[slingerland59]

Yes, I agree with the advice you're getting here. The goal nowadays is for complete 4-limb independence and it doesn't matter if you're right or left handed. I've got a ride cymbal on both sides, I use two bass drums and I put the hihat at the 11 o'clock position beside the snare so it's easy to reach with either hand (someday I'd like two hihats).

If your goal is to one day have a double kit then you could set up like a righty for now, learning bass patterns with your right (less dominant) foot, and playing the hihat with your left foot (it's the feet preferences which really determine the set-up, not the hands). That would give you a "leg up" in terms of strengthening your weak foot.

But if you don't aspire to this total independence, double kit goal, then you'd probably be more comfortable having a lefty set-up, playing the bass drum with the left foot and hihat with the right. You could still practice independence with the hands, playing hihat patterns with the right hand as well as the cross-over left. But at least you'll pick up bass drum patterns more easily using your dominant foot.

That's a lot of writing just to end up with the result...your choice!