Red Octane Good for me?

[Kiri_No_Haku]

Lol, I know I can't get a metal one because their budget can only go for a ignition. Maybe for Christmas I can get a metal one out of them? I like the way Blue Shark looks so I'm guessing between that and CF?

[MdX MaxX]

If you can get your hands on a Blueshark, it's always sold out. I guess Cobaltflux would be your only other option, but it's known to lag a lot with USB adapters for SM.

[Ashura96]

Originally Posted by Kiri_No_Haku

@Ashura96:

Omg you remember that? Now I whore Sakura to death, but I liked Miracle Moon, Xepher, Paranoia Survivor 270, and Afronova. I realised after playing Love Love Shine about 30 times that there were better songs...

I see. And yes I have a damn good memory...it's hard for me to forget anything. So don't tell me anything you might have second thoughts about.

[Kalek]

if you're considering a metal pad at all, i would suggest staying away from cobalt fluxes. yeah, they're durable, but they're lacking in every other important aspect of the pad.

my reasons:
-sensitive only in the center of the arrow; not on the edges
-no bar
-flat pad (although the arcade mod makes it better)
-even with the arcade mod, they don't feel like the arcade at all

if you have the time and expertise, i'd recommend building your own. when building your own, you can choose everything about it to make it exactly how you want it

if not, buy a blueshark and hope it works the first time D:

[Kiri_No_Haku]

@Ashura96:

In that case, I'm a dancing kitten.

@Kalek:

Well, I'm not going to get that then because i almost despise my pad because the little circle (sensor) is in the middle and it's hard to step on it all the time.

[Kiri_No_Haku]

Okay, sorry for the double post but I want to ressurect for a sec.

I just got my pad and I like it. There's only 2 things I despise about it though.

The first plastic cheap pad kept screwing up and I got a lot of "Boo!"s and now on workout mode I figured I lose 30 more calories on the workout and 10-20 more on each song I do because it actually all goes in now.

There's a problem though, about 1/5 of the time I don't fully get a arrow it says "Almost!" and I'm like....shouldn't it be good? O.o

It keeps saying "Almost!" about 5-7 times every song I do averagely now for some weird reason. Can someone tell me why?

The second problem is that it is suppose to have a non-slip bottom, but I guess either mine's defective or that was false advertisement because it slides almost just as much as the older one. The only thing good is that it isn't a cheap plastic pad so I can kind of "trap" it between different objects in the room so it can stay still. Anyone know why this happens too?

[ΩOMEGAΩ]

your timing is probably off. ignitions take a little while to get used to sometimes, especially if you have been playing on a cheap plastic mat for a long time.

[Kiri_No_Haku]

I'm going to bump this because I am starting to have problems with the pad...and the "Broken Ignition Pad" topic is 2 years old so I'm going to go ahead with this one if it is fine with you?

I've had it for a month and last week it started to really piss me off. Now it is acting like my old plastic pad and starting to "miss-fire" or I will step on something, even with shoes, and it won't pick it up on the sensor. Also, I think my carpet just won't let it stay "non-slip" because it is just as bad as the old pad.

I'm wondering if I can do anything about it without having to cut open the thing because my parents would kill me if they saw that. I don't have any money to get a blue shark or anything else yet so I'm stuck with this one for a LONG while. (prob til. Christmas)

Anyone have an idea how I can fix this because for the first few weeks, I could almost AA/AAA things and now I can barely get a B or an A because of all the "almost!" and "boo!" it is giving me when I know I hit the button because I hit it the same way at the arcade and it goes through there.

[ΩOMEGAΩ]

are you still under the warranty? My friend just kept returning his pad every month, it was a pain, but he eventually got one that never broke.

[Kiri_No_Haku]

I got the box..I don't know about the warranty.
It has been about 45 days. Maybe I should try returning it and asking for a replacement, but how much would shipping cost?

[crunc]

I bought two Ignition 3.0's direct from Red Octane a little more than a year ago and they have served me well. That doesn't help your current situation, but it is a data point. The only problem is the issue of the zippers breaking - the pull tabs, or whatever they are called, are cheap and break off easy. I also had a problem where the zipper became unmeshed when I unzipped them and I had to fix it, which I was able to, but I recommend never unzipping them/taking them apart anyway. You should only store them flat and never take them apart and fold them up. Folding a pad up will kill it dead before long.

[Kiri_No_Haku]

I only folded it a few times recently but I always keep it flat when I'm done. I think I'll keep it and maybe try to mod it if it screws with me again.

Any good ways to figure out how to clean it or help the sensors? They also tend to misfire on the bottom arrow for some reason.

[GameFreak19911991]

The only way to clean the plastic pad sensors is to rip them open from the underside and fix the foaming, or add more. I Remember my cheap plastic one ended up being ripped to shreds after I attempted a few 7's on it and i ripped it open to attempt fixing it..

[ΩOMEGAΩ]

where did you buy it from? My friends kept buying them from Gamestop, and they had a like 60 day warranty or something.

[GameFreak19911991]

Originally Posted by ΩOMEGAΩ

where did you buy it from? My friends kept buying them from Gamestop, and they had a like 60 day warranty or something.

Yeah, it was one of those. It actually lasted me from 5-7's when the MadKatz pad I got with SN back in late 2006 died one day (I Wasn't expecting it to last more than a week actually, but It went from Janurary-Half of Feb 2007)

The gamestop one started screwing up sometime in may of 2007, which is when I decided I needed a new pad anyway. I was lucky annd found the RO Ignition 3.0 at my local GS back in nyc for 50 dollars.