I just have the pedal 3 weeks now, its responding well on foot movement. Kick sound ist hard, and there is a plastic side too that can be set to be the kicking point of the mallet, the mallet is square formed not round. For what I play it is too hard, but thats always so, I am more into classical percussion and Jazz, I simply put some cloth around it to make it sound softer. For Hardrock I play it as it is, without softening.Nothing to say about log term quality, but it seems sturdy.