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Title: My leopold moves around.
Post by: ReAzem on Thu, 15 March 2012, 20:37:48
I have a leopold TKL, it keeps moving around. Is there such things as keyboard mats? I made a small google search about that and I haven't found anything except the razer goliathus.

Thanks, GeekHack!
Title: My leopold moves around.
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 15 March 2012, 20:42:50
Go to Wal-Mart and buy a roll of shelf liner or drawer liner. It will be foam rubber about 3 mm thick in a square waffle grid. Color choices, too!

Great stuff, under $5, and you can use it for a lot of things, including sound deadening.
Title: My leopold moves around.
Post by: ReAzem on Thu, 15 March 2012, 20:44:48
Quote from: fohat.digs;547221
Go to Wal-Mart and buy a roll of shelf liner or drawer liner. It will be foam rubber about 3 mm thick in a square waffle grid. Color choices, too!

Great stuff, under $5, and you can use it for a lot of things, including sound deadening.

Ohh, and I'll also be able to rest my hand on it. Atleast it will be more comfortable than wood hah.

Thanks, great idea.



Quote from: ripster;547222
Shoulda got a Filco.

Rubber feet.

Actually I have tried using the leopold withouut the feets and it still glides around, I'm blaming that on my desk and the way I play starcraft lol. Typing is no problem because I don't bottom out and mash my keys as hard as I do when I play.
Title: My leopold moves around.
Post by: ReAzem on Thu, 15 March 2012, 20:47:19
Quote from: ripster;547222
Shoulda got a Filco.

Rubber feet.

Actually I have tried using the leopold withouut the feets and it still glides around, I'm blaming that on my desk and the way I play starcraft lol. Typing is no problem because I don't bottom out and mash my keys as hard as I do when I play.
Title: My leopold moves around.
Post by: All The Fire on Thu, 15 March 2012, 20:50:08
I've found the Leopold feet to be generally useless. Even after a good cleaning they slip easy.
Title: My leopold moves around.
Post by: All The Fire on Thu, 15 March 2012, 20:58:13
Quote from: ripster;547230
The Xtrac Super XXL  is pretty cheap and VERY big.  Somebody posted one even larger but I never did track it down.
Were you looking here where they claim the XXL is a 3XL and the XL is a 2XL? I don't really get it.
http://www.xtracpads.com/sections.php?section=1

Been thinking of getting the XXL, currently using a Cyborg Glide 7 for my keyboard and a Roccat Sota for my mouse, would be easier with just one mat and the sota is my first hardmat in over a year and I think I do prefer the cloth pads.
Title: My leopold moves around.
Post by: ReAzem on Thu, 15 March 2012, 21:43:55
Those huge mats are great but I am using a plastic mouse mat (4HD) and I only swear by plastic mats. So I would have to put my mouse mat on my other mat.

mat-ception!

Maybe you guys have a proposition to make my feets stickier? Is there such thing as rubber tape that I could wrap around  the feets?
Title: My leopold moves around.
Post by: lorem3k on Thu, 15 March 2012, 21:46:29
My Leopold must be defective. It doesn't move around at all, even when using the feet... I'll RMA it
Title: My leopold moves around.
Post by: Ahlitah on Thu, 15 March 2012, 21:52:18
Buy some Plasti-dip and dip the feet in it, and you have a custom rubber coating!
Title: My leopold moves around.
Post by: ReAzem on Thu, 15 March 2012, 22:16:48
This sound like something I cannot remove afterwards, is that it ?
Title: My leopold moves around.
Post by: All The Fire on Thu, 15 March 2012, 22:28:42
Quote from: ripster;547267
Don't get it?  What's not to get?
The XL is a 2XL and the 2XL is a 3XL man!!

I don't know what to believe anymore.
Title: My leopold moves around.
Post by: ReAzem on Thu, 15 March 2012, 23:59:07
Anyone knows is those fit a leopold?
http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard_details.asp?PRODUCT=949
Title: My leopold moves around.
Post by: ReAzem on Fri, 16 March 2012, 00:03:52
You are deceiving me, #1. You don't know the answer to my question?
Title: My leopold moves around.
Post by: ReAzem on Fri, 16 March 2012, 01:35:42
I told you I would if I could change my vote.
Title: My leopold moves around.
Post by: ReAzem on Fri, 16 March 2012, 02:02:46
Quote from: ripster;547546
Don't have a Leopold

Will you fix that soon?
Title: My leopold moves around.
Post by: All The Fire on Fri, 16 March 2012, 02:12:04
Measuring the image on screen it would seem the 28mm measurement matches the width.

But the channel for the Leopold is 25mm.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]44406[/ATTACH]

Even if it was actually 22mm wide it might sit in but I'd bet it'd be wobbly.
Title: My leopold moves around.
Post by: Ahlitah on Fri, 16 March 2012, 07:47:15
Quote from: ReAzem;547316
This sound like something I cannot remove afterwards, is that it ?


nope, very easy to remove. You just peel it off!