What mousepad are you using? Do you have several? Which do you recommend? Also it's worth mentioning what mouse you use; how does your combination preform for you? Do you prefer high or low DPI?
I am most interested in a hard pad surface because I'm getting a Logitech G502 and at the moment I plan on using it at 12K DPI; all DPI are native to the G502.
( I haven't used the mouse so I don't know if I will stick to 12K; but I use 1600 now and I like the smoothness/placebo. )
At 12K DPI (or any) I do not want any unnecessary data from a cloth or oddly textured surface. With the G502's weight a smoother surface will be preferable too. I would like to avoid Aluminum pads. I want the most durable hard surface there is.
From my research it appears that some of the most highly regarded Hard surfaces are in terms of popularity are the...
1. Steel Series 4-9HD pads - I've seen people talk about how the designs on the surface of these cause tracking issues. 2. Logitech G440 - I've seen people say these wear very quickly. 3. Corsair Gaming MM400 - I haven't seen any complains about these. 4. Razer Destructor 2 - I have also seen complaints about very quick wear.
In terms of the personal reviews people have left, with the least negative reviews...
1. Func 1030L - Discontinued, very rarely sold, very expensive now. 2. Func 1030 Revision 2 XL - Also Discontinued, also very expensive. 3. Corsair Gaming MM400 4. Icemat v1 or v2 - Discontinued, I haven't found any online. 5. Mionix Propus 380 - Has silver flakes in the surface plastic for reflection. I've seen mixed reviews.
I'd expect it to be well made. The texture looks fine. The advantage of long mats is that you don't have to worry about running off it horizontally. As far as I can tell the only advantage of having your keyboard on it is that maybe it'll be more comfortable for your hands.
Ayden Martinez
I use a K70 so the mat will pretty much be covered by the sturdy wrist-rest of the keyboard.
Thats good to know, I'm excited because I finally found a good mouse with a non retarded shape, simple layout, and NO gaymen software bullshit.
Easton Lopez
It looks excellent.
Do you like having a wrist rest for your keyboard?
Daniel Hill
steelseries qck+
large mousepad thats cheap with no gimmicks, also the most common one used by pros
Leo Diaz
I use a iZEEKER Extra Large XXL mouse pad pretty good if you wan to put your keyboard ontop of it so it adds more grip
Joseph Flores
aluminum mousepad master race
Jacob Jones
1 dollar cloth mousepad with animu picture
Adam Howard
Been using SS QCK+ for years, never wanted anything else. I don't like non-cloth pads because the coating grinds off after a few weeks and then they don't slide as well, and they are very overpriced considering how long they last. And on top of that, it causes the teflon feet on the mouse to grind down, causing me to have to replace that too.
Caleb Anderson
XXXL glorious gaming master race mouse pad covering my entire desk.
I took off their le reddit cringe logo and its great.
Its stitched on the edges so i can throw it in the washing machine every now and then.
tracking is fantastic with my logitech laser mouse.
Jack Rivera
I use this mouse pad and I like it a lot. It's huge, nice material, and has no ugly logo.
fucking this but if i give out my coupon code so you guys can buy one ill get fucking banned for advertising
Joseph Cooper
another qck+ user reporting in. just got mine though and was using a hard plastic pad for a while before. my opinion is that you lack control on a hard pad. it's great for high sens gameplay that doesn't require perfect precision but if you want to consistently hit heads -> go soft.
anyways, I used a pad from a small german company and it's solid as fuck. looks like brand new after 6 months of heavy use. just in case you're a eurobro.
KM-Gaming "K-GP2" StarDust Hard Mauspad Midnight Black [360 x 240mm]
David Ward
Yeah, it's not soft but it provides some support
Jeremiah Lewis
>all these loser to poor to order the glorious Japanese made artisan mousepads
William Taylor
I was going to mention them. But they only make soft mats right? Do you use one of theirs?
Tyler King
No I am too poor,I can not afford the glorious Japanese million times folded artisan mousepad.
Ryan Young
I wish I could get the QcK+ but in Europe it's very expensive and there are different alternatives but I don't know if they're as accurate as a QcK as the cloth is different and might give the sensor weird info
Christopher White
Nigger if I didn't still live with my parents for school I'd get a mouse pad with naked lolis all over it.
