DDR Pad - BNS Ultra DX-Xtreme Dance Pad

[TrueNewbie]

YAY THANK YOU FOR REPLYING INSANIBURGER! I KNEW I WAS SUPOSSED TO GET ONE AND WHEN IT DIDN'T COME IN THE BOX I WAS SO PISSED OFF....

I sent BuynShop a stern email on Thursday which they didn't reply to. I sent one on Saturday as well. I hope to get this all straightened out when they reply (hopefully on their business day Monday). Thanks for replying!!

Argh... I hope they don't make me pay shipping for their damned error.

*EDIT* as of 5/27: They are sending me the adapter. YaY

K THX!!

[TrueNewbie]

Alright... double post but its been a while since the last one. My adapter arrived a week ago. Playing with feet is different and harder than with fingers, but I have gotten used to it and just today I passed some catas. Playing with fingers for a while really helped.

[soccer1001]

ironically same thing happened to me but on another site. When they said i can choose a "free gift" it was either an extension cord or the adapter. i chose adapter but got the extension chord. i emailed em and they said they were sending me one.....im still waitin for it....



(hope it comes)

[vegeta897]

I hate mats, i have 2 myself and they suck, especially because i play on the carpet, oh well. im thinking of getting hard pads. but my mom says its a waist of money. I guess i should be glad with what i have though.

[Neurocistance]

I don't think hard pads (meaning hard plastic with pressure buttons) are worth the money. I bought one, and my friend has the Red Octane Ignition 2.0 pads, which cost the same but I find are much easier to play on, especially when you get up into the 7, 8, 9, 10 foot songs. It's no problem at all if you plan on staying Trick forever... but eventually having to actually push down on the buttons makes it harder to pass. Now, of course, it does make it so when you go to the arcade and play the same songs you play at home, you beat them easier because you're used to having to push down on the buttons. Oh and on carpet I found that hard pads suck, they slide around more than the $20 pads and you have to press the buttons even harder due to the cushon of the carpet.

All in all, if I had to do it all over again, I'd get the Ignition Pads (or the equivalent) instead of a hard pad. This is all I can tell your from my experience, I've never used a metal pad.. but my friend's friend has this $300 metal pad (not sure wherefrom) and my friend says it's as good as the arcade and hasn't had any problems yet, and he's had it almost a year now, I think. I could find out who makes that one if you have $300 to spend.

In summary, because it's needed:

Hard Plastic Pads: Great on hard surfaces for basic and trick, gets difficult to pass maniac songs (I can still pass Afronova Primeval, Dynamite Rave, Japan, etc. but it takes getting used to). Carpet makes it even harder

Soft pad with foam insert, a la Ignition Pad: Great on hard surfaces and carpet, but tends to slide around a bit on both, could be fixed with some sort of something on the bottom. Great response and gameplay. Easy to store too.


Wow, I really didn't expect to write this much, I just wanted to say a quick thing about hard pads. Oh well.. I hope this helps.

[vegeta897]

Well, it's been a while since I've been here, and my cousins bought 2 soft with foam insert pads, and they are amazing, on all surfaces. I can do anything with them. I even like them better than arcade because I'm not heavy enough to hold down like, a double freeze arrow. Well, there's my updated opinion on pads.