If your bass drum is tuned properly, it'll still make some noise, but it definitely softens the blow. It also will save your heads while you do practice better than a patch will. You have to tighten it up, and it takes a bit to get it on, but you can easily just get it off by loosening the "c-clamps" since you have the middle rods adjusted already. It could be cheaper, seeing what it's made out of can't be expensive, but obviously, you have no choice.

Im a pretty fast double bass drummer, these make barely mute the bd. After around a month or two i got a huge crack from left to right, making it a lot louder. It takes a bit to get it on, and off. It also seems like it makes my bass drum louder, mine is muffled and it sounds softer without it on. But its pretty good for the money.

This product does what it says it does. It wont completly dampen the bass drum, but reduces the noise by 70 percent. The little plastic doo-hickies that keep it from scratching your kit will fall off. A little glue will fix that. I added an extra layer of foam padding on the batter side which helps. If noise is a factor for practice time, this will help. Just could have been built a little better.

I bought this and got only about a month out of it. And I didn't play all that often during that month. At first the mounting system kept giving out and the muter would fall off. Then my mallet started to break through the foam and get stuck in the middle of it. Then, finally, the mounting system broke completely and I was screwed. Total waste of money. I don't even play that hard.

One great product if your like me and live in an apartment.