$35 is worth the slim pad...it rules (and is quieter than I expected from reviews)

I like the X Pad. It's fun to play on. No practice pad I have ever played on has ever even come the slightest bit close to feeling like I'm playing on an actual drum.

I perfer Ralph Hardimon with the snare cartridge

really? you like the ralph hardimon pad? i played on that once and i thought it felt weird. i don't know though everyones different.

i dont know exactly what model but my friend just bot a xymox pad with what looked to be a laminate on it (its white and black) and he says theyre the best hes played on (out of realFeel, heavy hitter, and the 12" vf pad)

i havent had any experience on the slim pad myself, but i hear its great if ur looking for something w/ a closer rebound to an actual snare.

lil off topic but
im ordering the Heavy Hitter Quadropad tonight in which case i hope its as good as they say. but even if its not beats no pad at all so.

yes the quad pad is definitely worth, ituse the free laminates if you have a lot of scrapes in your show music,hehe

Currently I own a 6" Pro-Mark X Pad with a snare cartridge, and a 12" double-sided HQ Real Feel. I've also owned the 12" double-sided Vic-Firth pad.

Out of those three, I like the HQ the most because there is a significant difference between the soft side and the hard side, whereas the two sides on the Vic Firth pad don't have as much of a difference.

Yesterday evening I ordered the Slim Pad with the Laminate, so I will get back to you guys about that. I'm feeling good about it, because that's all I've head about it; good things.

yea i've heard that. i don't have any scrapes what so ever. real bummer ]=. haha that is unless the instructor writes us a new part lol. but still with the laminates i can still practice them for future shows etc. now that i think about we have scrapes in one or two of our exercises so. hope it gets here relatively soon. =]

That's interesting about the reel feel, which side do you play on mostly? I think the idea is for there to be little to know difference seeing as drum pads are supposed to mock an actual drum.

I prefer the slim pad, and I have owned a xymox, a reel feel, still have my double sided
Vic Firth which i use when i need to be a bit quieter than a slim pad will allow, and those ridiculous drum pads you get with percussion kits that have rims on them.