Nitro Mesh Kit : Great kit, needs a bigger snare

My first edrum kit after having only played on acoustic my whole life.

Starting off the build is OK for the money. You get what you pay for.

The pads do not go very high off the rack so you can't easily build an acoustic spaced set out of the box. The rack also moves slightly when played, but this is really not bad enough to be a problem. I put my kit on memory foam yoga mats, up against the wall. This way it dampens the noises into the wood floor nicely and the kick does not slide. No need for expensive isolated drum mats. The kick pedal feels fine and the hi-hat pedal feels like air, but it does the job. The main features of this kit are full mesh heads, the kick tower and a decent module.

The mesh heads are excellent and tunable to tightness. Feels real enough to me! I have been playing daily since it arrived. The drawback is the head rims are rather thick, so you have to angle the pads more to use a natural stroke while not hitting that massive rim on the 8" pads. I've also used a spare snare stand to help with positioning, because the big-rim-small-pad problem is worst on the snare. I feel like I will upgrade to something 10" on the snare very soon. The cymbals are very basic, and the pinch-mute does not really work unless you get the exact spot. It all does the job. They do tend to come loose while playing, so grab some loctite.

On the drum module.

I did some playing along with external music, the built-in demo jam songs, I created some custom kits, once you read the manual everything is easy to find and the buttons on the interface feel surprisingly good. I'm very satisfied with the features, external input works great. The headphone amp could use a little more oompf, so I'm using a spare amp for the headphones. The sound of the kit is very nice, not too artificial and you can customize all the sounds pretty well.

Concluding. Yes, this is the cheapest kit with mesh heads and a kick tower I could buy. Yes, it works great and you can tune everything to be near perfect for you with a little bit of patience. I highly recommend this for drummers like me who have experience playing, and just need something to practice in their apartment. For completely new drummers, it should be great too.