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Finally had some good flight time this weekend with my new JetPad. My TLDR version is simply a thank you again to @Andre, for making me a better Sim pilot and adding an important element to VR. The JetPad itself was definitely worth the wait and the cost if you find yourself with some extra cash. The SimShaker software though, is almost a must have for VR pilots.

My journey to the JetPad:

• HP Reverb (VR since the beginning)
• ButtKicker Gamer 2 (sound activated - 2019)
• Simshaker (API activated - thank you @Jason_Williams, @Han and team, this was a huge step up from the sound activation - 2/2020)
• JetPad (Buttkicker then moved from swivel chair to the Wheelstand Pro holding my rudder pedals, stick & throttle - 7/2020).

The result of each of these steps was to progressively add more immersion into the cockpit. Andre's software, even with just the Buttkicker, makes the a/c come alive. With the JetPad, the location of the motors starts to give you even more sensation to feel different elements of the the flight and the fight.

A few specific observations of the JetPad for me personally:

• It took me a few flights and adjusting the software to instinctively understand the motor placement as they related to the a/c action - it feels very natural now. (Probably coming from the Buttkicker under my chair confused my sensations at first because I was used to only one vibration source).
• I had to adjust how I was sitting in a swivel office chair to get it right. At first, I was sitting directly on the middle seat motors, which was not comfortable for me. After some experimenting, I realized that it was designed for a more reclining gamer type chair, and when I adjusted my Wheelstand Pro a bit to allow me to lean back a little more (to get those motors just behind my butt) it was much better and works fine for me now.
• In VR, I lean forward into the sight when lining up my shots. The negative of the JetPad when doing this (vs a Buttkicker) is that I move away from the 2 motor in the back of seat and lose their sensation. This isn't a real problem because you still have the other 4 motors, but I think you can lose some of the programming related to those particular locations. My easy workaround would be to simply keep my current Buttkicker attached to the chair (i.e. using it to augment the JetPad when I am leaning forward). However, I now REALLY like having the Buttkicker mounted on the the Wheelstand Pro to get the flight sensations in hands and feet too. (If I decide this leaning is an issue, I may decide to use @SCG_motoadve's kind posting of the 25% discount code to order another Buttkicker at some point).

Bottom line, I agree with @chiliwili69's impressions above regarding realism in VR. I honestly wouldn't want to fly without at least the Simshaker software attached to some type of "shaker" product at this point in my VR journey.