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Logitech PS3/PS2 Wireless Drum Controller | 
| From: Logitech
Category: Video Games
List Price: $229.99
Buy New: $109.65(as of 9/8/10 06:27 PDT - Details)
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 12974
Format: Cd
Platforms: Playstation2, Playstation 3
Media: Accessory
Edition: Wireless
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: PlayStation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 26.4
Dimensions (in): 31 x 25 x 6
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 939-000183
Model: 939-000183
UPC: 097855060341
EAN: 0097855060341
ASIN: B002FQM5B4
Release Date: July 15, 2009
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Fully adjustable drum heads and cymbals help you play faster and better | | • | Quiet, responsive drum heads let you stay focused on the music so you don't get distracted by the controller noise | | • | Designed for Guitar Hero to let you take full advantage of the lastest features - in the game and in the Music Studio ( games sold separately) | | • | PLAYSTATION3 and Playstation 2 compatibility | | • | Sets up quickly, folds flat in seconds |
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Product Description
Logitech Wireless Drum Controller PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 Compatible
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
Love it except for ...... June 21, 2010
nivla auhc (USA)
I love this drum controller over any of the current controllers out there today. It's very customizable. It's easy to setup. The only thing I don't like is that the drum pedal is loose. It doesn't have a way to stay put like the original RB drums. Even if you have a sticky surface, it still moves around too much if you got a heavy foot. You also need to make sure your feet is on the pedal itself. If your heel is on top or below the hinge, it will double hit.
It's not worth it if you are paying full price. If you are in the market for one, a vendor in Amazon.com will have it for around $89 + $35 S/H.
 Good Idea, Poor Execution, Logitech Incompetence April 7, 2010
B. Mogg (Dallas, TX)
I was optimistic about this set, as it appears to be high quality when assembling it. I bought it locally as I feared the technical issues I've read on forums.
Pro's:
1. Solid construction. The floor bracing mechanism works well, and the set is sturdy when you play it.
2. Pads have good feel with kick back on the sticks. I didn't think they were too loud.
3. Kit feel is much improved over GHWT and Rock Band kits. You can move the pads and cymbals around to your liking, which allows you to find a little more groove and confidence. It's just more fun to play.
Con's:
1. The maximum height of the kit is inexplicably low. I'm 5-10, and I don't consider that tall, but I had trouble finding a non-obtrusive spot to place the kick pedal. How much extra would it have cost to make the kit 3 inches taller so the top of your knee wouldn't rest on the bottom of a pad? I would've paid it.
2. The locking mechanisms for the pads and cymbals have slots, so you can't always get the pad in the right spot. In some cases, you have to choose between slightly too high and slightly too low.
3. The kick pedal moves around all over the place. A centering brace would have been nice. I surrounded it with dumbbells to hold it down while playing.
4. The kick pedal also had a very strange feel to it. Even at the lightest tension setting, it was pushing back against my foot too hard. It makes it difficult to use proper foot technique; using your forefoot, and not stomping on the pedal.
5. THE DEAL-BREAKER: The cymbals seemed to miss hits every 4 or 5 strikes. If you're an amateur at the game and play on medium level, I'm sure you wouldn't notice. But in expert, where 8th and 16th notes are commonplace, it's very frustrating. I'm used to 5 stars, 98-99%, average multiplier at 8x with my Rock Band set. With this kit, I was failing songs, and battling through easy songs with 3 stars.
I read on many forums that the cymbals and pads are simply not sensitive enough, registering 0-2 out of a possible 20 in GH5. And the egotistical development team at Logitech claims that the drums "learn" your hit intensity, so there's no way to correct this design flaw. I had no such luck with this adaptation - I simply missed hits all the time. Yet another company throwing money at a nice idea, but losing focus of the practical application of the product.
If Logitech would've focused as much on the function of the drums as they did in packing the set in the box (what a waste of cardboard), they would've had a fantastic product. But it's as if they did NO QA testing on the product at all -- just a bunch of wishful design from guys who have never played the game. This set may be designed for 12 year olds who play on medium, but if you're looking to play expert, you'll be disappointed. Stick with what works, and wait for something else.
