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I paid $37 for a mouse pad and I am very happy about it. But I charged ahead, cleared a extraordinary chunk of desktop real estate, placed the wrist pad and mouse plate down, placed my mouse, started a game, and WOW.The only draw back is I will now need a bigger desk, so I have somewhere to put all my stuff (OK, work) What can I say. Don't get me wrong, when I received it, I asked myself how someone in good conscience could charge this much for what must cost $2 or $3 to make.
Going from a Belkin mouse pad for $10 to this one was a big upgrade, and it really does make a huge difference.So little friction and the wide size of it makes the accidental drops outside the pad never occur again. The wrist rest could be a little bit softer and smoother, but if you don't use the wrist rest, I really have no issues with this at all.Well worth the price.
It also wears down till its about unusable even though it took a year or two. This pad is alright, but has more resistance in movement than I like. I am going to get a cloth pad from steelseries.
Overall I am very happy with the purchase. I love my mat, I love how much room you get, and there are two different surface textures, and the option to take off the wrist rest. Great for online gaming.
As far as the pad itself, excellent tracking with an excellent feel to both sides, but durability is a problem for us rough users. After beating those two up, I decided to search "durable mousepad" and this is what came up. I've managed to wear down 3 in the past 6 months or so. (NOTE: By "wore" through I mean I wore it to the point that it no longer tracked smoothly). I finally researched a little more and found the SteelSeries I-2 Experience (glasspad, used to be IceMat), and shouldn't break down for roughly the same price. That seems to be the way to go if you have a compatible (I believe some Laser mice or incompatible, but most optical mice are fine) mouse. 1 of them was a handstands "pad" that I got for a 5 spot at Wal-Mart. The next victim was a 16$ pad from Best Buy, wore through that one.
Although it is much more durable, I still broke this one down in about 4 months, an improvement of 3 months over the others. Buy this exactmat only if you are a "lighthanded" mouse user and don't mind replacing your pad or don't mind the inconsistent feel after it begins to degrade. I must really beat the piss out of my mouse pads. Wore through that one. To me, this pad is not worth the $40 tag.
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