How Long Does Your Pad Last?

Da-Risin-Smoke · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 9:43 am Post subject: How Long Does Your Pad Last?

How long does your pad last? Do you have an ignition/foam insert pad or flat pad?

If you play heavy, how long does an ignition pad last.
Or, about your flat pad.

My RO ignition pad has been lasting 8 months and counting and still has no sign of dying out.

I'm just curious.
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Captain_Jack89 · Trick Member Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Location: The Pad

I've had 2 afterburners so far....neither one has lasted over 4 months

AA Bob · Trick Member Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Location: Alllll right!

Well, I had two Ignitions (a v3 and then a v2). Both went about 2-3 weeks before I started getting phantom steps, stuck arrows, rips, etc. (I was playing on Heavy, BTW, but mostly 6-8 footers at the time). I had a $20 softpad which I modded and used for about a month. It never broke, but it was spectacularly crappy.

Then I got two CFs. I've had them for about 5 months, and they work every bit as well now as they did right out of the box. <3
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Norkusa · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:15 pm Post subject:

Ignition 3.0 - lasted 4 months

Afterburner - laster 3 months

My foam pad outlasted a metal one. Go figure.

CoasterKrazy · Trick Member Joined: 27 Dec 2004 Location: Northeast Ohio

My Ignition 3.0's only last three weeks if I'm lucky, and I play in the 7 to 9 footer range.

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Edible Bondage Tape · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jan 2002 Location: Kerri

my mad katz dance pad i got back in 2001 lasted like 2 years

and i gutted it for parts too it had no missfires anc that was in the 7 to 9 range about 2 or 3 hours a week usualy

my RO2.0 lasted like 4 months but the foam has sprung back in to shape again so its getting a second chance before i mail my pennies to CF
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-dark-xuxa · Trick Member Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: illinois

ive had like 3 soft pads and 7 ignition pads. non of the ignitions lasted more then a month yet my neihghbors soft pad has been working ever since ultramix 1 came out and he plays on heavy lol
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ArvinG · Trick Member Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Location: Coquitlam, BC

my intec soft pad has lasted like 4 months even through 8hr runs of 9footers and 10 footers, the down button is combined with triangle LR and RD jumps random boo 1/4 times and 1/4 of the pad is ripped and some how i still beat paranoia survivor with a B andi get A's on 9 footers o.o
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saber · Basic Member Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Location: Michigan

ignitions (2 v2's but replaced with hard foam): 6 months and still going

innex arcade metal pad: sor far, a month (i've heard they break in weeks)

mouseish · Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 9:23 am Post subject:

I had a pair of flat softpads with thin paneling on the bottom last for 4 months each and My TX-2000's are going on 14 months (completly reconstructed and rewired at 10 months). I built a thick wood based lesxan topped flat pump pad and the same with a konami flat pad last night and we'll see how they turn out.

MinN_Limited · Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 10:33 pm Post subject:

I had a cheap third party ignition pad from lik-sang, and I started getting ghost steps after a couple weeks (the left arrow completely stuck after a month or so), then I built a metal pad just over 2 months ago and it's been working perfectly ever since

DanD · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:46 am Post subject:

Ignition v2: 11 months and counting

RO Metal Pad(not afterburner): 6 months

Maybe I'm just lucky?
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Demon Bryant · Trick Member Joined: 27 Mar 2005

Various soft pads: Still work as of 2 years ago, but aren't worth using because they move too much.
2 different TX-1000: Less than a month each.
RO Ignition pad: 4 months and still working beautifully.
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mouseish · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 2:14 pm Post subject:

My pad usually only lasts about 4 or 5 hours, but I can get 8 hours out of one on a good day

Jun · Trick Member Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Location: Corn

I dont get how people can break their ignitions or soft pads so easily. I've been playing for four months with the $20 soft pads and they still work perfectly, and I play on heavy.
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mouseish · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:09 pm Post subject:

it was a girl stuff joke, but anyway, my flat softpads work fine for months usually, but I use modded stuff

http://silentaftermath.com/justin/CT20

My modded softpad pics

tekkie · Trick Member Joined: 19 Dec 2003 Location: Albuquerque

I have some BNSUSA pad. Arrows fine as long as you actually step on them (barely touching the edges will not do, which is perfectly fine) and the back messes up occasionally.

Ebay for 140 bucks. lol.
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Nopeâ¢ · Trick Member Joined: 20 Nov 2004 Location: Lame Sauce

Hm, I would say my TX1000s and the RedOctane one I have lasted about 3-4 weeks before they broke and forced me to learn how to repair them. Every two weeks now I have to repair them because something goes wrong. Solder, duct tape, aluminum foil tape, old socks... and more duct tape... those are my weapons.
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Mixel Plix · Trick Member Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Location: PA

my soft mats lasted about a year (woot woot!) i got an intec pad with a foam insert, and its up arrow started to mess up after only about 2 weeks. Took it back and got another one, this one is messed up now, and i lost the receipt so cant take it back again. Up and back arrow are double hitting now, and its ripping on the inside. so i'm stuck with this thing until $300 magically appears in front of me. MUST GET COBALT FLUX! btw i play on heavy 9-10 footers and junk like that.

ArvinG · Trick Member Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Location: Coquitlam, BC

wow sucks to be you for ur intec pads,mine are still working but half of the pad is ripped, mine barely messes up unless the down button gets stuck,i dunno im either lucky or its cause im only 100 pounds (btw YAY FINALLY ORDERED MY CF!!! now for it to finish building been waiting 4 days..)

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