Dragonfly, stocked in Australia

Dragonfly Percussion has been making mallets for the world's top orchestras for 20 years, and these are the kick drum beaters they brought to the drum set. They're adapted from Viennese-style timpani mallets and built from tightly stacked discs of flannel, canvas, leather and suede. I stock the range in Australia and ship from Victoria, so there's no waiting on overseas freight.

Hard: the Hard Leather is the hardest beater in the range, articulate and punchy with warmth and depth.

Medium: the Medium Canvas is round and bass-y with punch, and the Suede Kick is big and dark with a clear, leathery attack. The Two Tone is a hybrid: soft when you play quietly, punchy when you play loud. For jazz, the Ulysses Owens Jr. Signature is black suede on a light aluminium tube.

Soft: the Soft Flannel is warm and legato. The XL Flannel Kick and Big Softy are bigger and boomier with almost no attack, and the Bop Softy is sized for small 16" to 20" bop kick drums.

Can't decide? The Three Pack gets you the Hard Leather, Medium Canvas and Soft Flannel together.

Also here from Tackle + Dragonfly: Toppers, mallet heads that fit onto the tip of any medium drumstick, and LowTops for flip-stick tricks and silky cymbal swells.