BNS vs. RedOctane vs. React

TenaciousB · Basic Member Joined: 23 Aug 2004

Hey, everyone. I'm trying to replace some old BNS DX pads (both died after about a year due to bad sensors). I know that the newer BNS DX Xtreme pads are reviewed pretty highly, but Best Buy has the RedOctane Ignition 3.0 dance pads for $70, which, after BNS shipping, making the price for a pair of either almost equal. (I really don't feel like replacing the pads after a year again; they get pretty heavy use with 9-footers. BNS left kind of a bad taste in my mouth with regards to that.)

In addition, Best Buy has React dance pads for $31.99, which intrigued me because they supposedly have a 7 year warranty (also because they have GameCube connectors).

Which should I go for: BNS, RedOctane, or React?

revenGmyass · Trick Member Joined: 01 Sep 2006

BNS
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DarkCore · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada

Go with the BNS.
It's durable enough so you don't need the 7-year-warranty.

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videoCWK · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jun 2006 Location: woh

My friend got a BNS pad for Christmas, and I'm going to his house later. Then I will be able to rate them on my personal experiences.

But right now, I'm rating it on other people's experiences, and it's a good pad. Yours was an older one anyway, give a new one a chance.
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DarkCore · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada

No problem.
Oh, and if you want information from someone who's actually played on one, I suggest that you PM J-POP_FOR_LIFE. He was very helpful when I wanted information on them.

orb · Trick Member Joined: 20 Nov 2002

The original DX-Xtremes were simply amazing. I had mine for, I dunno, two years or so during which I would play heavy songs frequently and play on that thing for hours. But it kept up. It started tearing on top though, and eventually some static buildup or something caused it to stop responding. I dunno. But I'm pretty sure it was my fault. Anyway, it was very very good while it lasted.

I had gotten a second pad of the same model. It had the same design as the original but the arrows were slightly less raised, the plug also had an Xbox connector, and it was a bit less responsive; a few arrow ghostings, some insensitivity, etc. I wasn't extremely pleased with it but it worked okay for doubles.

After my original DX Xtreme broke I got a DX-Xtreme Fusion. This thing is awesome; the arrows are pretty much just as raised as the original pad; it has a PS2, Xbox, and USB connector; and it also has the foam insert and a slick new design. It's very responsive and sensitive and I've scored well on songs on it. My only complaint is that the USB port seems to be slightly laggy, but I have a PS2->LPT adapter that works very well with the Psxpad driver for Windows.

I would recommend the BNS. If having the pad break after one year annoys you, you'd be super pissed if you got a RedOctane (read the Ignition 3.0 thread here on DDR Freak; people have posted time and time again that one of the arrows on their pad simply stopped working, or something like that).

dj_sammylvr03 · Trick Member Joined: 20 Jun 2004 Location: Connecticut, US

ignition 3.0's suck.

Go with BNS.
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Tondog · Trick Member Joined: 06 Mar 2004

I've tried both the React and Octane 3.0 pads.

On the RedOctane one, the down arrow died on me after about 4 months or so. I do not really recommnd it.

The React pad is absolutely awful! The response on it is crappy since I fail songs I could pass on my old RedOctane pad. Not to mention the foam inserts they included with it are an absolute joke.

I too would suggest the BNS ones purely based on the experiences I have had with both RO and React.
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videoCWK · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jun 2006 Location: woh

I haven't used the React, but being wireless, it lags.

I got an Ignition 3.0 once, and it was awful. The foam insert part was good, but the down arrow ghosted from the moment I put it together. Then I never bought from them again. My school got one and so far it's been working, but it slides around a lot on the hard floor.

I used my friend's BNS, and it's everything I expected it to be. It's quite sensative, and on a hard floor, it moves very little. A word of caution though, don't play on the carpet. That will make the surface EXTREMELY squishy, and that will drain your stamina very fast. We put it in my friend's kitchen because the carpet was killing me, and from then on it was awesome. If you don't have a hard floor, take a piece of plywood and those "tiles" that are used in new houses these days and put them on. I mean those kinds of tiles that are in kitchens and stuff that aren't really tiles because they bend but they're shiny and hard. That's his kitchen surface, and it hardly moves at all.
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