Reply to Is the Korg nanoPad really that bad?

I was believeing about buying a korg nonoPad (the original, not the nanoPad2) because it's pretty cheap and I'd love to have some more pads but I was wondering if it's worth the buy, I mean I understand it is cheap for a reason but a lot of reviews I've read say that it doesn't even last two weeks which seems ridiculous to me. Is it really that bad, or is that just a few isolated circumstances. I'd love to buy one but not if it's going to last me two weeks. Are there any other alternatives I should look into that are just as cheap?