Author Topic: Gaming mousepads! (Read 47339 times)

hfcobra · « **on:** Sun, 06 February 2011, 22:22:15 »

So what do you use and why? What else have you used in the past and what was wrong with that?

I dont have a mousepad at the moment but i ordered an Artisan Kai 3G yesterday and if anyone else has used one i would love some input especially about that mousepad!

chel- · « **Reply #1 on:** Sun, 06 February 2011, 22:30:58 »

Im using a razer mantis speed. I dont think they even make them anymore but I'm assuming that the razer goliathus is pretty much the same thing. I plan on picking one up within the next week to replace my aged mantis, so I'll post back once I try it out.

The most popular brands of mouse pads for gaming are razer, steelseries, and roccat. Also everglide used to be fairly popular but I havent heard of many people using them anymore.

hfcobra · « **Reply #2 on:** Sun, 06 February 2011, 22:41:00 »

what kind of mousepad is that anyways? hard or soft? I hear that soft are better so your feet dont wear down and they have better tracking, but arent as smooth. The new Kai 3G is the smoothest of the soft mousepads though and also on a whole new level for soft pads from what i have heard. I am really looking forward to it getting here!

chel- · « **Reply #3 on:** Sun, 06 February 2011, 22:48:23 »

Quote from: hfcobra;291051

what kind of mousepad is that anyways? hard or soft? I hear that soft are better so your feet dont wear down and they have better tracking, but arent as smooth. The new Kai 3G is the smoothest of the soft mousepads though and also on a whole new level for soft pads from what i have heard. I am really looking forward to it getting here!

Its a cloth pad and speed means that the surface is smoother than the control counterpart (as far as I know). Razer markets its cloth pads as either speed or control. I've never used a control pad so I have no idea what the difference is. Its a smooth pad..I cant really imagine anything smoother, or why it would make a difference but it depends what kind of gaming your doing I suppose.

Azuremen · « **Reply #4 on:** Sun, 06 February 2011, 23:47:28 »

I just use some large (13.5 inches square) generic soft mouse pad I picked up at Office Depot. Just some fabric over foam, works great and is comfortable for me to rest my wrist on since I kind of hold my mouse in a weird way. Some review said it doesn't work with Laser mice, but my G9x has had no issues with it.

I've always liked my surfaces to have some resistance to them as well. A lot of hard surfaces are almost too slick and the mouse will just move too easily for my taste.

hfcobra · « **Reply #5 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 00:02:28 »

alright, well that just assures me that the artisan kai is a good choice for a mousepad! BTW, if anyone is looking for a new mousepad these are supposed to be the best soft mousepads around and they are on sale right now for $10 but you have to import them from japan so final price is something more like $20-$25, still a great deal!

verbel · « **Reply #6 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 01:21:11 »

I currently have a ratpadz and one of the razer goliath ones. For a surface I like the ratpadz better, but I got the razer one because I wanted the size. I got the extended on that is 920 x 294 x 4.3 mm and I like it quite a bit.

manfaux · « **Reply #7 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 02:52:16 »

I'm on a Qck Mass right now, it's extremely comfortable to rest my wrist on

I used to use hard pads (razer exactmat, ss S&S, ss SX to name a few) with one of those foam wrist rests. Plastic and aluminum pad still track better(for certain mice) and provide a better gliding feel than soft cloth mats like the Qck, but now I don't game nearly as much and I really don't care, I just went with whatever decent pad that has the most comfortable cushion.

sawedust · « **Reply #8 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 04:52:45 »

I use a SteelSeries QCK.

Heard a lot of good stuff about them, so I bought one from Amazon. They're nicely priced at around $10~ or so which is quite reasonable for such a large mousepad with great quality.

It's a soft cloth pad, which works quite well with my Razer DeathAdder. The mouse just glides right across the surface. I absolutely love the combination.

db_Iodine · « **Reply #9 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 05:25:43 »

I used a Steelseries Qck until I recently purchased the Hien Kai G3 both hard and soft pads. I prefer both of them over my old Qck.

RiGS · « **Reply #10 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 07:36:30 »

I use a Roccat Taito. This is a good quality clothpad and very very smooth. Imo much better than the razer goliathus speed mousepad.(bigger,cheaper, more smooth and more durable)

Jerri · « **Reply #11 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 09:59:03 »

I have a Razer Ironclad. On top i use a Lachesis 5600DPI with Soft Mousefeet.
I really like that, because it's very smooth motionwise and it has sort of a anti acceleration (i use activated mouse acceleration). That fits my mouse movement very well. It's very hard, too, so i think it won't easily wear down.

With my predecessor pad (had the razer vespula before, used the control surface), i was very disappointed, because it had heavy wear down after ~3weeks; the pad before the vespula was fine, that was an everglide ricochet, i had that for 5 years.

But the ironclad is the best i ever had!

