This drum head came on my used yamaha stage custom. I've had it for a year, and who knows how long it had been on there before that. I have another bass drum as well, so I don't play with 2 beaters on it, but I still play fast double bass, and I play fairly hard. No problems with it breaking. I do not like remo normally, but I do like this drum head. I may buy it again in the future.

its a good head just have to know how to tune it to get right sound.

Well, the heads that came with my Joey Jordison kit just gave (less than 2 months), and I remembered I had these on my old kit as Res. heads, the sound is fairly decent....all depends on the tuning kids, I keep mine loose and these deliver a nice lil' punch, but for the money get the Aquarians with the snap-on plate.

I bought 2 of these for my 2 bass drums. One started to crack in the center, after a month. then when it gave about a week latter.. the other one started to crack. It took about 10 phone calls, and 20 E-mails to get them replaced. I still havent used the new one, and will not. I wanted my money back. Im a Evans man now.

I'm on my second ebony pinstripe head and they are just amazing. My heads normally last a year because I put a falam patch on them and I also set it up with metal washers so that the beaters hit them. It's the best way to get a really good sound from your bass drum without having to use triggers. I recommend the EPS heads to anyone who needs a good solid head that will last long and give great sound.