I dislike them both. CF's have the issue of not being able to feel where your feet are in relation to the arrows. Every time I play on them, I end up dancing my way off the pad, literally.

The Afterburners seemed promising when they announced that the arrows would be indented into the pad, but they went too far with the indentation. They went like a full centimetre, rather than doing just enough to be able to feel it. The centimtre indentation is rather disorienting.

The best pad I've played on, other than the arcade cabinet ITG pads, is actually a soft dance pad: Red Octane Ignition 2.0/3.0. They have inch-thick foam, creating a comfortable playing surface when wearing socks whether you're playing on carpet or hard floors, it doesn't crumple up or wrinkle like other soft pads because of the inch-thick foam, it contains plastic inserts beneath each arrow so you can feel where your feet are in relation to the arrows, it's very responsive, and unlike the CF and Afterburner, the 3.0 is about $100 and the 2.0 is probably cheaper now. (Only difference between the two are graphics and the 3.0 has a USB port)

hey,

Under heavy use, I have had to make major modifications to both our Red Octane Afterburners and our $300 a piece Cobalts. As for how much people like them it comes down to personal preference. The ROs seem to be more arcade like with recessed arrows, while the Cobalts are very responsive, just hard to tell where your feet are until you get used to them.

Id vote if I knew what they looked like . . . ps . . . spotty can you reply to my private message? Iv been waiting a while for yah to.

in my expierence, the RO's were designed badly, they steps are inset and you have to wear shoes, which degrades them faster.

Which pad is better, Does not break easy?


i've heard that RO afterburner pads stop working right after about 2 months or less.

I have no expernece with CF, i've only danced on the RO at ULX for about an hour, and really liked the RO.