Mike Balter ERSR Super Rub Mallet Set

I saw some videos of studio folk rubbing these on gongs and large drums to create horror movie atmosphere sounds. I don't have that at home. But I do have doors, windows, bathtub, kitchen floor, acoustic guitar, desk (didn't work on my dog). The sound these things make is mad, I love it. Don't tell your partner you have them and rub them on the outside of her bedroom door at 3 am.
I highly recommend them to everyone interested in sound effects and sound design. Experiment and have fun.

I bought these for use on a gong. The three sizes make for some unusual sounds. Very smooth and resonating with little 'chatter' from bouncing while rubbing. The low score is due to the fact that the middle sized mallet came apart. The ball came off the stick and I couldn't use it any longer. I could have put glue in it I guess, but more so enjoyed the smaller and larger mallets. There is medium flex in the handle and this gave a good pressure to the ball against the gong. Would probably look for something else if I were to be interested.

It produces a nice effect on a gong. So it works very well for what we wanted it. That's great, but there are some issues.

The head - which is just a bouncy ball basically - came off the shaft after very little use.
The whole thing is just a bouncy ball on a lollypop stick. It feels extremely cheap, and therefore this product feels WILDLY overpriced. Feels like something that should be 5 euros in at amusement park kiosk.

i use these mainly on gongs and drum heads. the bigger ones a quite sturdy, but i have accidentally launched the rubber heads of the smaller ones into the audience twice now while trying to give a high pitched accent on a gong (i mean the heads tend to come off - i even had this with a new set). if you plan on using them live, make sure you have a spare set in case one decides to bounce off into the distance all by itself.

Superball effects are supercool, and these mallets gives you some option in playing those ghostly effect sounds by rubbing gongs and other stuff you find on your way.

As a gong player I can't get enough of friction mallets.
I do find that each friction mallet offers something different, and they quite often take some getting used to. At first I found these a little squeaky, but over time I got more and more familiar with them and now use them all the time. :-)

Loving these flumies so much.

ill be honest I don't have experience with mallets to speak of, but they seemed good quality, gave a nice sound- and here you get a decent variety of different sizes, which produce a nice set of different colours on my gong.

Really cool idea and really great sound on the gong. The soundlevel they produce is very low but for studio use it´s working. Tried to use them live but there was no way it could be heard. One day one of the balls fell of it´s stick, and a few days after that antother ball fell off.
So great for studio use, great sound(really different with the three different mallets) but poor build quality.

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