I need a metal mat

cornchipz · Trick Member Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Location: Stanwood, IA

Allright... so I've been checking out this forum for a little while, looking for pad information, and today, I finally got the nerve to join, so I could actually make a topic.

I need a metal pad that can stand up, and has sensetivity and will work for a long time. Arcade realism not needed. All the pad needs is to keep sensetivity, xbox and pc capabilities, and a bar, seeing as I rape the bar like crazy.

I won't be able to buy for a while, til I get back from basic training, but I just need a new mat, since my floor mat is screwed.

I'd even take a homemade mat, if I was reassured on its quality.

Marq(uistadorous) · Trick Member Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Location: Arvada, CO

Well if you want a good pad with an alright bar, get the blueshark.
If you want an alright pad with a crappy bar, get a tx6000.
If you want an awsome pad, get a cobalt flux and then make your own bar like this dude:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a327/HellRazoR35/flashypads2.jpg
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cornchipz · Trick Member Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Location: Stanwood, IA

Well, I was thinking about making a bar, so what is a good, cheap metal mat, that won't severely piss me off?

MinN_Limited · Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:24 pm Post subject:

Whatever you do, DO NOT get a cobalt flux....

Yeah I can't back that up...CF rules all

cornchipz · Trick Member Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Location: Stanwood, IA

Allright, well, now that we've decided I'm not getting something with a bar intiaially, I dont think I want to buy a CF, because those are expensive. They might be teh pwnage, but, teh pwnage costs a lot more the daddy wants to spend really.

Marq(uistadorous) · Trick Member Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Location: Arvada, CO

Well, if you are REALLY going for cheap but stilll want a decent pad, get this http://cgi.ebay.com/XBOX-PS2-PC-USB-Metal-Dance-Revolution-DDR-Ninja-PAD-NR_W0QQitemZ8278723786QQcategoryZ41017QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (called the tx150 I think) or this http://cgi.ebay.com/XBOX-PS2-PC-ADVANCED-DDR-STEEL-DANCE-PAD-METAL-ARROWS_W0QQitemZ8278757165QQcategoryZ21188QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (called the tx-4000) .they are cheap but usually work fine. If you get the 1st one, the panels will eventually crack. The 2nd one has metal panels that WILL NOT CRACK, so those are good

Those are great prices for what you get. They are worth more than that. But if you want to save up and get a pad that'll last you a lifetime, than the cobalt flux is what you want.

The other pads you see on ebay are probably crap

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cornchipz · Trick Member Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Location: Stanwood, IA

I was just waiting for someone to suggest this to me. I was seriously thinking about these. I just... need a couple more suggestions of them. I think I'll get 2 so I can play doubles.

And if they die, I could rebuild them. I'll have the bodies, then all i'll have to do is rewire them if they die.

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

ive had a cahnce to play on a tx 4000 that was being used in a commercial environment according tot he staff it had been set up for about 3 months but it looked demolished while its piossible the 4000 is better than the other TX series it still seems to fail in comparion to the blueshark and the CF

stay away form the afterburner like the plague RO seems to be constantly downgrading their quality
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Marq(uistadorous) · Trick Member Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Location: Arvada, CO

These threads may help you

:

http://www.ddrfreak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=115237

http://www.ddrfreak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=111980
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cornchipz · Trick Member Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Location: Stanwood, IA

Thanks alot. Now, who wants to lend me 300 dollars so I can buy 2 of these, and set out a doubles kid?

Wakka Lakka · Trick Member Joined: 12 Mar 2005

The Blueshark GXG is the only pad on the market which is an accurate representation of the arcade experience. It is the heaviest pad and is the only pad with the same sensor configuration as the arcade (the design. I know the arcade uses 16 sensors not 8). All other pads available use some sort of foil sensors without a hard stop. People can talk about accuracy until the cows come home, but even a RO Afterburner can consistently SDG crap. The Blueshark GXG is the only pad that actually feels like the arcade because it uses a hard stop for the arrows which is seperate from the 'squishing' effect of the sensor.

cornchipz · Trick Member Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Location: Stanwood, IA

I'm just looking for something that works well, and is metal. I'm not looking for an arcade experience. I'm just looking for something that will work for a while, and stand up, and I'm gonna build my bar.

Marq(uistadorous) · Trick Member Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Location: Arvada, CO

cornchipz · Trick Member Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Location: Stanwood, IA

Well, that's great. Now I'll just have to wait until I get back from Basic Training to buy them.

Thanks a lot marquistadorous, for all the time you spent looking through Ebay crap for this.

Shinmizu · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:00 pm Post subject: