Which pad to buy?

[furelise]

Here are some pads I'm considering and the price is just about what I'd like to pay. I do need two pads. What do you think of these and which one would be the best?

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I noticed one of them claims to have one inch foam insert and the other a 2 cm foam insert. I'm assuming both have non-slip surfaces. I hate when my cheap pad slides all over my carpeted floor and gets all bunched up!

As I mentioned earlier this is mainly just an exercise program for me, and I won't be competing at the arcades or anything.

Thanks in advance for your help!

[jerradk]

The one I found that was totally worth the money are the official Konami ones that I purchased from Red Octane. I'm a name brand duder when it comes to accessories and what better pad to get them from the company that makes the games!

The pads have been good to me, no slippage whatsoever (on floor). There is very little slippage when you play on carpet. For best results on carpet you may want to use a chair mat.

They are very precise and have lasted me hours upon hours of non-stop dancing.

I believe they are 44.99 at Red Octane...if you want great quality and best value...go w/ the official Konami ones. I bought two.

[quadrollersk8r]

Furelise, my advice is to jut go to www.redoctane.com and just buy one of the ignition pads, you cant go wrong with them. the ignition 2.0 is about the best softpad you will ever need.

[Cowman715]

quadrollersk8r said:

Furelise, my advice is to jut go to www.redoctane.com and just buy one of the ignition pads, you cant go wrong with them. the ignition 2.0 is about the best softpad you will ever need.

Eh... That thing still slips around a lot (for me at least) and I don't like the feel of it. How like... The center square is pushed downward and the arrows are pushed upward... Maybe it's because I play in the arcade so many times that I'm used to the arrows going downward and everything else being pushed up. I don't own it thought... my friend does. Does that make any sence at all?
If you want a good mat. Buy a soft one thats pretty cheap. Buy a thin piece of plywood. Tape it on. Now your soft mat has become a ghetto hard mat

[Elegantly Wasted]

www.efunngames.com/ddr.html?OVRAW=ddr%20dance%20pads&OVKEY=dance%20ddr%20pad&OVMTC=standard

This is a direct link to the dance pads..

I have the one for the Xbox and it's sweet as h3ll0

[quadrollersk8r]

a cobalt flux will not slip AT ALL, but the $300 price tag might kill ya.

[Elegantly Wasted]

true, cobalt flux is pretty awesome, but there is something about spending $300 that will get my blood pressure sky high.. LOL I can't even find $3 muchless.