Doesn't everybody cover their kit??...I've covered mine for as long as I've been playing (30+ years),whether in clubs or in my basement the custom sewn (by the misses) bed sheets come out and i tuck them in for a long nights sleep.I've also used a car cover which works great and is flannel soft on the underside.I must ad that I also spay a light coating of original Armor-all on my cymbals once every few months and after wiping the excess off the cymbals are slicker than greased snot,nothing not even dust sticks to them and the coating does not alter the sound one bit.