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Pleasantly surprised; I highly recommend this kit!

I recently moved into an apartment after years of being a homeowner with a full basement for drums/band practice. Suffered months of not playing the drums before buying this set. I was very skeptical until I tried it out. It's not silent by any means, but should be quiet enough to stay out of trouble with neighbors (working so far anyway!) The feel of the pads is about as realistic as any pad I've tried before, which is to say that it definitely feels different than real drums, but is good enough to be able to do most of the buzzes, ghost notes, etc. that you're used to doing on real drums. The bounce of the kick pad is different than I'm used to, but it was easy enough to adjust to and has actually helped make me aware of some sloppy technique on my part (sort of pressing the pedal into the drumhead continuously after certain hits, creating an unintentional roll of sorts on the kick) so I think it will make me an even better player when I can finally cut loose on my real drums again. I don't play especially hard, but I was really amazed at how sturdy the setup is, especially for being so compact and based on only one stand. I expected a lot of wobble, swing, or weird vibrations, but have had no problems so far. The flexibility of pad placement is also far better than I expected for such a simple design. I played a simple 4 piece kit before and had no trouble at all setting these pads up to match my 4 drums and using the last pad as a stand-in for where my ride cymbal would be. I'm currently using my real hi-hat stand and cymbals with foam pads on them, which I'm not thrilled with, but the overall layout and ability to practice things exactly the way I would really play them is fantastic. If I can find better hi-hats (looking at plastic cymbals right now but not sure), this will be the perfect practice setup!