Zultan 8" Raw Mini Hi-Hat

The sound is okay! Works good as an effect small trashy hihat. I use it sort of like Benny Greb as an auxiliary hihat-type short trash sound on a modded cajon-kit with a real snare drum. After fiddeling a bit I think it works best with the o-zone part on the bottom side. Tried it also with another 8” splash stacked in between. Not overwhelming but totally usable sound.

It’s also refreshing to experiment with groove patterns using two different closed hihat sounds in a regular kit. And the small size makes it easy to find room for it around the kit, like where you normally would place a cowbell for example.

So, all in all happy with the purchase. Keeping it around. Worth it if you want to try something new.

I like the sound, the looks, and it's capable for substituting a normal size hi-hat.
But only if it's really an emergency, because it sounds much higher than a conventional size.
The situations in needing a baby hi-hat like this are variable: portability, shortage of space, recording, etc.
It's direct, trashy, fast and sharp
Cuts through anything as well.
Compared to a standard size hi-hat one will also shave more than a kilo weight off from the cymbal bag taking this to rehearsals

I got this for a minimal acoustic set up.
And with a hi-hat added, it allows me to clamp all kinds of goodies from the hi-hat stand alongside the small diameter hi-hat without too much trouble.

Will this be enough for a full gig? Probably not, but if there's no other option and the sounds engineer knows his job, the public won't even notice.

After half a year feeling this hi-hat, I find it a real stick eater b.t.w., so that might be something to consider when choosing sticks.

Having been playing a many number of years (25 now!) i always gravitated towards smaller but heavier cymbals generally, for feel and sound but also transport as i don't drive...after 10 years of playing pro i went into semi-retirement and started experimenting with different sizes and sounds, and started favouring 10" hats but i found these after looking around, they cut great especially mounted bottom on top, my gigging set up now has no cymbals bigger than 12" with 8" or 10" hats...(i use 14" crashes in my studio) these make great x-hats or main hats...i love em.