metal pads, settled...

sXeNUFANPunkX · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 2:22 pm Post subject: metal pads, settled...

i read all this stuff on metal pads everywhere, and nothing really says any info!!!

first, the new metal pad from RedOctane (the one thats pre-order right now ( http://redoctane.com/redoctanemetalpad.html )).... if anyone knows, is it or is it not any good? if i have the extra money SHOULD i get a CF instead??

and the CF pads ( www.cobaltflux.com ), does anyone know is there is anything wrong with them? or am i really paying $300 for a reason

heh...

and now the lik-sung.com $80 metal pads ( http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=22&products_id=3221& ), are they pretty much just MyMyBox pads? (like with the same/same amount of problems)?

i have really looked into these, and right now i ma reallly leaning ftowards the CF pad..... i just want to make sure i am not making a mistake... and not either A) paying more for the same as something else that is cheaper, or B) paying more for something that isnt worth that much...

thanks in adv..

Gogo · Trick Member Joined: 16 Mar 2003 Location: Essex, VT

Don't buy RedOctane because they are poopy. They shaft their tournaments by sending inferior products to what they promised.
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Gogo · Trick Member Joined: 16 Mar 2003 Location: Essex, VT

Don't buy RedOctane because they are poopy. They shaft their tournaments by sending inferior products to what they promised.
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rmz · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ

Look at the Cobalt Flux forums yourself if you want a general consensus of people who have bought them.
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roothorick · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jun 2003

I haven't actually used a Cobalt Flux, but I can tell just by looking at pictures of them that they a) at least don't look very durable b) Could never provide an experience even remotely similar to the arcade c) Is vastly overpriced. The other two you mentioned look incredibly flimsy in the pictures, but I've tried neither.

My advice is to either build your own, or wait for that one guy to start shipping his arcade-authentic collapsable platforms.

CRXracer · Trick Member Joined: 15 Mar 2003 Location: Michigan

I own a Cobalt Flux. It is truly amazing, and I have had no problems with it. It does still, however, slide around on the floor but that's because I lost the anti-slip strips it came with

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SwivelGuy2 · Trick Member Joined: 19 Dec 2002

I own a cobalt flux as well, and although I am satisfied with it, I don't think it was worth the money. Many people convince themselves that it was worth the money, because otherwise they would hate themselves for spending it.

The CF is indeed very durable, looks great, plays great, and isn't too high-maintenance, although you will want to keep a screwdriver handy. It doesn't feel at all like the arcade, but it's MUCH closer to the arcade than any soft pad.

However, I would still say the a CF is the only hard pad worth buying. If you think you can do it, build your own.
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masta · Trick Member Joined: 18 Jul 2003

I prefer my Cobalt flux over the arcade pad.

The only thing the cobalt flux can't give me that an arcade can is the atmosphere.

Devil Warrior · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: New Hampshire

roothorick, just why exactly doesn't a platform consisting solely of a melamine baseboard, sheetmetal, and lexan, NOT look durable? Where is there to break?
And maybe you should wonder why you've convinced yourself that the arcade pad is the best pad ever designed. I mean, the cobalt flux has 0 electronics within the platform itself, just the wires going to the front connector. Hard to break that through overuse. Arcade pads break down all the time because the sensors get dirty. Who knows, maybe Konami, if/when they release the 9th mix, will redesign the pads?

DJzen · Trick Member Joined: 28 Oct 2002 Location: near Philly

Devil Warrior, I think he meant that because the CF platform is very.... well.... flat, that it doesn't LOOK durable. Now, while I question their claim of using it after running over it with an SUV, I don't doubt that it's a high quality product just from the amount of people who say they've had no problems from it. In fact, the ONLY complaints I hear are that it's harder to feel where your feet are on the pad and the select button is actually a triangle button. I'm hoping that the RO metal pad doesn't also contain this bizzare design scheme, but we shall see.

Also, the arcade platforms have always been good to me. Sure they break down but anything that has moving parts does eventually. I think what most people mean by "arcade quality" is "will work as well as when I got it several months down the road". I'm hoping RO's pads perform, I'd like a metal platform but don't have $300 to spend on video game peripherals.
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