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Title: dance pad
Post by: arcadefever on December 21, 2006, 12:53:51 pm

hello,

my GF want a dance pad for the ps2 , can you help me on this ? witch one should i choose ? i have no idea at all... i saw a few at best buy...

thanks

Title: Re: dance pad
Post by: pointdablame on December 21, 2006, 01:15:37 pm

How serious is she with the games?  There's a big difference in performance in durability depending on dance pad type.

Soft pads are on the low end, hard pads in the middle, and metal pads on the high end.  Of course there are quality differences between pad makers as well, but that's a general rule.

www.Redoctane.com has a really nice "soft" pad that actually works really well.  It's $80 though, which is on the high end for soft pads.  Their metal pads are reviewed well also, but I've never used one.  Cobalt Flux pads (www.cobaltflux.com) are the Mercedes of DDR pads, and the price shows that.  They are for serious players (or rich folks) IMO.

If she's just starting out, or this is her first time actually using a dance pad, go on eBay and grab a 2 pack of the soft pads so she can try em out.  I used them for at least 6 months fairly regularly and they held up well.  I moved on to other pads after that, but only because I knew I wanted to keep playing.  Plus it was under $40 IIRC for the pair.

Title: Re: dance pad
Post by: arcadefever on December 21, 2006, 01:32:39 pm

hi pointdablame ,

thank you so much  :cheers:
well explain ...

Title: Re: dance pad
Post by: ChadTower on December 21, 2006, 01:44:13 pm

Don't buy used ones.  Bad pads can destroy the experience.

Title: Re: dance pad
Post by: arcadefever on December 21, 2006, 01:52:30 pm

Quote from: ChadTower on December 21, 2006, 01:44:13 pm

Don't buy used ones.  Bad pads can destroy the experience.

i will buy it new ...

Title: Re: dance pad
Post by: screaming on December 21, 2006, 03:40:22 pm

You could make one... http://www.inventgeek.com/Projects/Dancepad1/Overview.aspx :nlp

Title: Re: dance pad
Post by: AlanS17 on December 21, 2006, 07:53:34 pm

If you go the soft pad route, you probably already realize you can't wear shoes without tearing them apart. So I'm just mentioning it "just in case".

Title: Re: dance pad
Post by: boykster on December 22, 2006, 03:05:44 am

Quote from: screaming on December 21, 2006, 03:40:22 pm

:nlp

Title: Re: dance pad
Post by: screaming on December 22, 2006, 07:45:18 am

haha oops...

force of habit :)

Title: Re: dance pad
Post by: arcadefever on December 28, 2006, 01:23:19 am

thanks guys for the help  :cheers: got DDR soft pad, she love it !!!!