Kangaroo leather is reputed to be more durable than cowhide used in cheaper pads. Though, some cowhide is clearly superior to others in this regard. How this Kangaroo leather holds up compared to better cowhides, I don't know. I've seen a number of leather baseball gloves made out of Kangaroo that are supposed to be more durable and supple than premium cowhide. Maybe they have a point, maybe it's just marketing and an excuse to charge twice as much for a glove. I have heard a couple of things from technicians that sounds like sage-wisdome to me: Leather isn't the only concern in determining the quality of the pad. How the pad is treated is far more important, as is the quality of the felt supporting it. Poor treatment can cause stickiness, under-treatment leaves the leather poreous. Felt is responsible for maintaining the fit of the pad against the tonehole to whatever extent it can. I'm not a technician, but I'd rather have good quality cowhide pads on my horns than kangaroo pads of unknown quality.

never had problems with musicmedic.com? every time i bought from them, they never send the entire order, y i have to make a claim to they send the full order