Sebastian Watson
I am shure you parents would love that ahmed,after all the great prophet adores loli
Luke Bailey
MM600 on the grainy black surface
Lucas Adams
>hehexd
Cooper Williams
>liking drawn Japanese children >pedo
Pick one leaf
Cameron Torres
this. the rubber is actually thick and padded unlike the QCK and its surface is silky smooth.
Fuck steelseries and their thin car tire pads that stain.
Samuel Richardson
>liking drawn naked Japanese children >pedo
You best watch your words infidel,some might take it as if you just called the great prophet Muhammad a pedo.
Gavin Butler
Mousepads aren't technology, this is bullshit and I'm mad
Isaiah Rogers
Same with EDC,but here we are fag.
Luis Baker
>tool used in conjunction with technological tool to advance performance of it >not technology
Elijah Cruz
>faggot cannot in cli
Justin Fisher
I'd consider any peripheral that makes a machine easier to use technology. Any tool is technology.
Anthony Wood
>shitposting is technology
Chase Powell
does it make using your computer easier when you shit post? do you use it more effectively?
James Morris
I use only the best mousepad around.
Matthew Diaz
this has to be near the peak of gaymer faggotry. brands make literally no difference, you are getting exactly the same thing that you could get from some chink on ebay for $3 (or $1 if you want a normal small mouspad).
Nicholas Robinson
That's not true at all.
Blake Jackson
>wah I overpayed for my placebo razer gaymin mouse mat off yourself
Brandon Martinez
wtf I love thinkpads now
Matthew Jackson
I need a fat mouse shaped for a hand, can you guys help me?
Jace Evans
I own a Shidenkai Mid. Really like how smooth it feels and it looks nice, but with less than a month of use it's already getting dirty. The place where I rest my wrist is already slightly darker than the rest, and there are always some black spots I need to clean from the mouse feet wearing off. I wish they had a black version of it, because the white one requires a bit too much maintenance to look good. It does work really well though.
Caleb Bennett
I'd like to talk about mice for a moment.
During the last 5-7 years I've gone through three Razer Nagas. The laser is a piece of shit that always ends up dying or having horrible tracking issues, on average after 2 years of use. Out of frustration I switched to an optical mouse, which has never given me any trouble so far.
But I got way too used to the nagas numpad. It's extremely comfy for a wide variety of games. I just wish I could find a mouse with a thumb numpad that didn't have sensors that crapped out when I sneeze close to it. Does such a thing even exist?
>inb4 >Razer >its your own fault for buying shit etc. >git gud
tl;dr are there any mice with thumb numpads and non crappy sensors?
Jack Cook
>hasn't bought anything like that >hates razer >owns a ss Qck medium size
who are you talking to exactly? even if the change from a better surface is just a placebo (it isn't) i'd want that
John Jackson
Tried the G502 it was garbage compared to the MX518/G400s. Either I got a defected one or it needs better mouse feet to lift it up a little higher off the mousepad. Doesn't seem to glide nearly as well.
Jonathan Bailey
Stop buying Razer. Seriously.
Check the Corsair Scimitar. Rocket Jump Ninja has a pretty good recent review on it that goes over the sensor: youtube.com/watch?v=q5_qsht7Hhg
Leo Miller
Yeah fuck razer.
I'd just get a multi side buttoned mouse not necessarily one with numpads.
Caleb Gomez
Steelseries Qck Mass
Love this thing, though when I first got it the thickness blew my mind, most of my pads before were like 25% this thick.
Ryan Myers
thank you. I'll give it a shot.
Christian Bell
I don't like razer but 2 years seems like a good lifespan for a mouse.
don't think I've ever had a mouse survive for more than that. mx518 was the most durable for me so far.
Nolan Fisher
Same t h i c c is comfy
Jose Russell
"""thicc"""" is asking for carpal tunnel
both your hands must be flat and level with the table and your elbow
Mason Scott
Currently using a 50cm x 100cm x 0.5cm mat from akasa. It's wonderful.
Used to have a thicc qck mat, this one feels about identical but has stitched edges.
The scroll click on my naga stopped working and the actual scrollwheel has gotten imprecise and scrolls randomly. The only issues with the sensor have been just random dust particles, nothing a qtip and some isopropyl alcohol hasn't fixed.
