Looking for an Electronic drum kit that is decent

[Illuminist]

Anyone have any recommendations for second hand decent ekits?
200 and under its where I was aiming, it's been a while since I've been aware of what's good, I remember Roland vdrums being good but that was when mesh heads were fairly new so probably a long time ago.

Any help appreciated

(double kick would be awesome but not essential)

 

[Maccy]

I’d scour eBay and see what comes up, £200 isn’t a huge budget though so wouldn’t expect too much!

 

[ianh]

E-Drums are ridiculously expensive so even second hand I think you'll be extremely lucky to get anything better than the most utterly basic "designed for kids" starter kit like a original Roland HD-1/HD-3 or, if you are extremely lucky, maybe a TD-3 if no-one else see's it on eBay, and I would be amazed if you find one with a double bass pedal at that price range so make sure when you read the advert than includes the pedal and stool or you'll need to add upto another £50-100 for those two combined.

I've had a Roland TD-3 (mesh snare, rubber toms), upgraded to a TD-6 (all mesh) before finally upgrading to a custom setup of Jobeky Mesh drums with TD-12 brain so I tend to stick with Roland, but the Yamaha stuff is OK too. I'd avoid the original Roland HD-1/HD-3 kits which are extremely limited, even for beginners and, to me at least, more suited to allowing a younger child with maybe a passing interest to have a bash whilst the Roland TD-1/TD-3 are a better "starter" kit for an adult.

Personally I'd be looking at spending £350-400, which is a lot more money than your budget I know but it gets you a "better suited to adults" starter kit on eBay via "Buy It Nows". There's a TD-1DMK kit (all mesh drums, no pedal, no stool) for £350, or a TD-3 kit (only mesh snare, single bass pedal, stool etc) for £375 or a TD-1DMK (all mesh drums, single pedal but no stool) for £400 which are all reasonable starter kits. There's some Yamaha ones too but I don't know enough about them to give a recommendation.

So, TL:DR - E-Drums are stupidly expensive vs acoustic, so prepare your wallet!

 

[Illuminist]

E-Drums are ridiculously expensive so even second hand I think you'll be extremely lucky to get anything better than the most utterly basic "designed for kids" starter kit like a original Roland HD-1/HD-3 or, if you are extremely lucky, maybe a TD-3 if no-one else see's it on eBay, and I would be amazed if you find one with a double bass pedal at that price range so make sure when you read the advert than includes the pedal and stool or you'll need to add upto another £50-100 for those two combined.

I've had a Roland TD-3 (mesh snare, rubber toms), upgraded to a TD-6 (all mesh) before finally upgrading to a custom setup of Jobeky Mesh drums with TD-12 brain so I tend to stick with Roland, but the Yamaha stuff is OK too. I'd avoid the original Roland HD-1/HD-3 kits which are extremely limited, even for beginners and, to me at least, more suited to allowing a younger child with maybe a passing interest to have a bash whilst the Roland TD-1/TD-3 are a better "starter" kit for an adult.

Personally I'd be looking at spending £350-400, which is a lot more money than your budget I know but it gets you a "better suited to adults" starter kit on eBay via "Buy It Nows". There's a TD-1DMK kit (all mesh drums, no pedal, no stool) for £350, or a TD-3 kit (only mesh snare, single bass pedal, stool etc) for £375 or a TD-1DMK (all mesh drums, single pedal but no stool) for £400 which are all reasonable starter kits. There's some Yamaha ones too but I don't know enough about them to give a recommendation.

So, TLR - E-Drums are stupidly expensive vs acoustic, so prepare your wallet!

Thank you so much for the info, that's really helpful. I'm not a beginner, but I haven't played for a good few years due to fatherhood, but now hes getting to the age where he'd probably enjoy it and also the age where I can start playing again. I don't need a stool.
But I'll use your recommendations

What about alesis are they any good?

 

[Neil777]

If you're anything like me I'd budget for completely upgrading a beginner kit in a relatively short time.

I started with a TD1DMK about 18 months ago and it's gradually ended up as TD17 kit with upgrades. The only thing left from the original TD1 kit are a couple of cymbal stands and part of the frame.

 

[ianh]

What about alesis are they any good?

I'm extremely biased here as I really seriously dislike entry level Alesis kits - I think the sounds are terrible and their "mesh" head feels more like stockings/tights stretched over the rim and I think they're more designed around letting kids have a bash than for someone who actually wants to learn to play (or get back into playing) BUT as I said, I'm very biased

I'd try and find a shop somewhere so you can actually play some different sets to see what they feel like to you. One big plus with Alesis is that they're very cheap so well within your budget for 2nd hand.

As Neil above also mentioned, IF you catch the bug and start playing more, or if your Lad starts to take an interest, then the desire to improve the kit will be a strong one!

 

[NickK]

I'm sat next to a TD6V KX (mesh snare and 3 toms) with double kick, plus an extra full cymbal and throne. Not used in anger for years :/

I did think about shifting in pieces given the TD6V is seen as antiquated. At one stage I was looking at upgrading the controller but never got around to it.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Last year my band played the last gig in March but we did have 3 outdoor gigs in August when the restrictions lifted.
All 3 venues insisted we use an electronic kit so we bought a second hand kit for £80 and amazingly if you had shut your eyes you wouldn't know but it is coming through a 3000 watt PA.
We all use in-ear monitoring so the sound was awesome for us also.

This is the £80 kit we bought and our drummer plays really hard and I was expecting him to destroy it but it's still standing.
https://www.gear4music.com/Drums-an...ompact-Electronic-Drum-Kit-by-Gear4music/10O6

and just to add something we didn't expect at this price point, we plugged the drums into the mixer via USB so all the drums/cymbals had their own channel so we could really define the sounds. I was quite impressed.