Anyone tried - cheap basic daw pedals

I have that one and one pedal no longer works after a very short period of light use. I thought I'd try one at $25 it's what can be expected.  But other than that it does what it says and the buggy software works as can be expected from 100% Chinese engineering.   I use it to scroll through lyrics using Power point on a second laptop.  I only need the 2 pedals for that. 
Overall it's very flimsy and cannot be taken apart to fix if it breaks down. I would guess that it's a 50/50 crap shoot if you order one that it will work perfectly for any length of time. So I don't recommend them as your money is better spent on 
 
This:  
 
 I have used the PI Engineering  X keys pedal for about 12 years now. 
 http://xkeys.com/XkeysFootPedals/index.php
 
It is bullet proof and I have used it to control my playback of Win Amp and hundreds of gigs. It's well worth the extra money if you are looking for quality and dependability. 
One of the pedals became iffy and the company sent me 3 new micro switches free.  The mechanical part is indestructible but the micro switches I guess can be expected to wear out. I was very easy to fix as it is built logically.  So it's like new again after 12 years. And just as important is good software to program it. They keep the software up to date and you can tell it to do just about anything a computer keyboard can type. I've used it with Sonar setting the   W - R and spacebar as the 3 hot keys. Keeps your hands on your guitar. Always works.  These are made to be used in factories to control machines.
 
 http://xkeys.com/xkeys/xkfootFront.php

Thanks for the replies guys. I like the looks of both of the suggestions you linked. When it gets down to what I actually need is really a floor pedal to simply engage the record button in a daw. Holding a guitar and hitting the "r" key and then playing the part at the right moment would be easier using my foot. Looks like the cheap one I ordered will be delivered today. I'll give it a go and from what I'm reading, I'll probably need to pony up more dollars for a quality pedal.

Good advice Johnny. Thank You!

I use a foot pedal in Sonar under Mackie Mode and is good for recording while I am playing the keyboard.

It's working great here with Sonar and Studio One. Happy with it so far... 

Hmmm this is kind of interesting... Never thought of this at all. Would be really great to be able to have foot pedals to start/stop/record/rewind using feet. Think my dad had something like that ages ago but for his analog gear...

Glad you got the good end of the crap shoot :}  
Once you use one you wonder why you never thought of this before. 
 
The other use I find handy is for recording vocals. You can stand up and move away from your DAW and use the foot pedal to control Sonar. This makes punching in a tricky passage less tedious.