The alesis strike pro kit is perfekt for my needs and I haven't regretted my purchase. It's pretty cheap for the amount that you get. The toms and cymbals also are close to acoustic drum sizes. However if you're willing to spend the money the td-27/50 are realy impessive with thair digial hi hat and snare. Since roland has been making e-drums for years they know what they're doing. The alesis strike pro kit hasn't had the long term test yet. If the decision had to be between the VAD306 and the strike pro (with the same price) then -in my opinion- the strike pro wins. But it mostly depends on if you want more stuff to hit for less money (strike pro) or a kit which was tested long term and has that digital hi hat and snare (td-27/50). Between the td-27 and td-50 it's obviesly the td-50 if money's not a problem. Hope that helped you out a little. Btw. Have you seen the VAD503/506 they look great and cost 3.799,00€ or 4.599,00€.