Electronic drum kits have improved hugely over the last few years and many want to take advantage of the convenience and the practicality, especially those who worry about their neighbours!
Havn’t thought about aspects such as frame robustness or sound quality? These are important! We’ve decided to make choosing the right drum kit easier by doing a comparison of four of the electronic drum kits we have on display in our store with a side-by-side feature quality comparison for the elements we believe are important.
All our electronic drums come with a free lesson (worth £25) and 6 month’s video shop support including callout if required within the Glasgow area.
| Carlsbro CSD100 | Alesis Nitro Mesh | Carlsbro CSD35M | Alesis Crimson 2 SE | |
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| Approx Price | £209 | £359 | £449 | £779 |
| Drumkit size | Small | Medium | Large | Large |
| Mesh head toms | Χ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Play along with phone/tablet input | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Music exam compatible | Χ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Chrome frame | Χ | Χ | Χ | ✓ |
| Frame robustness | 5/10 | 3/10 | 10/10 | 8/10 |
| Sound quality of instruments | 7/10 | 7/10 | 7/10 | 10/10 |
| Variety of percussion sounds | 3/10 | 6/10 | 6/10 | 10/10 |
| Cymbal choke | Χ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cymbal tone changes with strike velocity | Χ | Χ | Χ | ✓ |
| Real kick pedal | Χ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Double pedal supported | Χ | Χ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tom/snare response | 5/10 | 7/10 | 8/10 | 9/10 |
| Snare drum size | 7″ | 8″ | 10″ | 12″ |
| Module build quality | 5/10 | 8/10 | 7/10 | 10/10 |
| Module ease of use | 9/10 | 4/10 | 7/10 | 8/10 |
| Module functionality | 2/10 | 8/10 | 6/10 | 10/10 |
| Extra tom/cymbal extensible | Χ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Load your own samples | Χ | Χ | Χ | ✓ |
| Number of play-along tunes | 10 | 60 | 20 | 60 |
| Relevance of play-along tunes | 6/10 | 4/10 | 9/10 | 9/10 |
| Summary | Simple, but does what it does really well! | Smaller then many kits but the sounds are good and the mesh heads play well. Nice basic teaching mode. The frame is thin compared with the drum sizes but is perfect if you only have a very small space and want a real kick pedal. | Super-robust and decent feel from the pads. Sounds similar to Nitro Mesh. Perfect for pros wanting a practice kit and kids who are learning. Amazing value. | Outstanding value in so many ways. Superb, joyous sounds, looks great and has a fantastic feel from the tom and snares + ability to add your own samples to the kits. |