I love Promark and will give these another shot.

Amazing sticks.. comes with that great Promark feel, but the icing on top is that Active Grip coating

These Promark R5AAG drumsticks are far more worthy of a skilled drummer's touch rather than my spastic less than talented performances with them.

The bad news is -- I don't think I like these Promark sticks as well as the Vic Firth 5A's I usually use

Overall, though, the Promark Rich Redmond sticks will do what you need them to do which is bang on stuff.

Also the coating on them gives a good grip which improves as they are used and the drummer gets sweaty.

I am a picky but reasonable musician and did not expect these to be nearly as great as they are