sa pedals i can only comment sa mga pearls and yamahas basically the ones i have owned.
when i first started out yamaha ang single pedal ko (not flying dragon, but a lower model). i used that pedal until it finally gave up on me (mga 5 years?). then i bought a single pedal pearl eliminator (mga 4 years ko naman nagamit). then i sold that one and bought pearl elims double peds which are my current pedals. so far, sa pearl pedals, wala naman akong masabi. ok na ok and very durable.
sa sticks naman, again i can only vouche for what i have used. i used zildjian sticks dati pero napansin ko parang lately hindi na ganun ang durability ng sticks nila kaya i gave up on them. nagpapadala na lang ako ng sticks sa mga kamag-anak (no name brand sticks na matibay naman but cheap). and just recently nagkaroon ako ng vic firth 5A's. grabe ang layo ng feel ng stick na ito sa no name sticks (of course). ang tibay and iba talaga yung feel sa kamay. medyo may kamahalan, pero if you factor in proper stick technics, tatagal ang mga vic firth's.
peace!