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nasu_hime
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0.  Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 5:40 am Post subject: Home DDR Mats, what's your pick? REVIEW! |
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I'm about to buy a mat online...... I've read some reviews but i just wanted to know from other peoples experiences.....what's your pick?
Is the Konami one really durable? can you use shoes? do the sensors move after a few months or just break? does it slide? i was pretty much under the impression the Konami soft mats are better than most brands but are they?
I dont have the money for a hard one at the moment and even so.......ive read som really bad reveiews on most of the cheaper ones....
and yeah, theres one with an inch of foam and one without, what do people recomend?
Ive had non konami ones that broke super fast (some crap $10 brand)
and ive also had non konami ones (borrowed from a friend) that lasted years! but she had a konami one that lasted the same amount of time too so yeah.......
i guess im just confused and wanna hear oppinions before i spend all my moneys!
well tell me people, thanks and review your home stuffs for me! |
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kylethetromboner
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| 1. Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 6:34 am Post subject: |
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first off, i dont think this should be here, but ne how lemme help you out
konami's mat are durable, yeah...but u cannot use shoes...i've been using the same konami mat for a year now, and its still in fine order. They dont slide very much (only on boss songs or 10s or somethings like that) however, they are not the best soft mats
i bought the itg dance bundle, which comes with redoctane's soft pads. they're amazing (they're bad at mines, but if youre playing ddr, no worries) they have a super non stick bottom, nd if modify them (theres a guide in FAQ's section of this site) u can use shoes.
i would reccomend taht you visit
www.redoctane.com
check out their regular soft pads. but also consider buying their Ignition pads. these are the best foam pads on the market. they're a great value, and very durable and also hook up to ur PC
good luck w/ ur search, ne questions, feel free to PM/IM/email me
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Resolute
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| 2. Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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wrong thread but just for giggles>
Cobalt flux. no question. i didnt even think about it, i just saw the letters "ma" and i was like, MAT! DDR MAT! FLUX! GET A FLUX!
...yeah
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Kalek
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| 3. Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| kylethetromboner wrote: | | but also consider buying their Ignition pads. these are the best foam pads on the market. they're a great value, and very durable and also hook up to ur PC |
Um, no. Ignition 3.0's break in a few days to a few weeks. RedOctane really screwed them up. Old Ignition 2.0s (not the newish ones0, on the other hand, were amazing. My old 2.0 lasted a year and a half (it died when I got ITG  ). My newer 2.0 (by a year) lasted only a few weeks.
For the one song that I've played on a RedOctane non-ignition soft pad, it seemed fine. It didn't move around or anything.
If you're buying a metal pad, buy a BlueShark, and hope its a good one. I've heard a lot of good stories about it, and a few horror stories about it. Cobalt Fluxes, in my opinion, are absolutely terrible. They're expensive, not sensitive (no matter what the website says), and not in the least bit arcade like (which is what I am going for). Also, the latest batches haven't been as durable as they used to be.
Also, this goes in the bemani controller section. |
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Resolute
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| 4. Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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bluesharks are relativly new, so i dont know much about em (like to have one though). if your on a budget, a ninja hardpad is okay. Not great, but not bad.
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DarkCore
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| 5. Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:50 am Post subject: |
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| Mexistache wrote: | | Cobalt flux. no question. i didnt even think about it, i just saw the letters "ma" and i was like, MAT! DDR MAT! FLUX! GET A FLUX! |
Do you have a Cobalt Flux? Because I have one and I hate it.
Without the mod kit it feels nothing like the arcade, and with it on the arrows are way too repressed compared to an ITG 2 dedicab so it ends up not feeling like an arcade pad anyway.
Also, I don't know if it's that Cobalt Flux has been slacking off when building their pads, but my down arrow now isn't even working during menus, and I get pad misses even when I step in the center of the panel on really easy songs which sucks because I just got two new DDR games.
Maybe the old ones were better, I don't know, but the ones people ordered in the last couple of months or so ended up sucking.
| kylethetromboner wrote: | | i bought the itg dance bundle, which comes with redoctane's soft pads. they're amazing (they're bad at mines, but if youre playing ddr, no worries) they have a super non stick bottom, nd if modify them (theres a guide in FAQ's section of this site) u can use shoes. |
You can't play on a softpad with shoes, modded or not. They aren't built for that.
| Kalek wrote: | | If you're buying a metal pad, buy a BlueShark, and hope its a good one. |
I agree. The Cobalt Flux and the Blueshark's are the only metal pads nowadays that are considered good, and Bluesharks right now seem better.
| Kalek wrote: | | I've heard a lot of good stories about it, and a few horror stories about it. |
Where did you see bad reviews about the Blueshark? I've yet to see one negative thing about it except for one person, but Mymybox quickly replaced that pad with a non-defective model.
| Kalek wrote: | | ...not sensitive (no matter what the website says) |
Even though they may give you pad misses, they're still pretty sensitive. After my panels were debowed and broken in, I can register a panel with two fingers without hurting myself.  |
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videoCWK
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| 6. Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Kalek wrote: | | kylethetromboner wrote: | | but also consider buying their Ignition pads. these are the best foam pads on the market. they're a great value, and very durable and also hook up to ur PC |
Um, no. Ignition 3.0's break in a few days to a few weeks, and sometimes (especially for videoCWK) they come broken. |
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jpoppyz
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| 7. Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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| videoCWK 2ndMIX wrote: | | Kalek wrote: | | kylethetromboner wrote: | | but also consider buying their Ignition pads. these are the best foam pads on the market. they're a great value, and very durable and also hook up to ur PC |
Um, no. Ignition 3.0's break in a few days to a few weeks, and sometimes (especially for videoCWK and j-pop_for_life) they come broken. |
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were on the same boat.
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F-haru 1952
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| 8. Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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| J-POP_FOR_LIFE wrote: | | videoCWK 2ndMIX wrote: | | Kalek wrote: | | Um, no. Ignition 3.0's break in a few days to a few weeks, and sometimes (especially for videoCWK and j-pop_for_life) they come broken. But for F-haru, they come in perfectly working condition, with no break-in time needed, and last many months without random pad misses even with ripped panels. |
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Uber-fixed. Give RO a chance 
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