Reconfigured: Beetle “Last Pad”

Testing the Beetle “Last Pad” has been interesting. Today, it got fun.

I decided to disassemble the pad and then reassemble it as follows:

The “hard” side had the 1/4” insert and the coated Emperor head. 

The “soft” side had the thickest foam pucks and the foam insert with the red (uncoated) Emperor head.

I moved the foam insert and red Emperor head to the “hard” side, and moved the 1/4” rubber insert and coated Emperor to the “soft” side, on top of the foam pucks that were already there.

My hunch proved right. Switching the foam to the “hard” side gave me a slightly firmer feel and crisper response, which I really preferred to where the red Emperor had been before.

I reported my findings to Bradley, and suggested that at some future time he might want to design a second foam insert with thicker Valchromat base and shallower foam on top. I suppose buying a second original foam insert and using the rubber pucks might get me a similar feel to what I’d achieved on the other side. I’d basically have two “hard” sides.

When Bradley makes more inserts I may order a second foam insert from him and try it out.

I like this configuration much better. It may make more sense to opt for a different head on the reverse and see what I think of that.

I’d love to hear from anyone else who’s purchased the Last Pad and we can compare notes.