NEW BNS PADS.half the price of cobalt, same quality. hell ya

cryptoddrfweak · Trick Member Joined: 05 Aug 2003

http://www.buynshop.com/productinfophp3/VG-DDR-MPD

Before you think of buying a cobalt, check that link.
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YmkFX · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Location: California

How long is the warranty?

Shinigami_2057 · Trick Member Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Location: RI

exactly what i was wondering...

so I checked "Shipping and Warranty", and it was 30 days (feh -_-;;

and it "does not include physical damages", which basically means the warranty is useless. unless there's a special warranty for the pad! ::glint of hope::

I need a metal pad, but CobaltFlux is way of the question for me, so this looks like a worthy option, but I'm not sure if it's worth it...

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cryptoddrfweak · Trick Member Joined: 05 Aug 2003

UM HELLOOOOOOOOO! it only costs 130.00.

That means your precious warranty, which most never use anyway because it is a quality pad, is costing you 170.00. F*CK THAT!

I could buy 2 BNS' for the price of one cobalt, then have change left over to call you up long distance and laugh at you for wasting that much money.

Its the same pad, the only difference is that cobalt is handmade, so it costs more.

plus, cobalt flux is made with........wait for it.......... WOOD!
Ya! thats what I want. A metal dance pad with wood inside.

This is a classic case of hand-made verses assembly line. Your paying for the extra work put into the pad, which should not be confused with quality.

Btw, how many of you actually used your $170.00 warrany?

Devil Warrior · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: New Hampshire

What? Since when is my CF pad made out of wood? Last I checked it was melamine, but I can check again if you want.

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Yup, its melamine. Do you even have any idea how a cobaltflux is designed? Obviously you don't if you are comparing a BNS to it. The Cobaltflux has no electronics in it at all, just some wires going to the front connector. Nothing to break. And the BNS is $140, with $40 shipping, per pad, so when you get your two pads, for $360, and they both break and aren't replaced because of lack of warrenty, I'll laugh at YOU, because my $340 CF pad still works just as good as the day I got it, and its still under warrenty.

Also, as the CF acts as a standard controller, I don't have to worry about issues with any adapters. I can play my Stepmania fine with 0 problems.

If you were to have an issue with your pad, would BNS say, "Hey, sure, we'll help you, even though you paid us crap for our crappy pad." No, they'd probably say "Screw you, we already have your money," and you'd be on your own. Cobaltflux definitally has the best Customer Support out there.

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cryptoddrfweak · Trick Member Joined: 05 Aug 2003

we'll see about that. Im gonna order one monday, after i talk to BNS a little. I think these new BNS' even have an outside metal border around them, Exactly like the arcade. Anyway, I'll write back in about a month and let you know the real deal is with these pads.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go wipe my azz with $150.00.....ohh, wait a minute, Im buying a BNS, nevermind!

Devil Warrior · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: New Hampshire

I don't see any outside metal border on that pad, which means there probably isn't one. And have fun trying to give your money thats been in your ass to BNS for another pad when your current one breaks and you want another one.

BigRedMachina · Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2003 10:30 am Post subject:

Interesting how you guys are arguing over a pad that neither of you have even so much as touched yet. It could be a good pad for those who aren't willing to pay for the Cobalt Flux, or it could be a piece of crap, but I can't be certain either way because I don't have one to test out myself. It's hasty to say that this is better than the Cobalt Flux when you haven't played on either one, and it's also hasty to say that this is a rip-off just because it isn't a Cobalt Flux.

I would be interested in seeing how this thing turns out, and I certainly hope that this pad isn't a total piece of crap. But please, let's not turn this into a flame war.
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Shinmizu · Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2003 12:52 pm Post subject:

It's actually not too terribly untrue to automatically call it a ripoff since it's BNS. I've read dozens of stories of people with the old BNS metal pads that broke within a week. I find it highly unlikely that they'll just suddenly turn around and start making a quality product.

As for the Cobalt Flux, that baseboard sure as hell looks like some sort of compressed wood, and it's not the strongest stuff by a long shot. Melamine is just an overlay "scratch-resistant" (it's not scratch-resistant at all) surface for that base. I doubt even the best of the Redoctane/BNS/Cobalt Flux pads will last too terribly long. I plan on making use of the Cobalt Flux's six month warranty real soon.

eddi. · Trick Member Joined: 19 Jul 2002

cryptoddrfweak, you work for bns don't you?

i dont think this pad is really as great as cobalt flux. it looks and is described as being exactly the same as the mymybox, cyphergames, red octane and all the ebay metal pads.

what's up with the up-right up-left arrows. they look to be metal. can i play solo with them? i don't play solo, but its nice to know that if one of the arrow panels were to break i could simply replace it with one of the diagonal arrows

and about cobalt flux having wood inside: i dunno about you, but i step on the arrows, not on the metal. so i really don't care what's under the metal.

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onetwolittleb · Trick Member Joined: 24 Mar 2002 Location: somerville, ma

1) I'll beleive that they are ths same quality only after someone has pounded on them for 6 months, heavy use, and have no sign of wear. Until then, I disbeleive.

2) What's wrong with wood? Why is metal so great? Metal fatigues and bends after repeated strain. Wood is springy enough to give and flex back. Hey, someone should make pads out of spring steel.

djdtalongrl79 · Trick Member Joined: 27 Apr 2003 Location: ct

I agree that wood isnt the gfreatest thing and it is liable to snap but I also thnik that if you made a pad all of metal, it'd weigh a ton and a half. so you have to find a good medium
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SuperRob · Basic Member Joined: 12 Aug 2003 Location: Bothell, WA

Well, that cements it for me. I'm definitely NOT buying one of these. Why? Because if this jerk likes them so much, I'll make do with something else.

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BigRedMachina · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 7:15 pm Post subject:

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