Cobalt Flux Dance Platform

jjang1993 · Trick Member Joined: 05 Aug 2005

i heard u have to put plywood under your flux to keep it from cracked if your playing on carpet. would using a 40inch by 40inch piece of particle board work just as fine as plywood?
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RoadsarePoison · Trick Member Joined: 24 May 2005 Location: Albany

This seems to be the best ps2-USB adapter to use with the Cobalt Flux and Stepmania.

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=23&products_id=4532&

It's a bit pricy but there's no lag at all and there are no special drivers needed as far as i can tell, I just plugged it in and started playing.
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Flazh · Trick Member Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Location: Leeds, England

sacratoy · Trick Member Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Location: Longmont, CO

well i got my CF pad....omg i love it...me and my friends tried it out and we could pass MAX 300 on heavy and pass w/ a "B"...sure we are decent but it is a first. it rocks that is all i can say. if you want more of my opinion ask plz because right now i am playing ddr.
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jjang1993 · Trick Member Joined: 05 Aug 2005

lol, will putting particle board under the CB prevent it from cracking?
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sacratoy · Trick Member Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Location: Longmont, CO

it will only crack really if you play on shag carpeting....pwesonaly i say get 4 pieces of high dencity foam like the stuff that you find in some high end soft pads and put it underneith the CF....this prevents sliding and it makes a nice firm, stable/ sturdy setup. further then that i would go to the CF forums and get the plans for a wooden home build frame that you can put a bar on and keep it safe from the playing elements.
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mtwieg · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:23 pm Post subject:

Just got mine today and it's pretty sweet.

-Good shipping. Ordered on the 8th, shipped on the 13th, delivered on the twentieth.
-Has a very good feel to it. I got the black arcade mod and it is a big improvement. However, the arrow panels have a kind of soft feeling to them, unlike the arcade. This bothered me, but I think I'll get over it.
-Sensitivity is pretty good. I'm getting a few misses and boos that I shouldn't be, but I think it's because I haven't turned off the non-arrow buttons. Not quite as sensitive as my homepads.
-I just played max300 heavy on it a few times straight out of the box, and my grades are about the same as the arcade. However, it slides around on non-carpet surfaces, and the stickers they include don't help much. I'll probably just get something to put between it and the floor.
-My biggest complaint, of course, is the price. $411 total is really steep, even for something that is bound to last a long time. I still reccomend building your own pad before spending this kind of money.

Overall, this is a good pad. Keep in mind, my standards are elevated, since I've built about a dozen homepads, half of which outperform the CF (but require a decent amount of maintanance). Once again, I only recommend buying this if for some reason you can't build a homepad. It's just too damn expensive.

I'll post any problems/additional comments as the come.

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Paulpk · Trick Member Joined: 09 Feb 2005

I just recentally moved my Cobalt Flux to a diffrent room. And the carpet is thicker, and it wasn't level. So I bought one of those chair mats for sliding chairs around to level it out. Worst idea ever. Sure the pad doesn't feel like its bowing and about to crack in half anymore. But it's sliding all over the place. Time to go to Home Depot for plywood. If that doesn't work I will rip the carpet up.

rathstar · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:54 pm Post subject: Re: Don't buy a chair mat!

zaken · Basic Member Joined: 12 Sep 2005

Posted it in the wrong place

here is the link if anyone interested. I am currently thinking about it. Its still 3 days to go tho, so I might wait a bit to see whats the final price close to.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cobalt-Flux-DDR-Pad-Dance-Dance-Revolution_W0QQitemZ8221684615QQcategoryZ21185QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Jesus Corralejo · Basic Member Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Location: Houston Tx

But wouldn't it be better to buy it from www.cobaltflux.com and get the 6 months warranty. You know for something that may happen to the pad.
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Mckeelsux · Trick Member Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Location: Lakeland, FL

Can anybody tell me what the arcade kit for the CF is, what it does, and how to put it on the pad? I just got my CF last christmas and this kit is news to me. Also, anybody tell me what u think of this kit.
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Rynker · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:27 pm Post subject: ham

does any one have a CF that actually broke?

theinsanitytest · Trick Member Joined: 02 Jan 2005

playing on thick long "shag" carpeting is the easiest way for it to break but is easly preventable, also pouring juice or doing somthing to intentionally to break it would break it. but yeah people have had it break but it was still waranty so they paid 40 bucks for shipping and got it back in mint condition

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impulse617 · Trick Member Joined: 06 Mar 2005

yay i finally ordered one of these after going through a crappy RO metal pad. Ive had to play on control the last few months (and it actually did help me get better at arcade play for some reason). Nothing can beat the arcade but im hoping this comes close

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|'.'| · Trick Member Joined: 09 Jun 2005

I ordered my CF about 10 days ago and it still has not been shipped, is this normal?

Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 6:47 pm Post subject:

Yeah, it needs to be built first.

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