Hard vs Soft Mouse Mats

[steve_rogers42]

Rollin a goliathus speed regular atm, kinda wish i had a control, but thats what dpi's for <3

[PinothyJ]

I use a trackball…

[=beast=]

that doesn't surprise me. is the trackball blue aswell

[Novocaine]

I went from a steel series soft mat to a razer scarab hard mat and I actually like the hard mat better. After using the soft mat for a few years the edges began to frey and curl. It also slipped around the desk a lot more than the scarab does.

+1 for hard mats

Tapatalkin' like a boss

[PinothyJ]

that doesn't surprise me. is the trackball blue aswell

Nah, I see nothing but redundancy galore in a WIRELESS TRACKBALL! A WIRELESS mouse that is designed to NEVER move! And you cannot argue that it is good for travel because a trackball mouse is vary large and impractical as a portable pointer device.

With that being said, the blue Logitech Trackman does look amazing and has more buttons but it is not worth the hassle of wireless.


Kittens…

[stoolsample]

I originally had the mouse and mousepad fromThe ProPad But now Have the Goliathus Mat, and have since changed mice.

The Propad had Both Speed/Control Surfaces and was an awesome mat, I still have it, however my entire PC system is set in black and it stands out, hence the new one.
The ProPad is a Hard Mat, the New one is soft.
Depends on which mouse im using to which pad I prefer, My old mouse works flawlessly on the old pad, sucks on the new one, but my new mouse now I have the control version of the Goliathus, its great.

Each to their own, but its good to feel the difference between speed and control surfaces.

[Nekosan]

I haven't seen a trackball in at LEAST a decade.

[PinothyJ]

I haven't seen a trackball in at LEAST a decade.

A good quality Trackball has unparalleled precision which make it superb for FPS and other twitch-aiming games. They are, after all, still made to cater for air traffic control, architectural and CAD-style applications.


You should really give one a go (I bought mine in a sale for $22)…

[Shinanigans]

Had a rough razer one once, never again. Horrible for my hand/arm.

[steve_rogers42]

trackballs give me headaches to teh same degree cables do, wireless ftw.

[Ninja Catfish]

I've actually just invested in a mouse bungee since I miss the feel of a wireless mouse.
Quite honestly, it's like my Deathadder is now wireless. The bungee suspends the cable above the mouse, so unless I pull it so far that it's not even on my desk anymore, I feel no effect of the cable being there whatsoever.
The feel of wireless, without the batteries/weight/hardly noticable input lag.

[Auld]

X-Ray pad aqua 2 user here http://www.xraypad.com/a2c.htm

Can't beat the soft mat, you get an arm rest and you don't have to find replacement feet for your mouse all the time.

[Drunken_Chicken]

Just ordered SteelSeries QcK Mini Mousepad from...
http://www.ozgameshop.com/pc-accessories/steelseries-surface-qck-mini-mousepad-pc

Cheap, cloth, thin, small surface area. Has anyone else had any experience with them?

Replacing a cloth mousepad from 1994, with Tas Devil on it... Went to a mates house the other day and he has the Bugs Bunny version, very strange. It's been better than any other "gaming" mousepad's I've bought in the past haha

[Bluefire]

Im using a razer mantis speed.. bout 5yrs old, had coke etc spilt on it several times, been scrubbed etc and there is under 1mm of fray/upturn on 2 sides (keyboard/edge of desk) turned it arround about 6months ago.. expect to get another 5yrs out of it...
Worth spending the extra money on a larger well constructed mat imo.

[diamondd]

Im using a razer mantis speed.. bout 5yrs old, had coke etc spilt on it several times, been scrubbed etc and there is under 1mm of fray/upturn on 2 sides (leopard/edge of desk) turned it arround about 6months ago.. expect to get another 5yrs out of it...
Worth spending the extra money on a larger well constructed mat imo.

haha, dude exact same story here. I love my mantis speed, epic piece of kit.