Tipatyard Drum Practice Pad, 12 Inch Silent Practice Pad With Four Different Playing Surfaces

One of the most useful bits of drumming equipment I've ever bought.The different zones are brilliant for practising co-ordination/independence exercises.Excellent purchase

The pad seems well-built but the glue work could be a bit better. The grey surface sounds good and it has a realistic stick bounce. Orange, Black, and Blue surfaces add a lot of versatility to tone and bounce.If you are looking for a multi-surface pad for a decent price price and quality this might be the one.I sincerely hope that you will find this review helpful.

If you're familiar with the online drum school Drumeo, you've seen a practice pad that looks a lot like this one. The main difference, as far as I can see, is that one costs nearly twice what this one does. Let's run down some pros and cons:Pad surfaces: This features five pads made of varying densities of rubber. In theory, it's supposed to simulate the feel of different drumming surfaces, and at lower velocities, you can feel the difference. However, if you're playing either faster or harder, the distinctions are harder to suss out.Pad size: Here's why I took a star off (and would do the same if the other pad was sitting in front of me): Pads of this type advertise themselves as giving you similar ergonomics to a full-size kit. I don't know what they're smoking, but it's not even close; you'd need more distance between pad surfaces to really feel like you're moving around a four or five-piece kit. The small zones do have one thing going for them: they're good for teaching stick control.Construction: If you flip this over, there's a thinner sheet of neoprene on it. I think it's supposed to stop the pad from sliding if you use it on a tabletop; at any rate, it's too thin to be any use as another drumming surface. It's a shame, in a way, because if it was you'd be able to practice rudiments on a full-sized uniform surface. Taking a star off here, too.Is it worth it? If you have no other drums, and can't find any other practice pads, maybe? If you have a snare, you're better off getting a damping pad, and if you only have a pad, I'm not sure this is the one you want. It's too fussy, and doesn't really do what it says it will well enough, to be all that useful.