If you buy, buy locally so you can take it back.
 My son loves this drum controller March 2, 2010
Mrs. S. (United States)
Since receiving this drum controller, this is all that my son plays. He loves that you are able to place the drum heads and cymbals where you want them. They are quieter than his old set which is a definite plus. He loves rocking out to Metallica on this drum controller.
Extremely disappointed... February 22, 2010
Psy57
Normally, I'm pretty close to being a Logitech fanboy. All of my mice, half my keyboards and most of my headphones have all been Logitech... but I have no idea how people are giving these things 4 and 5 star ratings. I got this two days ago and right out of the box I noticed that the orange cymbal rattled whenever it moved and only had 3 of the 5 screws around the sensor area. Found one of the screws (other's still missing) and tried to screw it back into the housing, but it was acting like it was stripped. Finished assembling anyway in hopes that it would still work.
Right off the bat I was getting a ton of cross talk from the yellow to the orange cymbal (hitting yellow would activate orange too). Tried moving the cymbals as far apart as they would go. That only helped a little so I extended the orange cymbal as far up as it would go. It seemed to fix that problem, but the orange cymbal was still acting funny and rattling like crazy. Finally got out a screwdriver and cracked it open. Not surprisingly half a dozen little black pieces fell out. Pretty easy to see what happened. The cymbals are made of two layers. The top is the rubbery layer that the player hits, and the bottom is a thin plastic piece that has a little plastic cover that screws into it in order to protect the sensor and hold the arm in place. It turns out that the bottom layer is so thin that they had to add raised mounts so the screws holding the cover in place could actually screw into something. All five of those mounts around the sensor had broken off and were shattered into little pieces. I couldn't think of anything to do about it so I just dumped them out and put it back together. None of the five screws around the sensor work anymore so it's just held together by the four larger screws around the arm. Started playing again in hopes that those four screws would be enough and that maybe it was just one defective part or possibly just rough handling during delivery. Seems to have solved the problem with the orange cymbal. But now on the second day, after just finishing Ace of Spades... the yellow cymbal is rattling too. I don't even hit it hard enough to activate the accent notes. It turns out the orange cymbal wasn't a defective part or broken during delivery; it's just so cheaply made that it falls apart. Now I'm just waiting to get a reply from the seller to see if I can get new cymbals or if the whole thing needs to be shipped back. If I do that, I'll have paid half as much as the product itself costs in shipping alone...
Now on to the other minor issues. 1)This thing looks great, but it's loud. I don't mind much since I live alone in a house, but it might be a problem if friends come over and everyone wants to play. 2)The fully adjustable is more like kind of adjustable. You can move the drums up and down(kinda useless), forward and back, and tilt them side to side. You can also change the angle of the cymbals and move them up and down. Moving any of them side to side(what I wanted most) however was out of the question. There's really not any room to do it unless you move the drums up and down to put them on different planes, but then you'll end up having them covering each other. 3)The usb dongle... come on Logitech really. What's the point of wireless if it still takes up 1 of the 2 usb slots? And last but not least 4)Price. Why does this cost so much more than the world tour drums? It's obviously not for better quality.
Conclusion (for the tl;dr people)
Pros:
-looks great
-easy assembly
Cons:
-cheaply made (one broken cymbal out of the box; other just broke...)
-loud
-not as adjustable as I'd like
-usb dongle...
-costs more than most other drums sets of similar quality
Great, easy to use and cool Hardware January 21, 2010
M. Haddad (Atlanta, Georgia)
This wireless drum controller can be used with either PS2 or PS3 but we used it with a PS3. It is very easy to set up and took about five minutes to unpack and set it up completely. Almost everything is adjustable to provide the user with a very comfortable position.
- The legs expand and collapse to adjust the height
- The legs swing in and out to provide more leg room
- The drums tilt up and down, slide forwad and packward, and tilt right and left. However, they do not swing in and out.
- The symbals swing forward and backward, and they adjust up and down.
The drums are great, very responsive, and easy to play with. Batteries seem to last forever in this thing giving more than a hundred hours of play.
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