What a pain of a process, huh? My 682 experience has been fine, and I've bought Roland and Pearl in the past as well, they all fit on their respective rim sizes without a hitch. Amazing how different each mesh head feels and responds. I bought a used Hart snare that had the Hart Maxxum mesh head, it was the sturdiest mesh I've ever felt.. compare it to a tennis racket with more plies.. solid, great to play on, not too overly bouncey. I have a Laurin snare with black mesh, seems more like a window screen but dual layer. Quietest of all the mesh I've tried, most trampoline effect, great for buzz rolls though. The Pearl was a single ply and I ended up selling it with my old ekit, was on the kick drum but doubt it will last the guy too long. My 682 mesh heads are dual ply and play well, bounce nicely but not overly super responsive or trampoline like, and yet I do love them. But I'm not totally happy with the look, kind of see through, translucent? My favourite so far are the Rolands, which I've got on my 8" tom, but they're expensive. $35 here in Canada a couple years ago when I got it. I'm going to buy a 12" for the snare, and a 10" for the other upper tom... they're like $50 & $55 here so I have to replace them in groups.. I'll keep my 682s as backups.. the Rolands in Canada are dual ply so they feel and play pretty fine and aren't see through.. and I like the white mesh. When I think about it, I should have just bought them here locally, and ordered the cones online to do the conversion.