Best bouldering pad combo?

Relatively new climber here, just starting to get into it but I got all I need to go top rope (don’t worry I’ve taken a few classes, gone on a couple guided trips, and read a few books).  But I decided that I should start bouldering first to get into outdoor until I meet some more experienced friends to take me toproping or sport and because there is some good bouldering closer than roped for me.  Anyways, I’m planning on splitting one or two crash pads with 2-3 friends.  I’ve been looking and I’m probably gonna go mad rock, black diamond, or metolius.  What should we go with?  A single larger pad?  A couple standard 3x4 ft pads?  I think the latter since eventually we will get more so we each have our own.  Thoughts?

The Mad Rock Mad Pad is a good option here.  It is light, durable, and thick.  One pad is usually sufficient for my efforts.  If you have more than one, you can velcro them together to make one large pad, eliminating the risk of falling between pads.  It also doubles as a small couch if you extend the straps fully.  

I'd recommend the larger Organic one and buying an Organic slider. The foam is better and holds up longer than the others. If you're going solo the bigger pad is nice.

I like a large tri-fold and a standard 3x4 I strap them together with a ratchet strap for approach, a little cumbersome but doable.

I dont always bring both but I do always bring my small accessory organic pad for sit starts, a little extra pad on sharp rocks, or to sit and rest on.

Alright thanks for the replies guys, I just got a nice coupon for black diamond so I’ll probably get one of their standard sized (3x4ft ish) ones for pretty cheap and then a mad rock or metolius tri fold along with it.

I too prefer a large trifold and a smaller bifold. I ordered these Handy crash pad straps off eBay so I can strap them together on my back during the approach.

Boulder solo 90% of the time. Asana Kjorg, with a BD thin pad 'the ass napkin' inside, old franklin drop zone straped to the outside and full of my gear. Carries well, offers a good combination of shapes and sizes for padding funky landings. 

Rather than split 1-2 pads with multiple friends and have to coordinate sharing/exchanging the pad if someone can't climb, lends it out, wants to go on a trip etc., I would just suggest each buying a cheap standard pad each. Like a madrock mad pad etc. That way you can go climbing by yourself if you want or if you are all together you have 3 pads and can cover anything.

As for myself I do a lot of solo bouldering, and I have an organic full pad (3x4 with the larger carrying flap), organic simple pad, metolius slider, and an organic half pad. All of it fits inside the full flap so I can comfortably carry and secure it very easily on my back. This set up can cover anything except for weird highballs.