Count me as a mesh-head aficionado. I've been playing a Hart StudioBX kit for the last couple of years (similar to the Alesis kit, since Hart OEMs that hardware for Alesis).
Prior to that, I played
the Roland TD7 rubber-pad kit for several years- and killed several PD7 and PD9 trigger pads, not to mention having a few flareups of tendonitis for my troubles. I do not care for the way the rubber pads feel, and I gave them a good, long try. You may not mind that, but be aware of it as you try them out.
One other thing: reliability. I don't know anything about the Yamaha rubber-pad kits, but the Roland rubber pad triggers are very fragile. I've had them die in many ways, up to and including breaking right off the mount rod in the middle of a tune.
That's what led me to the Hart hardware: it is much, much more solidly built. The pricey
Roland V-drum pads use the same fatigue-prone mounting techniques as their rubber pads, so that eliminated them right away when I was choosing a new kit.
I use the Harts with a Roland TD-10exp and
an Alesis DM5, and have had very good luck with them. You'll find them to be worth looking into, I think...
One other piece of bad news: even though you don't get the acoustic drum and cymbal sounds annoying the nighbors, you will still get the mechanical vibrations of the kick pedal transmitted by the floor. You may find, regardless of which kit you get, that you'll need to build a floating platform to set up on in order to avoid neighbor complaints. The electronic kits are much quieter, but they aren't a panacea: if you play with a heavy touch, that kick is going to travel!
Just my opinions- hope they help you out.
