Great quality- easy to implement- everything I get from DDR pad is top notch!
Very good mat so far, my mother is en-route to getting enough exercise again. I have also enjoyed a few dances upon the mat.
Plug and play with normal pad wiring used with tube lights, and much better brightness! Complements the panel arrow color very nicely.
The led replacement s for the original cold cathode tubes are awesome.
Very bright- gives the DDR a great dance floor refresh!
I absolutely love this pad! I've been looking for a decent hard pad for a while as soft pads just aren't cutting it for me. I did a lot of shopping around and the L-TEK Core seems to be the best value for money. I bought the penny mod but haven't really felt the need to install it yet as the sensitivity is pretty good. I just had to make sure to calibrate it with my old PS2 (in the DDR game settings) to ensure the timing was correct. I've played for about 60h in the past couple of months and had friends over who are more on the heavier side and we've had no issue. I would say this is definitely worth the purchase.
I bought 2 of these impulsively and thought I could just plug and play on my 2019 macbook. I ended up downloading ITGMania and buying a powered USB hub and was able to map the pads to the game with no issue!
Works perfect with my slim, and fat PS2. I have two of them so I can play doubles and work amazing with no lag.
The soft pad I received was unfortunately defective but the stellar customer service team refunded my order and guided me to make a replacement purchase with the store credit I received for a similar but different mat. I am eager to try the new mat out! Definitely reach out to customer service if you have an issues with your orders.
This is the first dance pad I've had since a crinkly 8bit plug & play I bought in middle school, so all I can really say is it's definitely a step up!
After playing a bit of Pump It Up at the arcade I've been wanting to give playing at home a try, so I was really excited to find a mat with panels for both games. Some concerns from other users have stuck out, but here's how they've felt for me:
- It's been easy for me to get used to the smaller size.
- It worked immediately on my Steam Deck with no 3rd party software needed (just mapping the controls in Stepmania/Outfox).
- The diagonals for PIU are a bit smaller than they would be on a dedicated pad, so I occasionally miss a step or two.
- I use the pad on a hardwood floor and haven't had any issues with it slipping around.
- Since the panels are all on the same surface, I sometimes find myself drifting off the pad and have to look down to find where I am, which could be frustrating if you're trying to FC a chart.
I can play DDR comfortably at around level 7, and it feels good to finally have a way to learn crossovers and intermediate techniques. Plus it's been a great cardio exercise!
This was a true plug-and-play experience with minimal effort needed to start playing. Very detailed instructions with troubleshooting included. Everything, down to the packaging, was well thought out and customer-focused.
Such an amazing pad 100% arcade feel 10/10 would recommend plug and play straight out of the box into computer stepmania program heavy-duty and lighting is so great and well done
Hardware is awesome, it feels neat, problem is I cannot make it work with Pump it up game on Steam
Shipped smoothly and pre-assembled and it worked flawlessly out of the box!
Doesn’t work too well with my stepmania (might just be a skill issue) but it’s good with DDR on Wii and PS2.
I've had this pad for a while, and while it's fine, i've had a LOT of issues over that time. here's what's happened so far...
Due to issues that are, frankly, too complicated for this review, the pad does not work on my pc and there seems to be no option to properly fix this. it works on other computers, though. just mot mine. fml.
the pad often presses two or three inputs at once. this means that games with calorie counters don't work, because it waaay over calculates the burned calories. (except for ddrmax, which i guess counts calories different?)
because of the frequent multi-presses, if i'm stood on a note, it'll cause a miss when i hit the actual button. this seems to become more frequent the more i play in one session. no clue why THAT is :p
there is, also, the regular issues with soft pads, but i'm not gonna hold those against this specific one.
Overall, i still like the pad and i still have a decent chunk of fun, but it's also a real pain a lot of the time. and not being able to play on pc is really frustrating. I'd recommend it still, because some of these issues seem exclusive to me, but idk.
I've been using a Cobalt Flux for over 20 years, and I had been using the PS2 control box that came with it. While I was able to use it with my PC for Stepmania via a cheap PS2-to-USB adapter, it was never the most elegant solution.
I finally got frustrated enough by latency issues that I decided to get this. It feels like a whole new experience! I'm so happy that it just works now without having to always calibrate the pad to make it work right. Highly recommended! It shipped really quick, too!
Best pad I've used so far. Been playing 9- to 11-footers (itg scale) on it for over a year now with no issues.
Exactly as it says on the tin.
Used these in a travel pad and they work just fine!
I am very happy with my purchase. I have DDR Extreme K-cab pads and requested additional wires to compensate for length issues I had heard about. The ddrpad.com was gracious enough to provide additional wires, and I truly appreciate it. The physical install is pretty straightforward, and once I got the ADP tool working, the whole kit works great. For anyone trying to set this up, I had some issues with wires disconnecting, but it was easily fixed by Gorilla taping the connection points together. For those with metal acade pads, I'd recommend getting 8 of the long FSRs (having spares was a lifesaver). Mount them on top of your inner l-brackets, and secure them with additional Gorilla tape. I initially tried mounting them in the sensor channels under the arcade sensors and had a ton of issues. I cannot recommend this kit highly enough!
This arrived way sooner than I expected. It was definitely packaged with care. Took it out of the box and had zero problems. I spent the vast majority of the day just playing on the pad. I was hesitant to get the hard pad due to the price. However, this was definitely worth the purchase!!
I did have to roll up my rug and move it out of the way to have the pad on the wood instead. I found it rocked a bit while playing on my rug. Zero issues once it was on the wood. So very happy with this! Thank you!!!
Quick and arrived when it said it would. Though I do wish I could order some more of the ddr arrow stickers.
Pad is very well made, with good quality foam and other materials. Feels exceptionally sturdy, manufacturer is well known in the ddr scene.
Performance wise the pad works as expected, and does not move around too much when in use.
Competent pad, capable of high level play with support.
Fantastic product! This is my second pad that I've bought from this site, and I followed a tutorial to modify them so they are nice and sturdy. Even without the modification, the soft pads are very responsive and reliable. I recommend this site for anyone looking to play DDR at home!!
Additionally, the customer service is great. I accidentally entered the wrong shipping address and sent an email in a panic to get it corrected, and they responded to me within an hour. I was very relieved and impressed at the quick response!
