Simped are not the most awesome.
Because:
1) Price
2) Weight is to light you can kick them away as seen here at 0:20
Saitek combat pedals are BIG (Huge)
149 euro (if you look for them not the official 200 euro price tag)
And a lot of metal parts.
I am not talking about the normal saitek pedals.
I am talking about this beast
http://www.saitek.com/uk/prod/compedals.html