We thought about getting a Thudbuster when our original stoker seatpost wouldn't stop making noise but we decided against it. The only two Thudbusters we had seen were on local group rides on other tandems. We noticed that the stokers on these tandems seemed to be bouncing up and down like they were on a pogo stick. Looked like all of the stoker energy was being wasted. We installed a Thomson seatpost since we really like these one our single bikes and my wife has been happy with the ride.

I will add though that my wife is light, about 112-115lbs