Looking for an Electronic drum kit that is decent

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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)
 
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!
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?
 
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