So its my birthday and am just wondering should i get a new practice pad or just save my money because i already have a real feel pad.

And if should get a new pad which one should i get.
I always wanted one of those pads that sound like the snare but still feels like a snare.

two words: slim pad

If you've already got a RealFeel, I'd say you're better off saving your money for something else.

As for somedrummer104's recommendation... To each his own. I personally don't care for the Vic Firth SlimPad. Since the rubber on a SlimPad is thinner, it's a bit louder, which isn't necessarily a problem. But it's not hard to feel the wood through that thin rubber, which feels a little less like a drum than a pad with thicker rubber. The Vic Firth StockPad isn't too bad, but a RealFeel gum rubber pad tops 'em both in my opinion.

Happy birthday, by the way!

I have amassed a small collection of pads over the years, first a real feel with gum rubber on one side and a hard textured side for jazz brushes. Later when I got into marching I got real feel with the gum rubber side and the hard black side. Then just last week I saw a slim pad on sale for cheap and decided why not. Personally I like the Real Feels. They are good chop builders. But there are some applications when other pads might be necessary. I don't especially like the loudness of the slim pad. But it is better to play some snare stuff on them because they feel like a high-tension drum.

The pads you mentioned, that sound like a snare. I have played on one at a drum shop, can't say much about it. It was a pad and it buzzes when you hit it. Nothing more, nothing less. Just a pad.

If you have a pad, why not just save up for something else? Just my opinion.

Slim pad is the best. I use my RealFeel for "night practice," though.

Double sided real feel in my opinion. I have the slimpad too but i like the real feel more.

it doesnt really matter which pad you get, as long as its good for you to practice on. us drummers pretty much practice on whatever we see anyways.

as for the snare stuff, unless you have a realfeel or something like that already, don't buy the snare pad as your primary pad. the snare sound gets old quick, and most snare pads dont offer a good feel in my opinion. the only thing i do with them is i put my snare pad under my slimpad so that i can get a drum feel and the snare sound at the same time.

I own two slimpads one with a laminate and one without. The one without has an okay feel for set practice(although you can feel the wooden base through the rubber), and the one with the laminate greatly simulates the feel of a max head. Now even though I love both of them to death, they have to be replaced at some point in time, and I have never heard of this problem happening with real feel pads.

I do like the slimpads,but there are ups and downs to every pad. For example: You're working on a snare solo that has a few shots. When you're done,you find chips of that reddish/purplish paint on your lap. The paint chips easily and over time it would need to be replaced because of use. However it is true that you rarely have to replace a real feel. The real feels have more rebound and a lot more comfort than the slim pad,but the real feels,as our instructor tells us,gives you "pad chops". I do like the slim pad a lot because it feels just like a kevlar head. But it were possible,it should be just a tad more quiet.