QPAD XT-R Mouse Pad Review

Christian Bakke writes "QPAD is famous for their cloth mouse pads. But they are now producing hard surface mouse pads too. ClubFnatic looks at the brand new QPAD XT-R hard surface to see how well it performance. This mouse pad is supposed to be worth 47 which is of course a lot of money. The reviewer tries to see if the pad is worth this much money with cheaper alternatives available." I use a hard mouse pad from func.net on my living room chair arm, but given the 20 odd free mousepads in the office, it's hard to consider paying for one.

Comments

47?

[The MAZZTer]

47... what? Rupees? Yen?

Re:47?

[Anonymous Coward]

Euros, but Slashcode filters out the Euro () symbol in submissions, pretty much like how it used to filter out the Pound Sterling (£) & Yes (¥) symbols.

Yeah, man, 47 rupees.

[BitwizeGHC]

Of course, down in Kakariko Village it'd be five rupees, six tops, but today you're shopping with Tingle.

Re:Yeah, man, 47 rupees.

[mugenjou]

I suggest getting a L1 Shield instead(you can get one in the dark world shield shop or in the village of outcasts), at 50 rupees its just 3 rupees more, but in addition to getting a hard surface for your mouse enjoyments you can also quickly grab your mousepad to deflect arrows in case of an enemy attack.

What it's worth

[TaggartAleslayer]

Obviously it's worth 47 first posts asking if they meant rupees, yen, chickens, or virgin sacrifices.

47 euros

[whimmel]

I actually read the article. As of right now that's US$58.8064

Granite or Marble FTW

[DrunkenTerror]

After trying various "high end" mousing surfaces and being disapointed by all of them (they all start to wear down after a month or so, in my experience), I have been using a 12" x 12" slab of Ubba Tubba granite. It works wonderfully with my MX518 optical mouse. Nice and slick, and she ain't gonna wear out! It's certainly not going to move around as you mouse. It stays relatively cool to the touch. Plus, it's just classy as hell. I windex it off every couple weeks and she's good to go.

Stuff like this: http://www.kreana.com/Catalog.asp?MainCat=60&SubCa t=135 Ask a local tile store. They'll have lots of cool stone that will work great as mousepads.

Genius mouse pad

[MM-tng]

R u kidding me, what a rip off. I have this genius mousepad. It came with my 286AT and looks brand new even now. Hard plastic, yeah baby.

Quality of reviews...

[Radi-0-head]

"In this review I will look at the QPAD's XT-R, the company's first hard surface mouse pad and will see how well it performance."

Would it be too much to ask to post reviews that don't appear to be written by twelve-year-olds?

Re:Obligatory

[Asztal_]

A lot of gamers do. It is a lot more enjoyable to play games with a precise mouse that isn't 5 inches wide and a large low-friction, comfortable mouse pad. You may debate on whether it's worth it, but it's certainly better :)

Sounds like...

[uberphear]

Me big Uggabongo. Bestest mousemat tester in world. See how well it performance.

or Glass

[Saeger]

I too got tired of all my freebie cloth & plastic mousepads getting nasty and wearing out over the years, so a couple months back I finally bought one that can't wear out on me: a glass "icemat"

~$26 for a 10"x12" sheet of tempered, rounded, colored glass with rubber feet seemed a little steep, but I'll be hanging on to this thing for years. My MX510 mouse (the model previous to the MX518) glides like butter across the surface, and I'd never go back to a normal pad.

Only two minor downsides to this type of glass mousepad:

1. It's slightly noisier than a coventional mousepad. It makes a sortof finegrit sandpaper scratch sound with fast mouse movement.
2. With a surface this smooth you can quickly start to feel a layer of dust build up on the less used upper parts of the pad; have to wipe it clean with my palm every day, but maybe I'm just being anal about it.

Re:Obligatory

[Omestes]

I used to be pretty good at Q3 with a trackball, it was startling how easy "gross" (such as a 180) were, but finer aiming and such required much practice. For awhile I even managed to play my FPSs with a touch-pad, which was a total pain in the butt (though tap shooting was nice).

For the past couple years I've been using a decent optical mouse though. I wanted a scroll wheel and buttons for my non-gaming life, and they didn't have a decent left-handed trackball that could handle that demand (no, I refuse to use a right handed mouse/tack-pad). The mouse is MUCH better at finer motions and aiming, though the gross motion suffers a bit. A mouse is definitely the preferred way to go, in the end.

Re:Obligatory

[CastrTroy]

Look at this trackball if you want something left handed. It's ambidextrious, and instead of a scroll wheel, it has a scroll ring. It also looks like it has 4 buttons. I haven't tried this one specifically, but I have a logitech, with a large ball (this one is bigger), and I have to say that the large ball makes it easier to control. I also find that using fingers works better than the thumb.