Gibraltar Felt Bass Drum Beater

I bought 2 of these beaters for my double bass and they worked pretty good. The felt part of the beater is pretty hard and wheres down pretty easy, (if u play every day). The problem i had with these is that by the time the beater hit the bass drum head, only the top of it would hit.... |\ I use iron cobras and the pedal would not get close enough to the head so the beater would hit flat but i don't know if that is the case for any other pedal. If your going to spend 16$ on this, don't waste your money, just go for a DW beater or a Tama beater.