Mouse Mats, Whats your choice? Options

[zaskar]

[quote bushi]
I've always been interested in trying a trackball for gaming.

Can you actually buy a track-ball mouse anymore??. I thought I had one in the dusty mystery box of spare parts but it must of evolved and escaped. Those were the days when picking out lint and cat fur was an excuse for noobs playing FPS on a all beige mouse.

This post has been edited by zaskar: Sep 3 2012, 01:04 PM

[ninjacatfish]

Something I thought of in the 'why bother with a mat' issue, apart from glass desks already mentioned, I find that a mouse mat is a more consistent surface than your average desk. Some might be coated in a sticky-ish varnish or similar, others will have a dodgy faux-wood coating with little weird grooves.
Also it stops the coating on desks from wearing down to nothing. My parents never used a mouse mat, and their desk surface where the mouse is has worn down to bare wood.

Mats are typically designed to best compliment the sensors of specific mice, allowing them to track consistently and accurately at different speeds and sensitivities.
Might have been a placebo, but I found myself enjoying using my mouse more on a 'bottom of a coles envirobag plastic sheet' rather than the bare desk I was using prior :P

Honestly, if you're happy with your desk as your mouse surface, more power to you. I Much prefer having a surface under my mouse that gives me consistent tracking, and consistent movement of my mouse over the surface, hence why I have a ma.

[PointZeroOne]

mouse mat acquired, it's a razer 'speed' mat. Will see if I actually notice any difference!

[disolusiond]

I got a new wooden desk to replace the glass one I broke, so I no longer need my mouse pad if anyone wants one. It's a blue Roccat Sota.

[NukeJockey]

I have a flat desk that would be fine to use my mouse on, but fuck is it uncomfortable and it doesn't feel like you get the same control over the movement as you do on a mousepad.

I've been using my Razer Goliathus extended and its fucking sweet.

[te0p]

I use this one:
http://www.fellowes.com/us/en/Products/Pag...ST_SUPPORT_ERGO

It keeps your hand warmer in winter too. ...and is very comfortable on the wrist... not the biggest area though, but has not really bothered me.

But what is really good and cheap, find a old laptop and pull the screen out of it, the front LCD is thin, 2 layers of poly carbonate i think, with the liquid crsystal in the middle, pull it out and use it as a mouse pad, the feel is amazing, and the mouse feels extremely responsive, smooth and fast. I stuck some stickers on it and used it for along time and it is free and it is recycling. (infact i still have it, it sits under the fellowes one)


This post has been edited by te0p: Oct 21 2012, 12:26 PM