So I bought an XXL mousepad from Glorious PC Gaming Race. It's a full 3 feet wide, more than necessary even for the largest of keyboards and a mouse. However this means you can attain a nice symmetrical look on your desk, and put something else on the left. Sometimes I consider getting a trackball and using it on the left side of the keyboard. For now my desk looks like this:
The one thing I didn't like from the start was the large logo printed on the bottom right corner, so in actual use I have turned it upside down and put a coaster and tea cup over the top of the logo. Problem solved:
The logo is actually nicely done, it's a rubberized laminate which I expect is pretty durable. However, if you run into it with your mouse, you will feel a noticeable drag as the mouse feet get a lot more resistance from the rubber than the rest of the pad.
TL;DR: It's a great deal for the price, and I don't see myself replacing this any time soon!
The surface is not as smooth as the Corsair MM200 I replaced - it doesn't feel quite so nice when your wrist drags on it but isn't bad. It feels more coarse up-and-down than left-and-right, and this can also be felt and heard when dragging the mouse. Also I find that my pinky fingernail snags on it a bit as I use the mouse. Not enough to be a problem, just a minor annoyance. And I should cut my fingernails anyways. The coarseness difference between pads is really not enough to be a concern, and the Corsair pad is also coarser-feeling up-and-down versus left-and-right.
The stitched edges are nice. The Corsair (which cost $5 more and is a third of the size) was already starting to fray on the most contacted edge area after 2 days. I wish the stitching was done with a nicer type of thread as I question the durability of this loose nylon threading over time, but it's surely a nice step up, and the price is right.
The edges are curled a bit from being rolled up, as you can see evidence of in the last picture. I tried reverse-rolling them but they persist. I will leave some books sitting on them overnight tonight and if that fails, I'll use a hair dryer. This is just a minor annoyance as well, and a natural consequence of this pad being thicker than the Corsair, which I definitely appreciate as it makes it more comfortable. All in all for a foam-backed nylon mat, this is a great choice! I'll be returning the Corsair and keeping this one.
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