Others say...

"Awesome pad."
Buy a 2-year replacement plan from bestbuy for 12.99. Perfect response all the time. As soon as it stops being perfect, just go get another one for free.

"waste of money"
I was eagerly awaiting the arrival of a red octane pad (3.0, the 2.0 is no longer being sold, what a pity) for a DDR party I was hosting at my college. My friends raved about it and he's had his for over two years, but working like new. Sadly, when I tested these pads on standard and heavy songs, the back button started malfunctioning, responding to any slight pressure on the pad, no matter where it was pressed. It sometimes wouldn't register and then fire off automatically. The pad is virtually useless now, try to find a different pad, the 2.0 pad was far superior but the 3.0's problem is the raised buttons, when those get bent in any fashion, the sensors get screwy.

"Stuck buttons"
I've own 2 RedOctane 3.0 dance pads for a little over half a year. They were great while they lasted but recently some buttons started to get stuck. At first only 1 pad would malfunction and the down arrow would sometimes not respond while other times automatically repeat itself. A week later, the 2nd pad started to have the same problem, but with the right arrow.

I'm a little pissed considering I paid almost $100 for each of these pads, when I could've gotten a generic foam pad for a quarter of the price. Even if those pads aren't as reliable, I could have 4 for each RedOctane pad and I'm pretty sure those would last at least 1.5 months each.

All in all, I'm rather dissatisfied with the product. I've heard horror stories of people trying to contact support, plus they only have a 60 day warranty limit.

"RedOctane Ignition 3.0"
I bought a RedOctane Ignition 3.0 (a later version of this dancepad), and have never had the opportunity to use it. The dancepad is supposed to be used with several connectors, including USB to connect to a PC. After attempting to connect this dancepad for hours, I sent emails to RedOctane asking them to send me drivers to properly install the dancepad. RedOctane replied to two emails, telling me that their dancepads are "PlugnPlay" and do not require drivers, and that I should update my BIOS and make sure my computer had all its updates. My computer is up to date, and upon plugging this Dancepad into 4 different computers I could still not get it to work. I called Dell customer support, and also spent time with another computer company, who both told me the same thing. PlugnPlay does not mean that a device doesn't need a driver!!! Almost every device to come out in the past ten years is PlugnPlay, which means that you do not have to turn off the computer for the computer to recognize the device. I called RedOctane and told them this (I had to search for the phone number on the web), and they told me they couldn't help me, that their product should play automatically. I was shocked. I have never seen so little commitment from a company to their product before. They offer no customer support for their products, and do not stand behind their dancepads at all. After research the problem on the internet, I found that many people have had this problem. This dancepad is not worth the trouble, nor is any RedOctane device. Save your money.

"Same problem as most people with the thing!"
DO Not Buy!!!!!!!

After reading the reviews for the pad I took a leap and bought the pad anyway even after reading the last review saying that the pad did work. I was highly recommended this pad from stepmania.com and since the stuff I bought that they recommended before worked I went ahead reassured. I set the pad up after recieving it and plugged it into my usb in my computer and started to play but when I did the arrows didn't respond at hardly at all cause at times I would step on a arrow and it would work then for the majority of a round of the game nothing happened. I tried the pad in my ps2 and the arrows responded very well except the start button would not work. I am upset and aggravated all I want to do it play ddr on a pad not on the keyboard anymore!