Hi...I like the Pearl Quinto Tube cajon,it's not bad. It's good enough to toughen up yours hands,that's for sure. I have played on the Batajones, I thought now this is similar but different. It is still up to the individual sound your looking for in the instrument you want to play. We will always have variety and that's a good thing,I think.. At your Service...JC JOHNNY CONGA.....just back from the Ocho Rios Jazz Festival in Jamaica, we slammed them!...Touring with a Latin-Jazz/Salsa Quintet called for now-Saoco-with Noel Torres on Keys-Junito Martinez(Batacumble)Drums-Dustin Bear on Saxes-Pepi Aparicio on bass, and me on congas/vibes/perc......