Question On Metal Pads

Pandemonium · Trick Member Joined: 20 Nov 2004 Location: Swansea, MA

Ive heard from some of my friends that soft pads (like the one that comes with Ultramix 2) tend to brake or whatever. Then, I look at metal pads, which I hear are super-reliable, but most of them are $100+. Is it really worth paying over $100 for a metal pad?
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RadMooseKiller · Trick Member Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Location: Northeast Ohio

i don't think its completely necessary, but i have had incredible luck with soft pads. i got the one in the ultramix bundle over a year ago and it still works perfectly to this day. but some people, like me, just prefer to play on metal mats, plus you can wear your shoes when you play. my friend has a generic brand metal mat and the back arrow always breaks, but i just got a red octane metal mat and it works just fine.
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Septagon · Trick Member Joined: 18 Sep 2004 Location: Kingwood, TX

Simple Answer: Yes.
But remember: you get what you pay for. So don't be fooled by those $50 metal pads on eBay. And don't get any redoctane ignitions. Those always seem to break for me.

RevenG-D · Trick Member Joined: 07 Nov 2004

If your going to get a metal pad get a cobalt flux
www.cobaltflux.com
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josheee · Trick Member Joined: 22 Oct 2004

If you're doing 3 and 4 footer songs, the soft pads are fine. As you progress past that point, you'll find that it'll slip out from under you during the faster songs. Sometimes a missed arrow will cost you the grade.

I recently got a Cobalt and it's REALLY improved my game. There's a period of adjustment from the soft pad to the hard one, but it's no different than going to the arcade.

I wouldn't switch back.

DDR Slave · Trick Member Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Location: Winnipeg

Good question. I've been weened on the hard arcade pads, and I find the soft pads... just wrong. They do slip, but you can handle that with a bit of duct tape I guess. I've heard from a lot of people that they seem to break a lot.

But you do often get what you pay for.

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boss matsumoto · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:06 pm Post subject:

im getting seriously sick of my soft pad... its held out for at least a month of me beating out 9 footers on it, but it slides all over the place (into woden furniture, under the sofa) which decreases my potential score aproximately 1 letter grade. Go for a metal pad if you're serious about DDR.
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