well hopefully those red octane pads work for you, cause when i bought mine they used foil in them as conductors so they would lose there "sensorness" after an month"strangely enough when the warranty ...
Yeah, $49 is a lot to drop at one time especially at an arcade. I never spend that much EVER at an arcade. That's probably how much I spend at an arcade in like 5 or 6 months.
You should get a Cobalt Flux if you really want a metal pad, they're the best metal pads out there for DDR. Also, it is quite heavy but you can move it on its side for stowage or something like that. ...