I had a VH-11 (on a TD12) and I now have a VH-12 (a + TD20 TDW20). I just wanted to give an opinion contradictory to the previous opinion: Personally, I find that the VH-12 is just as easy to play (at opening) as the VH-11. And above all, it seems more natural (except the noise "plop" of coutchouc associated with the printing of the material where indolence is closed hihat).