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    Question mouse pads

    hardly exciting, i know, but what kind of mouse pads are people using these days. i've got a cheap rubber mouse pad which is crumbling and needs replacing.

    are those glass ones any good? need something that's smooth and silent please.

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    I use my tabletop. Otherwise just on the top of all of the sheets of paper called homework / coursework perfect in terms of quality (fairly flat) and cheap.

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    I have a http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...244106-2312616 but i don't know were u can get em.... thermal colour stuff is cool.
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    been looking at scan for the free shipping, and think i might plump for the v1 icepad, as it's about the same size as my current pad, and i don't need the larger v2 one.

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    Im using a steelpad 4D http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/...astic_compound)

    Brilliant to use huge surface and my razor optical mouse just glids over it.

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    cool, cheers chaps. went for the icepad. It was either that or the steelpad, and i've read they perform more or less equally, but i thought the glass might be interesting. should be a nice upgrade from the foam crap.

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    I have a Everglide DKT its about 30cm*45cm.

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    one word. Icemat.

    Its excellent with every mouse I've tried (from ms intellimouse to my mx1000 )

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    EDIT: Ah. Jus seen you made the right choice. Let us know how you find it

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    oh cool, cheers dave. Currently using an MX310 (don't really need anything fancier - mainly use my mouse for surfing and music production. Just need a decent mat as current one no longer cuts it.)

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    love my icemat, u do need the extra space of 2 i find
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    Lakeland plastics do a teflon reuseable baking sheet, that plus double sided sticky tape = surface at least as good as an ice mat and around 3 times bigger for next to no cost.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nvening
    love my icemat, u do need the extra space of 2 i find
    well, i've gone for v1 as it's just slightly bigger than my current pad, which i've never had a problem with size-wise so i v1 ought to be fine. i'm not twitch gaming with this thing...

    Quote Originally Posted by herulach
    Lakeland plastics do a teflon reuseable baking sheet, that plus double sided sticky tape = surface at least as good as an ice mat and around 3 times bigger for next to no cost.
    have you done this? i think it's just easier to buy a mouse mat for £13 inc shipping, to be honest.

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    Huhm, i using the G5 commando style, as my tabletop is quite smooth already, but how much difference the Icemat really make? Im looking into 1 but 23 quids it's a bit hard to justify lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by csl
    have you done this? i think it's just easier to buy a mouse mat for £13 inc shipping, to be honest.
    Yep, me and 2 housemates all have 2foot square mousing surfaces (admittedly most of mine is covered in crap) that are as smooth as you could ever want.

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    haha 2-foot square! nice one. just have a teflon desktop, sod the mouse mat.

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