DDR is the pioneer developer of arcade Metal Dance Pad For many companies replicate the designs of our Metal Pad Arcade Metal v3.0 and v2.0, their mass productions lead to poor quality and damaged the reputation of our original metal pads. Thereforce, deep game DDR came with a new and improved version for our hardcore Dance Dance Revolution. Today we are proud to introduce the latest generation of DDR Tournament Pad DDR Arcade Metal Champion Pad and Metal Arcade Metal Champion Pad this super heavy a piece metal frame and hammer to the test of thick soft Poly Button arrows. From the results of our testing laboratory, these pills may have more than 500 pounds (the metal plates on average the market can handle about 300 pounds). More importantly, these new pads have been improved with the weight dotted design. What is the weight rating? After years of experience in designing DDR mats, we realized the weight of a player of DDR is about 300 pounds in a position yet. But when he plays and trampling on the button arrows, the sum of the weight of me actually larger by stomping. energy can be penetrated easily break the arrow. After many tests, we integrated the best quality material polycarbonate arrow button. The thickness of these button arrows is almost double compared to metal plates on the market. If you try to use a hammer and press the arrow button to leave a scratch on the surface of lesser importance. We are proud to announce that the dance floor are the largest blocks of quality metal dance on this planet .
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Major Design Flaws
Ive been playing ddr for over 8 years and ive had other ddr mats. I bought two of this "newer" kind at 85 dollars a piece including shipping.
Let me explain how these work: Theres metal tape on the bottom of the arrows and when you press down on the arrows the metal tape activates the circuit pad down under. Also it is important to know that all these pads have a metal frame but inside the frame is wood.
Often over the care and maitenance of these pads youll have to take off the arrows (by unscrewing them) and clean the circuit pad because metal tape will get stuck to it. Also you may have to replace metal tape if the pad lasts long enough.
Now for the design flaws: The arrows are screwed directly into the wood; this means each time you unscrew and screw in the arrows your making the wooden holes weaker!
Second major flaw: The wires of the metal pad run over the frame instead of under. This means every time you press down (on the up arrow) its pressing against the wires - this looks like a recipe to disconnect a wire.
So who should get this?
Well, with the cheap plastic / styrofoam pads you can play steps up to about 7(on the 10 step scale) on "hard." and these pads usually last FAR longer than the metal pads.
Get this metal pad if you just HAVE to play over 7 steps and dont have a DDR machine in the arcade. The machines in the arcade are usually about 1 dollar for 3 songs. This means for eqiuvalent use on this pad you have to get about 300 songs worth; this may not seem like alot but these pads go quick on the hard songs.
Im going to keep track of how long these pads last; i bought two. Ill update when they break.
Lastly, I wouldnt pay much more than 100 including shipping on mats like these UNLESS your a very heavy player and you can get a good warrenty. Its more than possible to break one of these pads in a couple days.
*12-10-09 UPDATE*
Well... sad to say the first mat had less than 50 uses on various difficulties before ALL FOUR arrows had some kind of crack in them. And no, I don't wear shoes when using the pad. This isn't a matter of ignorance, its a matter of neglecting quality control. Other metal DDR pads I've owned in the past have never had an arrow crack.
So lets review the cons of owning this pad
-Most distributors sell this pad for well over 100 dollars
-Its screwed into wood therefore making it impossible to replace broken arrows without damaging the pad
-The arrows will be damaged. Fast
Sure, this pad is usable after the arrows crack, but the accuracy is going to be whack which is why most people will buy this to begin with. Most of the pads on amazon at the time of me writing this review are around $150 - divide this by 50 uses and your getting a functional use of about 3 dollars per song!
My advice? Get one of the plastic / Styrofoam pads. Their far cheaper, more effective, and last longer. If needed, they can also be modded.
Don't get this piece of junk unless your looking for some eye candy.
Good First Step
This is my first metal DDR pad. It was a wonderful step up from the cheap plastic pads. Great sensitivity, very stable. My only problem with this product is that the arrows cracked the second day I had the pad. I'm a excessive DDR player, playing at least an hour and a half a day. I was expecting the arrows to crack at some point, but not two days in. I'm really glad I bought this product. But if you play as much as I do I recommend that you just save up for a full metal pad, so you don't have to deal with cracking.
Gotta Love DDR with a Metal Pad
The pad came in wonderful condition. Had to tighten the screws but that's normal. The pad works fantastically; however the back arrow button does feels a little weak but hasn't broken. I have beaten most of my high scores already and can play on Heavy Mode now with ease; where with the dinky little cloth-type pads I could only play a few Heavy songs without sliding all over the place like the floor was coated in grease. I'd certainly recommend this pad to my fellow DDRians. :P Happy dancing to the beat of your favorite song!
Price: $187.03
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