welcome to my mous pad buyers guide for gamers featuring my personal collection
of mous pads kick back and relax I'm about to blow your mousing mind and
explain the real differences that matter between the more well-known pads and
mats as well as a couple that aren't Pinterest and facebookies need not apply
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okay so mous pad buyer guide that's that's like stupid just buy a mouse pad
in the color that you want done that's it right yeah if you're a noob who plays
Call of Duty actually there are subtle
differences that have a substantial impact on your mousing experience there
once was a time that mass pads really mattered older Optical sensors laser
sensors had trouble tracking on a variety of surfaces like textures and
colors so you needed a surface optimized for it these days Optical sensors can
track almost as well as laser sensors on most surfaces so there you have it mouse
pads actually don't matter video over
well they might not matter in terms of tracking but there are things to
consider when buying one most manufacturers product pages have
irrelevant Buzz phrases like Smooth with
maximum Glide and control but come on
that's just not that useful well let's take a deeper dive and see what does
matter when buying a mouse pad and give you a quick rundown of the various types
of surfaces broken down by material first up are the cloth pads the qck has
been the most widely used mouse pad for pro Gamers why well you want to be able
to stop instantly even when Mouse is flying around High Glide speeds might
make it hard to control your aim as the momentum might carry you over your
target the qck has what I'll call medium
to low Glide with movements coming to a stop pretty quickly the liftoff distance
is about 1 to 1.5 CDs high this is the
height that mice will stop tracking when you lift to reposition your mouse and it
as it turns out mouse pads can affect this getting back to the qck it comes in
a variety of sizes and two thicknesses Thin might offer more speed as the thick
might cushion and absorb some of the downward Force but the qck heavy can
give you a bit more of a consistent experience if you have small
imperfections in your desktop the Corsair Vengeance mm200 has been out for
a few years and at first glance looks a lot like the thick Q cks the liftoff
distance is 1 to 1.5 CDs High just like
the qck and it even feels like the Q CK
with a tiny difference that actually has a big effect the qck has a fur that some
cotton t-shirts have but the Vengeance doesn't without the fur the mm200 is a
smoother surface that feels faster than the qck the mes pad also comes in a
variety of sizes to fit your needs ranging from the small to the extended
edition which is long enough to cover your keyboard mouse and thenen some the
mm200 comes rolled in a hard cardboard tube like you get with a poster in my
experience this prevents curling that can happen to other cloth pads that come
rolled up in a smaller box package kind of like the goliathus package speaking
of which the goliathus control and speed from Razer are rapidly gaining in
popularity due in part to their aggressive Esports sponsorship campaigns
the control has a thick and rough woven texture like a burlap sack but smoother
both pads have a braided Edge to help prevent fraying and are thinner than
most mouse pads the bottom is green rubber that does a really good job of
keeping it from sliding around the speed version is more like a a regular cloth
Pad but with a Slicker smoother feel which makes it feel faster than the
other pads so far and according to the slow-mo it is actually faster the
control despite the coarseness feels almost as fast both the speed and
control have a liftoff distance of about 2 CDs so in spite of the graphic and
difference in textures tracking is just fine although some mice do need to be
recalibrated to work on the control due to the the rougher thicker weave next up
is a throwback to lineus Circa 2009 if
you were playing CS back when 1.6 was fresh you might remember this one before
the qck Raiden Supreme the pure track Talent was the one associated with Pro
gaming but not without controversy at
the time the print design particularly the white one posed the tracking issue
for some mice as I said earlier though sensors are actually really good now and
you probably won't have an issue with it if you've bought a mouse in the last
year or two here's a picture I tweeted of my desktop the LIF off distance is
higher than the qck at 2 CDs versus one but it's about the same as the other pad
so far the pure track Talent is the most comfortable mouse pad I've ever used
it's like it's super soft on my wrist it's it's like Silk it's amazing it's
also got the space for me to swing my ARM around and still provides enough
stopping speed for my flick shots in Linus's ancient unboxing he thought it
was too fast compared to the qck but it's just right for me it's weird though
I thought it was faster than the qck 2 but according to the slow-mo it's
actually kind of slower like quite a bit
anyway while it lacks the fancy razor braiding it's still built to last this
is a pure track from upstairs that definitely looks like it's been around
for years and it still performs it's
super thick and comes in two sizes standard which is actually larger than
the extra large for most other mouse pads and a smaller version for desks
with limited space now onto the hard pads they're not as popular but they
definitely feel a niche for gamers who demand
speed because the surface is hard and step force from the movement isn't
absorbed and instead goes right into moving the mouse but just as we've seen
with cloth pads the material plays a big part in exactly how fast fast the
surface feels the destructor 2 is made
of a hard rigid black polycarbonate with a rubber base that keeps the destructor
from ever moving during normal use the rough and bumpy texture makes it really
really fast it's among the fastest mouse pads I've ever used personally though I
find it too hard to stop precisely and even worse the liftoff distance is 5 CDs
when paired with my abyssus 2014 Mouse that's five times higher than the Q math
if your mouse doesn't have adjustable liftoff distance you might actually find
it unusable for low sensitivity gaming where you have to lift frequently on the
other hand I find it great for productivity use and rtss or mobas
because of the effortless Glide and reduced need for pinpoint Precision now
for an entirely different kind of hard mouse pad the myonix ensus 320 it's made
of aluminum instead of plastic it's cold to the touch and the edges can be hard
on the wrist and it's got a very very smooth surface and because of that it's
much slower than the destructor 2 and only provides meh levels of feedback the
liftoff distance is not that different from cloth pads so it's definitely
viable for something like csgo the funk 1030 is an interesting choice and might
be good for those of you who are indecisive or like to change your
surface depending on what you're doing this is a two-piece mouse pad there's a
smooth plastic frame that has rubber pads on the bottom to keep it planted on
your desk and the second piece is the mousing surface that has has two
different sides this side is semi smooth
flipping it around reveals the rough side that is similar to the destructor
actually strangely enough according to our slow-mo test both sides provided
similar speeds and were faster than the destructor 2 relatively new options are
hybrid silicone pads they're called hybrid because they have the speed of
hard pads but the control of cloth the
bottom of the mous pads all feature a tacky smooth rubber surface that do an
amazing job of keeping them on your desk the surface textures are very similar
between the megasoma 2 and hero 3D the pattern is rough but not hard like
plastic pads it's a soft silicone that provides a Glide almost as fast as the
funk 1030 and Destructor 2 but with enough control to make stopping flick
shots possible liftoff distance isn't dramatically affected like it is in the
destructor 2 and their Glide speed is Comfortably fast I love the performance
of all of the silicone pads but these are the only sizes they come in and
they're simply not big enough for me to use if steel series razor rocket made an
extra large like their cloth pads I'd buy one in an instant for the visual
Learners out there we've handcrafted this chart plotting speed versus control
of the mouse pads in the video check the description below if you want to take a
closer look at the chart and comment below and let us know what part of the
chart is perfect for you do you like it hard and fast or slow and controlled let
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