Why The RTOM Moongel Workout Practice Pad is Worth It!

[@WhyNotZoidberg9218]

I'm sold!

[@KirksDrumRoom]

Please let me know what you think when you get it.

[@DeezRotter]

My wife got me one for Xmas. It has been a game changer. It's my go too practice pad. I'm gonna double dip and get the Moongel DBS pad eventually.

[@KirksDrumRoom]

Very cool! Yeah, this pad can really help technique!

[@Silvaterista]

Great video! I got mine a few years ago. It helped with my rudoments flow. Playing on the moongel pad is like running on sand, then change to the drum set and my hands felt way more relaxed and faster and controlled at the same time, I don't know how to explain it. Now, the pad can help but you also have to study the correct way. The pad itself is not going to automatically change your grip technique, finger technique, etcetera. Put the work of this pad and you're gonna see the results. Important: I wouldn't recommend this pad for beginners.

[@KirksDrumRoom]

Agreed! Beginners need an instructor to set them on the correct path technique wise. Then this pad should work wonders.

[@Silvaterista]

@@KirksDrumRoom 💪🏻🙏🏼

[@gorbonyak]

As a drumset player only (never marching line), I find that practicing on a gum rubber pad is worse than no practice at all. My hands feel totally clumsy on a real kit/snare afterwards. The blue prologic on the other hand has been an amazing pad. It feels exactly betteen the two types of Reflexx pad surfaces, andjust a little bit less lively than a medium snare, and I feel all my practice on it translates immediately to a real kit.

[@KirksDrumRoom]

I can totally agree with your point. I absolutely love the Prologix pads for different things. I think all pads have their place for different styles of playing, and what you're going for technique wise. But Prologix is my sweet spot!

[@jordanvincenzo464]

I’m pretty sure that the pad is made of the same thing as a moon gel, which is not liquid. It just has a plastic layer over it.

[@KirksDrumRoom]

Thanks for this. I was going to send them an email about this because it has be questioning what I said.

[@si1995gtnupe1997]

I had one in the early ‘90s, but the gel material wasn’t held in place as well as you have demonstrated.

[@KirksDrumRoom]

Good to know the company worked on improving it.

[@jeffreywilke1858]

2:31

[@RalphOnofrio]

I have the sponge rubber MoonGel pad....Not made anymore....Bouncy,quiet....I wish they were still around..My best pad........Ralph Onofrio

[@KirksDrumRoom]

I don't know anything about that pad. Now I'll need to look it up. Too bad they still don't make it.

[@gretschludwigdrummer209]

I'd love one but unfortunately In the UK they sell for nearly $90 nearly everything here is over priced and your a bit handy on that pad !!

[@KirksDrumRoom]

Wow! Yeah, that's probably too much. But then again, if it helps you in your playing then it might be worth it? 🤔 By the way, I was just over your way. Stayed in Letchworth with my girlfriend's family. Beautiful area!

[@gretschludwigdrummer209]

@@KirksDrumRoom I hope the weather was okay ??

[@KirksDrumRoom]

@@gretschludwigdrummer209 Other than the major downpour at Trooping The Colors, it was very nice.

[@RalphOnofrio]

Kirk....How does no rebound at all help your technique?....Good sales pitch, but not for me.....

[@KirksDrumRoom]

In my teaching experience students tend to rely too much on the rebound instead of fixing their technique first. Back in the day I would practice all my rebound exercises on a soft pillow to make my hands/fingers do what they were supposed to. Once I had that down it totally cleaned up my rudiments and playing overall.

[@si1995gtnupe1997]

@@KirksDrumRoom: Agreed. Although there are varied ways of achieving technique improvement, I developed exponentially during my formative years in the same way.

[@KirksDrumRoom]

@@si1995gtnupe1997 High Five!!! 🖐

[@gregogresky4286]

The point is to make things more difficult during practice so when you do it for real in normal conditions, it becomes a cake walk. I mean that's why its called a "workout" pad. If you can drum with no rebound imagine what you can when you actually do have a bit of rebound. This a fundamental concept of practicing in general...make conditions worse so its easier later.