TDrum Triggerball Beater

Much less noisy than before

Using it with a rubber pad kick tower, this is so much quieter than the beaters I had before. My neighbours seem happy with it.

does the job?

The kick drum gets softer, but it feels very light and the ball just spins on the top. One drawback is that you get a louder bass tone, not unlike a basketball dribble. I went back to a normal beater, because the lack of weight is a problem for the pedal feel.

I bought it for practice at home, I thought that they would reduce the noise from the bass drum. Sounds quite loud, there is a slight rebound feeling. Useless for me ( I would suggest using an iron cobra 900 beater if you want to get less noise from the bass drum.

My favourite beater

It's just the right balance between normal hard felt beaters and the fluffy bombers. You get a decent attack but also a nice soft boom at the same time. It's also quite small and light which I like and the colour makes your kit look funky. Super nice.

Great for Electronic Drums

I bought this beater 3 years ago for my Roland TD-4PK, which has a rubber kick drum trigger (not mesh). It made the kit a lot quieter, my neighbor was happy. Good feel too. You will need to up the sensitivity/volume of the trigger on the drum module if you were using a felt of plastic beater previously.That is handy enough though. I just bought a second one as I wore out the first. But three years is great for a beater of that a low price (I do play heavy and a lot). Well recommended.

Great

Looks like well basically just a tennis ball on a metal stick :) Great quality tho I use it for replacing my Millenium MPS-850 E-Drum Set stock drum beater to make it less noisier pros: + works good + decreases noise level + doesn't really decrease bounce as much as you could expect (softens them a little bit) + good quality + easy to install cons: - looks funny, oh wait, that's also a pro :) - doesn't make bass drum completely quiet In general great beater. I recommend it for buying if you want to make you e-drum set to be a little bit quieter and to last longer

too much rebound

It does what I expected but too much. I used it for my ddrum set with mesh head and it didn't worked for me. You are getting too much rebound from the tennis ball and in faster or stronger playing an unwanted tremble happens. Maybe works better in large low tuned real kick, but this is not what I do.

Very good for rock/metal drumming

I bought this beater to play with less noise on my drum set. I think the product is aimed at mesh head kick pads, in order to decrease the damage done to the mesh, but this beater did the trick for me. The reverb from the kick drum has increased, the speed of drumming has increased and the overall noise coming from the kick pad is less.

Quiet beater, not suitable for mesh head without patch

It's a nice beater, quiet and well built. It's not suitable for mesh heads without patch, since it will act as a felt beater. I think this one is a bit quiet than the Roland KDB-200.

I guess it does what it's supposed to!

I ordered this, but returned it. I am sure that it would be more silent that a plastic beater on my mesh kit; but my wife said she couldn't hear the plastic beater... so, I returned this one. Maybe in the future, if I need more rebound?! But could be very useful for you!