If you want only one pair of drumsticks that pack a punch and are very durable this is for you. Because of the weight you will play a bit louder than with same size conventional wooden sticks, and they do not break as fast as conventional wooden drumsticks. For people that carry a wide array of drumsticks it's a different story. The rebound of the stick can feel uncomfortable when you first play those sticks. They don't have a nice balance, when you first play with a perfectly balanced wooden 55A and then use the monsta rock sticks you will feel a huge difference and will need a bit of adapting to that balance. The rebound is also a bit less, this is very noticeable on very low tension tunings. They are heavy on the wrist and muscles in your forearm, that can be usefull for building up stamina. They are not ridiculously heavy as the MS4 corpsmaster but they are not that far off. For me these sticks are used on a practice pad to build up stamina and endurance. To me personnaly I don't like the feel and balance they have. By no means you can say this is a "bad stick" the quality is good, it's durable, but it's different than wooden sticks. If you have the chance to try them out before you buy them do it, since I think this is a stick that some will love and others will dislike or hate.
