Firstly, Al needs to get his arse back on here. What were the Mintex pads? From what I have generally heard about yellowstuff pads that sounds about right though. I got a set of 1144 Mintex pads along with 10G discs, braided lines and dot 5.1 yesterday. That setup was recommended to me by several different people who I can only imagine had all got through quite a few sets of discs/pads in their time. Generally I have heard of 1144 being the best, and that several people on here generally have noticed a positive difference when fitting braided lines.