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[Heal Li]

Remember that this is MY OPINION on this pad.

I have been using the Fusion dance pad for 3 days nows. So far, I can say that these pads are great. Just to give a description of who's playing on it: I'm 200 pounds and usually play 5-8 footers on Stepmania. My brother is 140 pounds and plays at the same level. We just started playing DDR again after a two year drought

pow has basically posted all the pros and cons to this pad so I can't really say anything without repeating what he said.

I tried this on THICK carpet (w/ XBOX) the first time I got the pad. The pad would need reshifting after every song. The accuracy wasn't the best on jumps. Let's just say I'll get Greats when it feels like it should be Perfects. I could also be wrong about this since I tried it on the carpet in one 40-min run before playing it strictly on hard floor (w/ Stepmania). If you play on carpet with these, I would suggest putting a chair mat underneath it.

When playing on the hard floor (w/ Stepmania), there were nearly no problems whatsoever. One slight problem which pow already stated is that the arrows are non-squared and small (check the pictures in this thread to see). This slight problem does not affect the performance for me at the least.

We played for about 6-8 hours total the past three days and considering my weight (200 pounds), its been taking a monster beating and still working as accurately as the 1st day. I suggest these pads if you do not have enough to get a metal pad (nexen, blueshard, or CF) because this is the next best thing.

I'll update on the status of these pads when something else comes up. If anyone has questions, I'll gladly answer it.

[Intrinzic]

I really want to order one of these controllers but I’m really starting to wonder about this buy and shop outfit. I sent them e-mail asking one small question regarding these dance pads back on the 26th of December, then a slightly revised version of that question on the 27th of December. Neither of those questions got answered so I sent an e-mail on the 2nd of January in frustration that no one was getting back to me, asking what was going on. Then on the 3rd of January I called during their business hours and no one picked up the phone, nor did any answer service kick in. To this date no e-mail has been returned. All I wanted was a simple question answered before I my placed my order and now I’m starting to wonder about the company in general. They don’t answer e-mail, and they don’t pick up their phone. Like wtf?

I was wondering if the two-pad bundle {http://www.buynshop.com/productinfo/4985/VG-DDR-DXCB2/} and the, two pad bundles with game, were the exact same pads as the single product {http://www.buynshop.com/productinfo/4985/VG-DDR-ULTDX/}. I was also wondering about the “compatible with xbox when used with a controller adapter” part they have in their descriptions. The picture seems to indicate that the pad has PC/xbox/PS3 ends and no adapter is needed. Although the product description contradicts this saying adapter it is required, or with the xbox game bundle says it ships with adapters. Can anyone shed any light on any of this?

Oh, one more thing I just thought of. Do these pads have an xbox “y” button?

[egauss]

[limekat]

BNS do sell a mixed set of fusion & sparkle, but you just have to send them an email about it. I was about to get a mixed set, but I decided on getting a double set of Sparkles to half with my friend.

These mats are beyond amazing; they're incredibly soft compared to the Redoctane Ignition. You can feel the quality =]

They're not the best at customer service, but the mats arrived perfectly on time, 2 weeks after I ordered them. They got back to me surprisingly fast when I placed my order, though.

[koofu]

so the new DX pads look like that? nice.. wow 3 connectors. im getting it for sure. is the reaction time pretty good with every step?
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[jpoppyz]

on my mac G4, i have experienced no lag using the USB on it. everything works perfectly for me, although this pad doesnt get much use anymore because of my cobalt flux.
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[Bigmac8484]

I ordered the pad the fusion one and a ps to lpt adapter so i can use it on my laptop and just as a backup in case the usb lags but anyway thanks for all your reviews! By the way i just joined this site but i have been into ddr for years
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Favorite song on DDR: Sakura by RevenG
Best score with keyboard: A Chaos
Best Score with pad: AA .59, B Tsuguru (Apple Mix)

[Bigmac8484]

Also could someone tell me how there's are holding up? and if they're doing good?
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Favorite song on DDR: Sakura by RevenG
Best score with keyboard: A Chaos
Best Score with pad: AA .59, B Tsuguru (Apple Mix)

[Bigmac8484]

Hey koofu, don't listen to orb i bought an adapter the lpt one with my pad and i just got the pad and adapter today and it is awesome! no lag or anything as long as im going to guess you have a decent computer without a lot of crap on it. Im not going to write a long review but on comfort 9/10 play 10/10 responsiveness 9/10 overall id give this a 10 out of 10 it is definitly worth it! Had to harp on my parents for days but it was worth it!
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Favorite song on DDR: Sakura by RevenG
Best score with keyboard: A Chaos
Best Score with pad: AA .59, B Tsuguru (Apple Mix)

[Heal Li]

Mines still running like its new. USB port has no lag at all!! (For Me)

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[discobiscuits]

Mine's still holding up well. Working great for Supernova JP
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[Reenee]

You mean to say I have to pay twenty lousy extra dollars just so I can play the damn thing on my Xbox?
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[Heal Li]

The one i bought had the 3-in-1 connector for xbox/ps2/pcusb. I never got charged any higher.

UPDATE: The down button seems to take more pressure to press down on.

[foolbar]

My bns fusion has raised top and right arrows, but left and down are completely flat. Is this normal? Any hope of returning this to buynshop are will they just send the same pad back to me after I've spent $15 to ship it back to them?