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welcome to my mouse pad buyers guide for gamers featuring my personal collection of mouse 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 errs and Facebook keys need not apply just use your desk or something the Coolermaster Nova touch tkeuld utilizes genuine topor hybrid capacitive switches and is now available at a more affordable price click now to learn more okay so mousepad buyer's guide that's that's like stupid just buy a mousepad 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 mousepads 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 mousepad and gives you a quick rundown of the various types of surfaces broken down by material first up are the cloth pads the key CK has been the most widely used mouse pad for pro gamers why well you want to be able to stop instantly even when your mass is flying around high glide speeds might make it hard to control your aim as the momentum might carry you over your target the Q CK 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 in it as it turns out mouse pads can't affect this getting back to the Q ck it comes in a variety of sizes and two thicknesses then might offer more speed as the thick might cushion and absorb some of the downward force but the key CK heavy can give you a bit more of a consistent experience if you have small imperfections in your desktop the Corsair Vengeance 200 has been out for a few years and at first glance looks a lot like the thick q CK's the liftoff distance is 1 to 1.5 C DS hi just like the QC K and it even feels like the ki CK with a tiny difference that actually has a big effect the Q CK has a freeness that some cotton t-shirts have but the vengeance doesn't without the furnace the MM 200 is a smoother surface that feels faster than the QC k the mass 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 vensim the MM 200 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 Goliath this package speaking of which the glyphosate from razor 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 mess 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 pad 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 rougher thicker weave next up is a throwback to the Linus circa 2009 if you were playing CS back when 1.6 was fresh you might remember this one before the qck reigned 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 SURS are actually really good now and you probably won't have an issue with it if you bought a mouse in the last year or two here's a picture I tweeted of my desktop the liftoff distance is higher than the qck at two 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 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 QC k2 but according to the slo-mo it's actually kind of slower like quite a bit anyway while it lacks the fancy razor braiding it 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 on to the hard pads they're not as popular but they definitely fill a niche for gamers who demands speed because the surface is hard and stiff force from the movement isn't absorbed and instead goes right into moving a mess but just as we've seen with cloth pads the material plays a big part in exactly how fast the surface feels the destructor 2 is made of a hard rigid black polycarbonate with a rubber base that keeps the destructor from never 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 business 2014 mouse that's 5 times higher than qck math if your mouse doesn't have adjustable lift off 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 our TSS or MOBAs because of the effortless glide and reduced need for pinpoint precision now for an entirely different kind of hard math bed the my onyx ant is 320 it's made of aluminium 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 lower than the destructor - and only provides net levels of feedback the liftoff distance is not that different from cloth pads so it's definitely viable for something like cs:go the func 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 mousepad 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 Messing surface that has two different sides this side is semi smooth flipping in the round reveals the rough side that is similar to the destructor actually strangely enough according to our slow-mo tests both sides provided similar speeds and were faster than the destructor - 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 mask 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 mega soma - 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 func ten-thirty and destructor - but with enough control to make stopping flick shots possible liftoff distance isn't dramatically affected like it is in the destructor - 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 SteelSeries 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 me know I promise I won't judge you much like if you liked it dislike if you still hate me and if you want to 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