Cobalt Flux Questions

[diabloslayer469]

Has anybody's arrows cracked on their Cobalt Flux pad yet?
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[redviper]

I highly doubt it unless they were playing with Golf spikes and wheigh a little over 350 pounds playing songs like Afronova (standard) with all of them jumps. (providing of course a 350 pound person can jump high enough to leave the ground.

Otherwise it is highly impossible.
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[diabloslayer469]

On cobalt flux's website they have a faq for cleaning the panels (and sensors?), and I want to know how many times do you guys have to clean it, and what happens if you don't?
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[Junpei!]

I will be purchasing one soon, but I asked some questions b4 I did.

The design for the pad is is metal on metal for the arrows. You press an arrow down it contacts with the metal and it registers a step. Well if you get to much dirt in there the two metals will connect creating ghost steping, or so I have gathered.

[diabloslayer469]

[Bean]

I clean mine about once every two weeks, but lately I'm starting to think that it's not the increasingly small ammount of dirt I'm finding, but rather the static charge that builds up between the arrow graphic paper on the sheetmetal and the lexan overlay that's causing my ghosting problems. The next time I experience ghosting, the only thing I'm going to do is remove the lexan, discharge the static, and put it back together.

And just to reiterate: So far, my pad is flawless when it's working properly. I'm one of the few CF owners that has had many problems with ghosting steps. However, I've been able to fix the pad by simply taking the arrows off and cleaning it each time. I'm still trying to pinpoint why the ghosting keeps coming back. I had promised a review of the CF pad on their website, but I think a review after owning the thing for only a day, or a week (like everyone seems to write) doesn't really tell a complete story of how the pad stands up to everyday use.
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[ShadowRisae]

My CFs work fine and I've had them for nearly 6 months now. They've never had a ghost stepping problem. I keep them clean and they don't seem to have a static problem.

[Bean]

ShadowRisae: What kind of floor is your CF pad on? Carpet? (what kind?) Linolium? Concrete? Wood? Did you use the 4 'grip strips' that they included with the pad? (did they even include them 6months ago?) Did you put 3M Grip tape on the bottom of the pad? Are you using one of those office chair floor mats under your pad? When you take off the plastic overlay on an arrow, you get no static at all between it and the paper arrow graphic?
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[bio retard]

Maybe the carpet could cause a static problem.

[diabloslayer469]

[Devil Warrior]

He recommends it because the pad is great when it is working properly, and acknowledges that he is one of a very small minority that has problems. I've had my pad 2 months, and I haven't had a single problem. I've cleaned it maybe twice since I've had it, which I know I should clean it more, the dirt is very visable, and it works just like when I first got it.

[Bean]

Cleaning the arrows is simple. Take the 4 screws out holding the top of the arrow, flip the arrow over, clean both sheetmetal contacts, make sure it's totally dry, replace the arrow and screws, and you're done. It takes about 2 minutes per arrow.

I've been super anal about cleaning it to try and determine if it's the dirt that's causing my ghosting. I'm leaning towards no, but I haven't come to a decision yet.

One of the great things about the CF pad is it's 6 month guarantee. If worse comes to worse, you always have the ability to just send the thing back.
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[diabloslayer469]

[Devil Warrior]

the lexan and arrow simply sit on top of a piece of sheet metal, which sits on 4 round velcro things, which hold the metal on. Wire comes out of center of pad and connects to top piece of metal, when person steps on arrow, pushes down on center of metal, touches the bottom, triggers signal to the control box. I'd get a pic if I wanted to take my pad apart.

[shinobier]

cleaning CF? darnn.. why bother? i had mine for about 7 weeks now and i've never cleaned once. of course it doesn't shining anymore but it still works like new. no ghosting or whatever problems you might say. but then again i have CF only shoe that i only wear when i play on my CF. =D

[ShadowRisae]

[diabloslayer469]

does the cobalt flux pad have sensors like the mymybox metal pad? Also, does some of the contact create residue on the sensor causing a complete circuit and triggering the button?
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[DuffMan_]

Just to clarify, the CF's don't have sensors, they have sheet metal contacts. It triggers by metal hitting metal closing the circuit which registers a step. First you have your lexan, underneath is the arrow graphic glued down to a piece of sheet metal( or some type of metal). Then velcro at the corners and then connected to another piece of sheet metal. So the velcro holds the metal contacts apart until stepped on, making them hit. The reason for cleaning is two get the residue. If there is residue on the metal, it could hinder it by acting like an insulator.

The CF is real easy to clean. Windex on the lexan and just wipe the inside. If the arrow is registering without being stepped, if it does happen, just loosen the screws on the arrow. The CF can easily be adjusted by just screwing/unscrewing the screws.

If you have any more quesitons, go ahead and ask me.
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[DuoDoRa]

hm...i was thinking of getting a CF too, and i just have one question about cleaning it-lol, is there any easy way to break it while trying to clean it? because i know if there is, i will for sure manage to do it...
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