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hey everyone this is Steve from gamers Nexus net and today we're looking at TT eSports Aziz's tracfone a mousepad and this is a new mouse pad from TT eSports TT eSports is a subdivision or group of Thermaltake who are some of the makers of cases like the t-80 one that we looked at at CES the core v1 and other things like that the eSports division is responsible for peripherals and things like mice and keyboards and mouse pads so that's what we're looking at today we look at track home mousepad I just hit the camera there and this is the pad we're talking about so this is an aluminum pad it is 2 millimeters thick and actually the dimensions read 5 millimeters because it has these rubber feet that basically boost it up and make it stick to your surface and there goes one of the rubber feet we'll talk about that in a moment so this is an aluminum pad it has a polymer surface as far as I am aware and it's dual sided one side is smoother and that would be this one and one side is a bit rougher and the rougher surface is kind of like a lighter version of a skateboard grip tape it gives your mouse a bit more grip enos to the surface if you're kind of whipping it around if you play with a low dpi and if you're playing with a higher dpi I need some precision then the smooth surface well it it moves pretty damn quickly when you're moving your mouse around and it also will preserve the Teflon feet a little bit of your mouse whereas the grip your side does tend to wear them down a bit more from experience with my razor exact Mac pad that I reviewed previously about a hundred years ago so this is 360 millimeters by 300 millimeters by 5 millimeters and that is about 14 inches by 11 by 0.2 inches I think and that means it's pretty damn big it takes up a lot of real estate on your desk it is a $40 mouse pad that seems somewhat expensive but I paid $40 for this razor one in 2009 and I still use it so that kind of tells you this is also aluminum it tells you how long these things last this is five years in this case so it's a good investment if you like the pad the razor one comes with a a gel wrist rest that goes under the pad and just holds it in place and also gives your wrist something to sit on if you have wrist issues and that helps you in my case that is what I need this does not come with a gel wrist rest that's okay if you don't need one if you need one you know you need one and you can buy one separately if you want the pad otherwise you're out of luck in terms of unique features the track coding pad comes with this Mouse tether it is a bungee and basically the cable goes into this slot here and that keeps the mouse from getting away from you it keeps longer cables in check if you've got them and ultimately will will just make your desk a bit neater and it is a two piece it just assembles with a rubber snap so it's pretty easy to transport and for this you clip it anywhere on the pad it just has a rubber slot here so you kind of slide that around the edge of the aluminum and it'll stay in place as soon as you put it down on the desk which didn't happen here because it was floating there but when it's on the desk it stays in place pretty well so in terms of this mousepad there goes another rubber foot if we need to talk about that the issues I have with this are pretty much resolvable once you get it on a surface the rubber feet come flying off pretty easily as you can see when you're handling it like I am but once you've got it fixed on your desk and you're not moving it anymore they'll stay in place and I'll keep the mouse pad in place if you move it around a lot we're gonna get kind of frustrated because they come off extremely easily I wish the the holes in the pad would kind of clip to the feet a little better but that is a small complaint and the scheme of things the bungee I am really happy with those used to retail for like thirty dollars separately when they were brand new several years ago now they're a bit more standard they come with these pads and I think that's a great feature that's one of the unique things are on this pad I wish this came with a gel wrist rest even if that cost me five dollars extra I would prefer a gel wrist rest because I use one so if you're like me then maybe that is a knock to the pad that would make you come alternatives but other than that the mouse moves very smoothly on the smooth surface it has high precision I used the tunable Logitech Proteus port mouse when I was gaming and it's pretty accurate I like the precision of the pad it's definitely good for the laser sensor and the obstacle sensors I've used in terms of buying this I'm going to throw some alternatives up on the screen so you can see what else is out there I really like the razer exact mat it is unfortunately no longer made it's a bit smaller as you can see here it will fit on most tests much easier so it is a bit smaller and it's about the same spec but it's old and they don't make it anymore they have a new one that I'm putting up on the screen it's like a best feel that's something like that it's not some unusable Razer name as they often do it doesn't have the bungee that Thermaltake has so I I do really like that bungee I'm kind of spoiled by now to be honest I like the pad keep an eye out on the size keep an eye out on the on the rubber feet on the wrist rest and all those things considered it's really not a bad mousepad just looking at the alternatives there are a lot of alternatives out there so there might be something that fits your use case a bit better depending on size and wrist needs and I will see you all next time peace