For me it seems that continuous beating flattens the pad out and I lose the response after about two minutes.

just keep the bag loose on it and put in the second bag jus placed in there and it should help.

Has anybody tried putting beads in their pads? I was thinking about that but I'm too afraid I'll permanently mess up the pad.

yea that. or you could buy a reguler snare pad....

Yeah, that would be better. They are usually so expensive though. If I had the money to, I would just buy a real snare pad.

And this brings up the real question everybody is wondering about. A pad's function is to help practice so you dont have to carry a drum around, but should be it just like a snare or shuld it just feel like one???? hmmmmm

as far as realistic feeling i just ghetto'd up some hardware and made basically a really thin drum and filled with some stuff that makes it absolutely silent. so it does the same thing as a pad (quiet practice) but without risking pad hands

that sounds ghetto....now featuring the ghetto Wal-snad.

haha D unit got any pics?

ill try to get some...but on another thing to try (i know this works with reel feel pads) but put like some electrical tape acroos the middle then put a not as long layer on top of that then put an even smaller layer on top of that in the middle of the pad...and...kaboom you got a snar-ish sounding pad and a playing zone worker.