Thomann Knee Practice Pad

Very happy with the purchase, the rubber is of nice quality and not overly bouncy. The strap is just barely long enough for my fat legs and i have to latch it right on the knee and then push it back a bit to put it a more comfortable position.

Being a knee pad i can only recommend for shorter training sessions or if you want to use it like a stress reliever on the couch or in front of the PC (like i do).

Pros:
- Nice rubber
- Solid construction
- Thread on the bottom to mount on stands

Cons:
- It's a knee pad, it is not in an ergonomic position and you should be careful to regularly switch leg to avoid straining your back. If you want to do longer training sessions i suggest just laying this on a table or stool between your legs instead.
- The wood is very thick and raises the rubber deceptively high. Might throw off your accuracy. And has a tendency to wobble on the leg.

Neutral:
- It is 4 inches. Very small for general practice, but might help your accuracy.

I was pleasently surprised. The pad is really small, which actualy is positive thing - in order to hit the surface right you need to play with a lower dynamics, which makes the small details in technik to come up.
And it's way better to warm up that way and start a live or especialy recording session being able to perform all these small details and ghost notes. The opposite way - warming up by hitting hard will lead to extreme level of muscle sorenes and stifness so that the whole session afterwards will suffer. The pad is heavy, stays nice on the leg. Because of that you don't have unpleasant feeling by hitting it for a long periods of time. The bottom is rubberised neoprene which sticks well to any trouser/jeans. There is a 8 mm. thread for a stand. The only downside I can see is the short belt which may not fit to some legs. It will fit legs with girth next to the knee to 52-53 cm.