Best Metal Pad Between $250 and $500

DavoleBomb · Basic Member Joined: 09 Jun 2007

I am planning on buying a new metal pad (as my old one broke a while ago). My old pad was a TX-1000 and it did last quite a while, but I want my new pad to last longer. I play roughly an hour a day during the summer. That being said, what does everyone recommend?

backs · Trick Member Joined: 20 Mar 2007

cobalt flux/blue shark/ DT pads (assuming they are out yet, I haven't been here in a while.)

Alderaic · Trick Member Joined: 09 May 2007

DT do not exist yet, so depending on the feeling you want CF/BS

arcade experience is more BS while durability is more on CF side

though both are reported to be very sensitive (personnaly I will go on the BS side because you can order spare parts and so fix your pad in the future if something breaks... that is if I dont build mine before the end of the summer)
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infamous360 · Trick Member Joined: 06 Mar 2007

if you can spend $500 get a BS
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Tranzworld · Trick Member Joined: 06 Apr 2007

I hear all this talk about Blueshark, and i ordered a Cobalt instead.

Problems with Cobalt Flux
-Non arcade experience (although i dunno about the arcade mod...)
-Last shipment (november-january) was CRAP! but they've hopefully fixed it

Problems with Blueshark
-Customer service is CRAP
-Many people order their bluesharks and SOMETHING is wrong
-MMB basically steals your money, if you have a problem good luck fixing it.
-Bar = CRAP (at least it has one.....)

IMO i'd go with a flux and get the arcade mod, you can almost order two fluxes + doubles bar + Arcade mod for ROUGHLY the same as a Blueshark (actually it's quite a bit more but i think you get my point..)

Fluxes are also supposedly easier to manage as although they weigh less they still don't really move.

My two cents.
Edit - god what happened to my spelling...fixed.

ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

Homebrew. Take apart your old tx1000 and look at what it's made of, then use what you learn to build a sick homebrew.

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slvrshdw · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jan 2005

it depends on which you want: arcade vs durability

ive played on a CF, and it is NOTHING like arcades, which really made me go

ive never even seen a BS in person, so i have no idea what those are like, but they use arcade sensors, so it *better* be arcade-like

...or, go the homebrew route, like me and tofu

and if you do choose that way, im usually on AIM, or PM me if you have questions (thats for anyone btw)
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pooface · Trick Member Joined: 27 Sep 2004

Yeah, if you want an arcade experience, you pretty much have to chose between:
Blueshark which is ~$460 shipped
or
Homebrew which can be anywhere from ~$60 - $130.

I guess you can tell which one I think's better.
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slvrshdw · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jan 2005

yeah, homebuilt's are much better than CFs for sure!

i cant really say since i havnt used a BS, but then also think of it like this:

whenever a BS pad breaks, you may think..OH $%^&!, how do i fix it?
*goes to these forums and asks*
waits for an answer..

OR

whenever your homebuilt breaks, you built it, so you just look and see where the problem is.
done, fixed, ready to play more DDR

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ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

As of Thursday, I'll be on AIM, MSNM, and YIM at reasonable hours almost every day again, so you can feel free to ask me crap too.

Also, $60-$130 isn't the full range of homebrews. Some of my designs could cost over $400 just to build. (specifically the DT510's)
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videoCWK · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jun 2006 Location: woh

Since you have such a wide and convenient price range, you'll want to get a CF or a Blueshark. The Blueshark is the most arcade like, but MyMyBox (the company that makes them) has a bad reputation. Most Bluesharks turn out good, but sometimes you will get a bad one, and the bad ones are usually really really bad. Once, someone here got a blueshark and it was BENT. Yes, bent. The customer support people didn't believe him (I forget if it was a him or her) at first, so he had to send them a picture. But working ones work great, they don't lag and are very responsive (or so I've heard). As for the CF, it's good, but not the most arcadelike. If you get the arcade mod it helps a lot, but it's not exactly like the arcade. Despite this, it is the most durable pad you can get (there is a video out there somewhere of people driving SUV's over the same CF and then playing Holic on it, without any pad errors), and one of the longest lasting. As long as you keep it maintained (which isn't very hard), you can keep it working flawlessly for a very long time. I've heard stories of people who had their CF's working fine for over three years. A little while ago, they started randomly dishing out bad pads, but as of very recently this problem seems to have gone away.

Hope that helped.
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ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

irvineking1980 · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:16 am Post subject:

i have bad experience with mymybox blueshark metal pad. I thought that it was poorly made. However, I found out that it was due to the bad packaging and UPS poor handling ! MYMYBOX replaced my pad with new one.

Their new packaging box is very stong. A lot bigger than the first package that I received . Thier customer service is excellent! I talked to James at first, then I was taking to Kevin. I strongly recommend mymybox blueshark metal pad!

This the best metal pad on the market that you can find it.

If you are looking for the top of the line on ddr metal pad, you need to go with blueshark metal pad.

Cobalt flux can not be compared with blueshark metal pad. Blueshark metal pad is way better than CF.

I got one 2inch metal pad. I am going to buy a 3 inch blueshark metal pad with a handle bar.

zombiejesus9001 · Trick Member Joined: 05 Apr 2004

yeh blueshark all the way i own 2 blue sharks but im gonna say order it without the bar and add on your own bar its really easy to make and alot better than the bar they support

jpoppyz · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:20 pm Post subject:

theres a guy who builds these pretty awesome DDR pads around here. i just used em today at a local anime convention, and they're pretty arcade-like(probably not quite as durable as the blueshark tho) and are even more durable than the CF. i think he sold the prototypes on here...his account name is technomancer. if you're gonna get a pad tho, GET HIS!! they're far superior to the CF.
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irvineking1980 · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:25 pm Post subject:

jpoppyz · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:43 pm Post subject:

i gotta few youtube videos.

heres one of it being run over
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XjI5TCXji08

heres one of it being used after getting run over.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZMdgOlUjn2I

i'd reccomend to try shooting him over a PM on here... his account name is technomancer.
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Marq(uistadorous) · Trick Member Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Location: Arvada, CO

Just get a blueshark. You'll be pissed if you get anything else... unless you find a good homemade pad.
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DavoleBomb · Basic Member Joined: 09 Jun 2007

I thought a lot about it and I decided to go with the CF. I think getting a quality pad off the get go is more important that arcade simulation. If this one does not satisfy me, then my next pad will be a BS.

kyj197 · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:09 pm Post subject: