I bought this, since I live in a household where even hitting a regular rubber practice pad would get me in trouble after like 3 minutes of using it. It works wonders, but you can do what I did before and achieve the same surface/sound by hitting a orthopedic pillow instead, which would be half the price of this pad, but to the credit of this pad, it has actual rebound unlike the pillow. So this is definitely a niche-scenario buy, but definitely works in my scenario.