Evans ARF7GM Practice Pad

It's high quality and doesn't have the bad smell out of the box that some cheaper practice pads have. (I have a couple of cheaper ones, and that smell does go away after a couple of weeks).

This practice pad is high quality, but the question after having it for a while now is: why does that matter? I don't see any benefit on spending more on a practice pad. I would recommend spending less money on the Millennium version of this.

Bought as my first pad.
Pro -- it is small
Cons -- it does not have enough weight to counterbalance stick hitting. I found it kind of jumping after each hit. Because of small size you can not put it on the laps.
After a couple months switched to 12 inches pad of the same manufacturer and absolutely happy since that.

This is a basic pad just so I can use it in schools for pupils to warm up on. On reflection I find it quite hard and am not keen on the amount of vibration I get up the sticks. But for a quick 5 min warm up it works well