Frankly I don't know what to replace this with. I need a tilt wheel and all the side buttons, the only other option I'm aware of is the logitech g600 but that has the usual laser sensor problems even if the build quality was higher.
Caleb Gomez
i have an elbow rest I'm good
Logan Wright
steelseries qck heavy Literally the best mouse pad ever made. It's huge tho.
Joshua Cox
pic for comparison
Tyler Long
I got a kitten mousepad at Target for 4.99, it's fucking great
David Adams
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Jaxon Nguyen
I've been using an Artisan Shiden-kai for a while and I must say its the best mousepad I've ever used. The problem is it got dirty very quickly and I'm afraid the glass coating will wear off if I just clean it with water. Any ideas?
Cooper Perry
currently using my deathadder 2013 @800 dpi on a CM Storm Swift RX cloth mousepad ( the 50cm one )
Nathaniel Moore
Same here I can get some of the dirt off by rubbing it a little bit, but I did notice that the glass coating does come off if you go overboard with it.
Ayden Young
who /white mousepad master race/ here?
A retail store here in Sweden, Kjell & Company, is selling mousepads in different colors for only 50 cents and there is no limit per customer. They're on sale (original price was 3 USD) but they are high quality soft mousepads with a smooth textile surface.
I bought 30 white ones instead of wasting 20 USD on just 1 gaming branded mousepad.
As for what mouse I'm using, it's a SteelSeries Rival 100 Alchemy Gold. It's a good mouse that doesn't cost much and the software lets you customize each button and color. I'm using 1500 DPI btw.
I had a Mionix Naos 3200 before but the soft rubber got worn out really fast.
Jaxson Baker
I did it. I said fuck it and submerged it in water with some soap. Its visibly cleaner but I noticed some grain coming of the mat (probably some.of the glass coating). I left it to dry a little bit and it seems it glides just like the first day. Its alright but I think after a couple of washes the coating will eventually wear off
Carson Evans
G502
Carson Davis
is the steelseries dex a meme?
Asher Russell
Zowie N-RF1 here, just slightly frayed and warped after 3 years of heavy spazzing and sperging. Not buying again though, it's way too thin and rough to be comfortable which is why I gotta use a wristpad with it lol
Jacob Reyes
I use the Sharkoon XL gaymen mouspad. It's cloth and fine for my use case. I use a Logitech G303 Apex as my mouse set to 1600 DPI. I had the smaller version of the same mousepad, but I switched to playing lower sens in Overwatch because I saw ryujehong do it and wanted to give it a try. It's pretty good after getting used to it.
Levi Jenkins
What is that thing your mouse is going into?
Elijah Powell
An overpriced gimmick to lift the cable
Jacob Reyes
That dumb ass logo is the only thing keeping me from getting that pad, what did you do to get rid of it?
Isaac Howard
Aren't those only like $20? Do they not work or something
William Williams
who /A4cuttingmat/ master race
William Sullivan
Well, I wouldn't pay 25 dollars to lift the cable of my mouse.
Adam Reed
Tape > mouse bungee. Had this mouse for over 5 years. I prob should have bought another one for backup just in case it ever fails.
Colton Taylor
It's a mouse bungee. It's quite useful, actually. The cable doesn't get stuck in shit.
And yeah, it's about 25 eurobux. I didn't buy it tho, it was free with the mouse.
Matthew Garcia
Same. The logo is cringe, but thankfully quite small and easy to rub off.
It's a good pad. See above, it's not a deal breaker
Jonathan Anderson
Kraut reporting in. Thanks for the stardust tip, will look into it. Unless you definitely recommend soft over hard plastic surface. I have always used hard plastic (ratpadz at the moment) and don't know if I have been memed
Thomas Perez
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Luke Hernandez
I have the exact one. I don't care about the logo since it doesn't bother me,but when I post battlestations i get laughed at for it. So I'm in the process of removing it now
Jordan Walker
The new RAT mice come with a perfect optical sensor. I've been using my RAT 7 since release and it works like on the first day. The price is pretty ok considering it's kind of a niche product (the only mouse really with proper pinke (not visible in pic) and thumb rest).
it's also RGB so you don't have to set it up with 50000 colors like in pic related
