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gprime:

I wanted to get a (and maybe another later) metal DDR pad for my cab. Does anyone here have one? Which ones are good, which ones are bad?

I could only find one guy in Canada who has them on Ebay (see here). Looks pretty good. They don't have "clicky" buttons (they use pressure sensitivity) and the arrows light up. They claim it's really durable and actually recommend wearing shoes. What do you guys think?

It's $139US + $40US shipping -- I have no clue what they are worth -- but from a look-a-round on other sites this is actually the cheapest.

Any comments are helpful :)

Frostillicus:

that's actually $60 to ship to the US, $40USD to ship to canada.  They look cool.  Good price too if I wasn't such a cheapskate I'd consider that one.  But $60 for shipping is pretty $$$$$$$.

A lot of people just build their own.  Bigger mess that way! I'm in that process now :)

gprime:

Well, I'm from Canada, so I guess it's in my favour (notice the U in favour ;))

edit:

I am probably the worst craftsman in the world, and I looked everywhere around here and *no one* sells them, so this looks like the best deal I'm going to find anywhere. And besides as long as it lasts a long time I'm sure it would be a good investment.

b3atmania:

Some things to ask before you buy this metal pad are:

- How much travel do the switches have? If they press down when you step on them it won't feel the same as an arcade platform. And that is bad, trust me.

- The diagonal-down panels should not be there unless you can disable them for DDR. Many soft PlayStation mats have diagonal down buttons and register diagonal-down when you step on them. During gameplay you will step on them accidently causing the game to register a move not intended by you. Notice how Konami never released DDR with diagonal-down arrows exactly for this reason.

A registering diagonal-down pad will also limit your freestyle. In the arcade there's no switch on that location. Placing your foot there will result in no penalty.

Finally, no DDR game actually require diagonal-down pads. They may become useful if Pump-emulation ever comes to be, but for now it will only annoy you.

gprime:

Thanks b3atmania. I'm fairly new to DDR but I figured they made this pad for the future DDR games. I guess this is wrong? They also have the identical pad on ebay for a bit cheaper and without the 2 diagonal down arrows. Maybe I will get that one instead.

EDIT:

Finally bought it. No turning back now  ;D

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