I've had an original Func surface1030 for at least 5 years now and it's still going strong, so I can happily recommend them.
Admittedly the amount of gaming I've done has drastically decreased since I left uni, but it still feels great.
Before that I had a hard mat something similar to an Everglide Giganta (Ratpad/Ratzpad, something like that) and it wore out very quickly (1 year
).