My summary is something like that:
-laser mouse
-soft feet
-hard pad
-mouse acceleration activated
-very low sensitivity

Jerri

Salash · « **Reply #12 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 11:12:39 »

I use a Razer Vespula. It is double sided, one side smooth for speed and one side a little rougher for control. I use the control side for Starcraft 2 and the speed side for team fortress 2. Do note that it is a hard pad and probably wears down my mouse sliders, though it has yet to cause me any problems.

http://store.razerzone.com/store/razerusa/en_US/pd/productID.173893100

I find the wrist rest great for my pivot point while playing Starcraft 2, though I know it isn't ergonomically appropriate.

phillip · « **Reply #13 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 11:12:53 »

currently using an artisan kai g3 hien hard at home and a steelseries qck at work. i also have a soft version of the artisan pad that i'm not using.

previous mousepads (in order of use):
func f10.s
x-trac hammer
steelseries qck heavy
steelseries qck+
xtrac ripper
func 1030

CeeSA · « **Reply #14 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 12:03:49 »

i'm a low sense gamer and prefer big cloth pad.
the best laying on my desktop until now is
Puretrak Talent
trying a dozen other cloth pads...
razer qpad and so on ...
a few are good but could no mess with the Talent.
Gliding is awesome and my mouses all working great.
i only wish the would produce more different skins

microsoft windows · « **Reply #15 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 14:07:02 »

I currently use 5 fabric mouse pads and 3 plastic ones.

Computer-Lab in Basement · « **Reply #16 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 14:41:40 »

Mousepads? I never need them. I prefer trackball mice anyways, even for gaming. The IBM TrackPoint L40 works well for playing COD5 and Black Ops...

microsoft windows · « **Reply #17 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 15:53:38 »

I thought you loved mousepads!

speakeasy · « **Reply #18 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 17:18:56 »

I haven't used a mousepad since optical mice came out...

I've got a Razer Abyssus in the mail though, and I'd love to try out of the Grow Up Japan mousepads that a bunch of people here seem to like, but all of the soft pads on their site are out of stock.

Arc'xer · « **Reply #19 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 18:05:01 »

Quote from: speakeasy;291449

I haven't used a mousepad since optical mice came out...

I've got a Razer Abyssus in the mail though, and I'd love to try out of the Grow Up Japan mousepads that a bunch of people here seem to like, but all of the soft pads on their site are out of stock.

If I'm not mistaken they are planning on revision 2s to come out sometime mid-month or so.

Lethal Squirrel · « **Reply #20 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 18:11:58 »

Xtracpads Ripper XXL

microsoft windows · « **Reply #21 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 20:39:33 »

It's never a smart idea to name a fabric mouse pad, or quite frankly anything made of fabric, a "Ripper".

Lethal Squirrel · « **Reply #22 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 20:57:50 »

xD I never thought of that

hfcobra · « **Reply #23 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 21:03:28 »

you know....there is a point where it gets a little ridiculous when your mousepad can have your keyboard on it too and still have too much room for the mouse. What are you, 8 feet tall and play with 100DPI?

Lethal Squirrel · « **Reply #24 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 21:41:27 »

The only reason I got this is because it was annoying having my keyboard half way on my mouse pad because my desk is so small. and this makes makes it so the sound of my keyboard doesn't resonate through my desk so much, and doesn't slide around.

hfcobra · « **Reply #25 on:** Mon, 07 February 2011, 21:43:33 »

gotcha! well it is just enormous

J888www · « **Reply #26 on:** Tue, 08 February 2011, 15:45:27 »

Have two Artisan Kai 3G Blue Hard surface, the surface still have a slight "give" when pressed, but it is not spongie. They retired my two FUNC Custom Archetype MBAs (great tracking but too "scratchy").
Your preferences may differ, so I can only say "I like them, very much", I can not say the same same on your behalf.

speakeasy · « **Reply #27 on:** Tue, 08 February 2011, 16:25:09 »

Quote from: Arc'xer;291465

If I'm not mistaken they are planning on revision 2s to come out sometime mid-month or so.

Thanks, confirmed via google, good info to know. Almost bought a Steelseries QcK mini

Shuki · « **Reply #28 on:** Tue, 08 February 2011, 17:19:54 »

Quote from: CeeSA;291288

i'm a low sense gamer

Don't be so hard on yourself.

Arc'xer · « **Reply #29 on:** Tue, 08 February 2011, 17:29:11 »

Quote from: speakeasy;291948

Thanks, confirmed via google, good info to know. Almost bought a Steelseries QcK mini

Yeah, I ran into the OCN post by skylit describing a few changes.

They also plan on releasing a glass pad not sure if it's like the icemat(pure glass) or a cloth-glass derivative like their g2 with glass beads. It's called the Shiden and is being offered up to a large 42cm x 32cm x 0.3cm. Either way it's going to last until it breaks because the only hard pad(or for that matter any type of mouse pad) that doesn't wear in some way, shape or form; unless you break it or scratch it is the glass pads like the magna and I-1/2.

Hard to find info maybe I'm putting in the wrong words, can't seem to find much.

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Author Topic: Gaming mousepads! (Read 47339 times)