Best metal pad w/ bar?

[Nicknicholas]

I am looking to buy a metal pad for home. I want it to have a bar. What is the best pad I can buy with a bar?

A few guidelines:
- I will not commission someone to make me one.
- I will not buy off ebay, if the pad is available I would like to buy it from a website.
- Costs between 250 and 400$ for base price without tax or shipping.
- The pad must be AVAILABLE. I can't wait for twelve years for more blue sharks to be in stock.


I want a pad with an arcade feel, something I can heel toe or bracket rape with. Thanks.

[maxx freak]

Nothing. Barred Bluesharks are no longer made, CobaltFluxes are barless, and no other metal pad is reliable. You're gonna have to build a pad.

[Nicknicholas]

So TXes aren't that good. .

I guess I will try to use a chair or something. Which metal pad would be best?

Colbalt Flux with arcade mod kit?

[Nicknicholas]

Is this a good pad?
http://www.keepgaming.com/xpg-5000.html


Really need to know a good pad.

[maxx freak]

Then Cobalt Flux w/ arcade mod, yes. If you really want something cheaper, you can try the RedOctane Afterburner, but anything else you could possibly find (not home-built) is crap.

Do the people who make TX pads and the like know that you actually have to stand on it and step on it?

[Nicknicholas]

Ok thanks, I guess I'll get that.

Anybody know a good bar height to your height ratio?

I'm 5'7 how tall should the chair I use as the bar be?

[devout]

[maxx freak]

Wow, never heard that before devout, nice find.

You can do that or use the official bar height of 38"

[Nicknicholas]

I've never heard of the golden ratio before. But I will go with the arcade bar height to make it seem more like the arcade. Thanks!

[devout]

[Nicknicholas]

Some things came up and I don't really have the money to spend on a cobalt flux anymore. What I am looking for also changed. I am look for a pad that is 250$ or less after shipping+ handling. I am looking for a metal pad that will last a long time. I would prefer if it came with atleast a six month warranty. I also want a pad where I don't need maintenance, as whenever I try to fix a pad I end up screwing it up even more and turning a 10minute task to a 40$ replacement.
So i need

- relatively cheap
- Long warranty
- no maintenance
- made by a trusted brand

It doesn't have to have brackets/be arcade like.

I am thinking of
Red octane afterburner

Should I get the afterburner? I heard its a good pad, but the customer service sucks and a lot of problems like loose wires arise.

[maxx freak]

With those conditions, I guess an Afterburner is your only choice. Or you can try for a CF on ebay or something.