Keyboard/Pad MIDI Controller

[adam79]

I've been looking into buying a Keyboard/Pad MIDI Controller to for use both as a drum trigger and for virtual instruments. I'm on a tight budget, so I've limited my search to the Mini varieties. The two that seem like the best choices (to me) are the Akai MPK Mini MK2 and Novation Launchkey Mini. Anyone have any experience using either of these? In another forum, an Akai owner said the pads were almost unusable, but he forgot if he had the original or MK2.
Are there any other models, in the same price range, that I've overlooked? Any suggestions/recommendations would be awesome.

Thanks,
-Adam