Cobalt Flux Dance Platform

[Fred 00]

yea, I never recieved an account reactivation email, wasn't even in my spam folder. So its kind alike they kicked me out of the forums
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I WAS KIDDING ABOUT THAT TELEPORT THING

[granado]

So pretty much; I called cobaltFlux today.

We had a nice chat about my pad and they told me a few key points

My pad is complete and ready to be shipped
The control boxes will not ship for a few weeks.

I went along and asked if the pad could be shipped first, and they agreed.
Hooray!

And if anyone cares, I ordered on march 23rd.

[mfillescasabc]

[granado]

[mfillescasabc]

[Emptyeye]

Okay, How to Clean Your Cobalt Flux (From Memory Edition), by Emptyeye, with thanks to MadTaco on the CF forums. This is a pretty involved process, so I only clean mine about every three months or so.

You're gonna need:
-A sponge
-A Philips Head Screwdriver
-Dishwashing Detergent (EDIT 5/11/07- By this, I mean the liquid stuff you'd use to handwash dishes, NOT the powder/gel/whatever you'd put into a dishwasher)
-Two small containers
-Water
-Paper towels. Lots of them.
-Compressed Air (Optional)

First, the prepwork
-Pour the water (Warm, NOT hot) into the containers.
-Pour some dishwashing detergent into one of the containers, and stir it.
-Finally, lay a paper towel or two down on the floor before starting; we'll be putting the sponge down on top of it when it's not in use.

Okay, let's get disassembling!
-Unscrew the top-left panel and the bracket that holds it down. Remove the top layer, be it the lexan on an an unmodded/clear-and-smooth Flux, or whatever it is the black-and-textured mod is made out of, as well as the bracket. Set them down somewhere.
-IMPORTANT! Place these pieces some place where you'll easily be able to determine how they reassemble. What I like to do is place the screws down on the floor as though they were still in the pad and lay the panel/bracket on top of them, somewhere in the vicinity of the pad.
-Unscrew the rest of the panels and place them around in a similar fashion to the top-left one.

Almost Ready to Clean...
-You should now be able to remove the stickers from their panels (The button and arrow stickers. Whether you WANT to do this is up to you, I'm merely pointing this out to show where you should be in the process); if you have the black-and-textured mod, your corners should just look like sheets of metal.
-We're gonna start picking up these sheets of metal, now. Take your top-left one and forcefully but carefully remove it from the velcro beneath it. In all, you'll be disengaging it from four velcro circles, one on each corner of the panel.
-Turn the panel around so you're looking at its underside and lay it down on an adjacent panel. Careful of the wire sticking out from one of the velcro circles; that's part of the circuit made when you step. Truthfully, which panel you place this piece on will be largely determined by where you can put it while not putting tension on this wire.

WHAT!? Dirt!? There's No Way That Can Be Right!
-Actually, this being a corner panel, there will probably be some, but not a whole lot of, caked on dirt both on the underside of the panel and on the metal base it velcros to. This is where our sponge comes in.
-Take the sponge and dip it in the detergent water. Get it damp, but not soaking wet.
-Scrub off the dirt on the metal base and the underside of the panel. You'll want to rub vigorously, but not super hard--just hard enough to get off the caked-on stuff.
-You'll probably also notice some discoloration of the metal base. This is normal, and there's nothing you can do about it.
-Now take some of your paper towels and dry off the panel and base. Again, rub firmly, but not super hard.
-Rinse your sponge off in the non-detergented water. This is also where you'll want to squeeze out any excess water when you dip the sponge in the detergented water.
-Repeat this process for each of your eight outer panels. The center panel has cardboard underneath it; you don't have to do anything with the center panel unless you use your Flux to play Pump it Up. You'll probably note that te arrow panels have far more caked on dirt than the corner ones, which makes sense.
-OPTIONAL: Take your compressed air and blow it into the between panel cracks. Again, this is an optional step, but if you really want to complete the job, do it. I personally don't.

The Waiting Game
-Let the pad dry off for 30 minutes to an hour to let any excess moisture evaporate.

Reassembly
-This is the most annoying step in my opinion. Place the metal parts of the panels back in their original orientations. Now comes the hard part. One panel at a time, take the lexan that was on top of the arrow panels and place it on top, and screw everything back down. You'll find that lining everything up with the screwhole is really hard, at least at first. Just keep at it and you'll get it eventually. DO NOT use a drill for this, as that's an excellent way to strip the screw holes.
-Repeat the process for the corner panels and brackets.
-You're done! Your Flux should now work as good as new.

Important Notes
-For awhile after you clean your Flux, you may notice a "crunch crunch" sound when you play. This is normal; it's just the velcro resettling.
-DO NOT USE STEEL WOOL OR A SIMILAR PRODUCT FOR CLEANING!! What happens with these products is that little bits of the wool come off and get on the pad. This completes the step-circuit and generally causes your pad to go spastic. Not a good thing.

Whew! I think that's everything, let me know if there are any questions.
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[granado]

[mfillescasabc]

[videoCWK]

[granado]

My official cobalt flux review.

It arrived.... today at about 1:00.

Getting on... I opened it to find a snow storm blew in. The foam padding crumbled and sent little beads of it into the pad itself... no biggie...

But on further inspection, it was missing a screw on the corner... Is that right? Whatever... I screwed in a replacement...

OMG. IT CAME WITH A CBOX? I love you cobalt flux<3
(The told me they ran out of cboxes)

NOw moving on the the game play. I was hitting up my usualy songs i played on my foam pad and it was pretty good. I had some trouble adapting to the foreign metal pad feel but i felt like i did my songs justice.

Any misses were my mistake; I didnt notice any random streams of them(so far at least)

Pretty good..

I give it 9/10 solely based on the missing screw. Unacceptable.

[Duragon910]

w00t
Keep the reviews up
I'm thinking about purchasing one of these in the near future
Just trying to make sure I get a quality product

[Fred 00]

[mfillescasabc]

Has anyone tried one of CF's commercial pads?

[videoCWK]

[Fred 00]

Its the same username as it is here.
Would it be easier if I just made a new account over there?
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[videoCWK]

[JCRRSDawgs]

My Review on the CF.

Got the pad took it out of the box and the other stuff, anyway played been playing for about 2 week on it( 1 hour a day) and its still good some misses but they were me, still trying to get used to the pad, i have to say the only problem is on the CF is the screws they get in my way when playing(have to start playing on my toes), but overall its a great pad i will have to give it a 9/10

[Duragon910]

Whatever you do plz dont play on your toes, def not a very good style IMO

[videoCWK]

[Duragon910]

Thats weird, it seems to me that i'm faster flat footed, maybe it's just the person, who knows...