OK, so BlueShark wins.... What else?

rlpowell · Trick Member Joined: 11 Dec 2003

In another thread, people seemed pretty insistent that the BlueShark pads are the best money can by. I have a few related questions:

1. What's second best?

2. Can the BlueShark pads be hooked together for doubles? They don't seem to sell them in pairs.

3. Is the 3" or 2" better? Why do they even have both?

4. Why are they always out of stock?

Are there other good places to get them besides mymybox.com?

Any other advice would be welcome; that's a Pretty Large Purchase (tm) especially since I want to play doubles; it's a bit scary.

-Robin

DAVE101 · Trick Member Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Location: Indiana

1) Everyone seems to second the Cobalt Flux to the Blueshark.
2) At 85 pounds a piece, there's no need to hook them up.
3) I don't know, the only time they get them in stock, they only have 2".
4) Maybe because everyone thinks they are the best.

Also, I've read that even when they are in stock, it takes many weeks for them to arrive after ordered.
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rlpowell · Trick Member Joined: 11 Dec 2003

maxx freak · Trick Member Joined: 09 Aug 2005

rlpowell · Trick Member Joined: 11 Dec 2003

From an e-mail from mymybox:

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rlpowell · Trick Member Joined: 11 Dec 2003

Yes.

More precisely: I want to play doubles. Therefore, I want two pads exactly as far apart as they would be in the arcade, without there being a gap between them for me to step in and break my ankle.

-Robin

ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

Use a 2x4 for the filled gap. That gap, on an estimate, not having looked at an arcade pad in three weeks, would be about 1.25 inches. A 2x4 is 1.5 inches thick, so just trim 1.5" off the 4 side (which is actually 3.5"), and cut it down to about 36" long and it should be just right. You can then just attach them together with a couple sheets of metal with holes drilled in them for the screws. I can't remember if BlueSharks have holes on the corners like CF's do, but if not, you should be able to just drill through whatever's there and not worry about damaging anything, since it's probably just solid wood or plastic.
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