Hey guys which drum pad can simulate the feel of the high tension kevlar head the best? So far I'm kind of leading towards the vic firth heavy hitter slim pads. But on Scott Johnson's forum, Scott mentioned that the pad he will design (or already have designed?) will be pretty accurate too.

So guys, do you have any suggestions on which pad to buy?

http://www.drumlines.org/threads/ubbthreads.php/topics/156799/Favorite_Practice_Pad.html#Post156799


I think the consensus is the slimpad.

That the slimpad is the most accurate? Thanks man.

Personally, I don't think the Slimpad feels all that accurate (unless your drum feels like playing on wood). I prefer my old RealFeel.

Hasn't this been discussed somewhere around seven times I believe. Lol. I think the slimpad with the laminate is pretty good.

Slimpad with laminate for sure.

It was starting to seem like I was the only percussionist to think that way. lol

I've had my original RealFeel for nearly two decades now. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

I like my Slimpad a lot. I had the laminate off the other day and it accidentaly got attatched to a piece of paper. It didn't come off cleanly, so I cut the laminate into smaller, 3" diameter circles. I put one in the middle of the pad to help with playing in the center. It helps a lot and I've noticed a difference when playing on a real drum as far as note consistency and quality

slimpad with laminate is the best

Honestly, I don't think there will ever be a pad that feels like a kevlar head. It's just not the same, no matter what you do, its rubber vs. thread, You just can't replicate kevlar 100%. Now the slimpad is pretty noisy, and to me it dosn't feel like its a kevlar head, but it gives a more minor case of pad hands then a real-feel, thats for sure. Not that its a big deal, but it only takes me about 5 minutes to adjust, compared to the 20 or so it took after I drummed on a real-feel for a year.

I would say all you need is a real-feel and some time to adjust before you go back to the drum, but it's your call. If your looking for durability and silence, The real-feel is more up your alley. If your looking for a tighter feel (although not all the way there) then you might want to look into the slimpad.

why not just take an old kevlar head and put it over the drum pad , athough that probley wouldent work, I use a stock pad but I havent been playing on my snare long enough to notice the difference.

^^^try the laminates from VF thy feel pretty close