Alesis Turbo Mesh Kit 4-stars Reviews

Are you a beginner house drummer?

If yes, you probably care more about easy of setting up, playability and noise problem rather than how many different type of sounds you can get out of your drum set...etc This set is obviously one of the cheapest ways you can begin your drumming journey, and as far as I can experience, it just provides that.

- It doesn't feel very durable & stable, but it also does not feel badly built.

- It's easy to setup, no worries.

- It doesn't have the best drum machine with a lot of options, but it comes with a free Melodics training app, and with a simple USB cable you can plug this into your PC to start learning and get OK sound quality for an entry level instrument. Response lag is also surprisingly low

- It's not very quiet, but I'm starting to understand a quiet drum is not entirely possible anyway. Mesh heads are OK, and it doesn't have and actual kick pedal, which helps with noise reduction. Only thing that's missing is rubber rims, and you need these because the mesh heads are small in diameter, and it's easy to hit the rims (which is loud). You can buy these extra for 20 euros afterwards, if you feel the need.

Overall, this purchase met my expectations with good value/price ratio, and hope this helps future beginners here.

Affordable and good start for my son

Bought it for my son’s birthday...Really good quality and affordable at the same time..Would highly recommend.

Very good first kit

Bought it for my 4 years old boy, without any expectations. I ended up playing myself more than him. Very good first kit, many sounds, possibility to plug your phone to play along, I don't need anything else.

A quality set for the starting drummer

Bought this for my kid. It is a solid set with really nice sounds - specially if you are starting to learn the drums.

From what I've seen so far, I will be able to upgrade components if I feel the need for it.

Decent starter kit, use external sound module.

The good:

+ Mesh pads feel great, good velocity range

+ Price

+ Sturdy, can stand a nice beating

+ Cymbals and hi-hat pads get the work done, decent velocity range

The bad:

- Built-in sounds are okay at best, terrible at worst

- Kick drum and hi-hat pedal feel very cheap, no velocity, feels very "floppy"

All in all pretty decent to start drumming. I use my laptop as an external sound module, and after a few months bought an external mesh head kick drum pad and pedal which made all the difference.