Wow! I've wanted these for a while, but the timing is off. Don't need new pads right now, and don't want them sitting in my cluttered garage.

I think they'd be awesome pads, though--just as you describe. I read about them in GRM.

Function before fashion. '96 Contour SE "Toss the Contour into a corner, and it's as easy to catch as a softball thrown by a preschooler." -Edmunds, 1998