Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Not being much of a Home Depot guy, I have not heard of the foam 
board mentioned below, but if it's thick & dense it should probably 
work fine (as long as it can be cut to shape as needed).

Being a pretty avid backpacker, I have actually checked out a number 
of sleeping pad options over the years, which leads me to point out 
one thing to keep in mind if you are shopping for one to use as drum 
pads -- most of the pads for sale through outdoor retailers are 
designed to be lightweight (for backpacking), and thus are not as 
thick or dense as the one I got from my neighbor.  Like I said, this 
thing is thick (15mm), heavy, spongy & dense.  This means that it 
would be terrible would backpacking, but these same traits would seem 
to make it better for our purposes than most of the pads that are 
available from outdoor gear places.  (Not that other kinds wouldn't 
work well -- I just think this stuff might be even better).

So, to help out others in the group, I tried to find the stuff I got 
online, but sisnce it's made by a French company, I had some trouble 
finding anything in English -- but here's what I found.

The pad I used is madce by a company called Domyos, and it is model # 
TG 400.  Domyos is apparently owned by another company called 
Decathlon.  The website (www.decathlon.fr) is in French, but here a 
link to the Google-translated version: 

http://translate.google.com/translate?
hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.decathlon.fr/Magasin/tableau_comparatif.asp%
3Fint_DeptId%3D2274&prev=/search%3Fq%3Ddomyos%2BTG%2B400%26hl%3Den%
26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DG

I found the US version of the website (http://www.decathlon-
usa.com/), but it did not have anything about the TG 400 pad.  I sent 
an email requesting info on where it can be purchased, what it costs, 
etc, & now I am waiting for a response...

I'll keep y'all posted.

Scott



--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Ken Weygandt" <boomer17@a...> 
wrote:
> > You can get this stuff here in the states in Home Depot Or 
Lowe's. 
> It's pink or blue foam insulation board. It's very dense and it 
comes 
> in a 2' x 8' x 1" or 2" thick slab. Not expensive either.
> 
> We ought to make a permanent note of this method. If it works, at 
> least in some cases, and is cost-effective, people should be able 
to 
> find out about closed-cell foam sleeping pads just as quickly as 
they 
> do about the DIY platform and Iso-floor. Vern, how about a link to 
> Iso-floor at DTXpressions and an outline of the foam method in Tips 
> and Tricks?
> 
> Ed