I'd rather put my hand in a blender than use a Duke Nukem mousepad, but that's just old prejudices. Anyways, back then the king of gaming surfaces was probably Allsop. They had a perfect cloth surface and seem to be made out of some alien synthetic material that just would not die. I too have one from way back when, which has passed hands 3 or 4 times and is now back with me 😁 I know that you can find some extra large (widescreen) Allsop pads on Ebay from time to time. PC world used to sell them but they don't now. Hard to find in the UK. But since I got this Steelseries behemoth and have a Roccat Sense as a backup, the days of Allsops are probably over for me 🙁

I don't use mouse pads, I like being able to roam if I need to 😉

I am looking for a nice pad to use with my wireless Microsoft PS2/RS232 ball mouse.

I didn't use mouse pads either, until I wore down a desk (and the base of the palm of my hand). Then I got a cheap gel mouse pad which I've used ever since.

I use the underside of a square of carpet as a mousepad 🤣, works for me 😁

You guys are so noob .... 😉 😉

Tetrium wrote:

I use the underside of a square of carpet as a mousepad 🤣, works for me 😁

Wow!!

Pics or didn't happen 😁

Tetrium wrote:

I use the underside of a square of carpet as a mousepad 🤣, works for me 😁

Do you vacuum it? 😜

I use an actual mouse pad... and I vacuum it. And the keyboard. Actually I vac my whole computer desk weekly - I'm a bit of a neat freak.

I use a mousepad with my good old MS optical mouse, but unfortunately it's not as cool as duke nukem mousepad, it's just a mousepad from a local computer store from many years ago.

badmofo wrote:

I use an actual mouse pad... and I vacuum it.

Hehe, the D3D mouse pad in question: I used to thoroughly wash that thing about once every few months or so 🤣.

Simply fill sink, add dishwashing liquid, soak mouse pad, lightly scrub, rinse, and dry 😀

In between "deep-cleanings", a simple wipedown with an alcohol soaked paper towel would do the trick.

badmofo wrote:

Tetrium wrote:

I use the underside of a square of carpet as a mousepad 🤣, works for me 😁

Do you vacuum it? 😜

I use an actual mouse pad... and I vacuum it. And the keyboard. Actually I vac my whole computer desk weekly - I'm a bit of a neat freak.

Try isopropylalchohol - works better, believe me 😉

hmmm. To my best knowledge, the concept of gaming mouse was unknown in our country in the mid-ninties and thus, none of these fancy pads were imported. A mouse pad had to be very cheap to sell in the first place.
Those crap pads were paired nicely with Chinese clone mice 😵

and these days, when I could finally buy whatever fancy pad I wished for, I am bound to the proprietary pad of my trusty Q500 serial optical 🤣

(you know, this mouse has two low power sensors for vertical / horizontal and a special, rather hard-to-replace mouse pad is necessary.)

Mine
as we know leds = awesome

Aren't all those lights distracting? Or your computing area is always well-lit...

since i switched to optical i have not used mouse pads until very recently a friend of mine introduced me to the Steelseries 9HD.

It's a lot better then the table surface i used to use!

I've been using a simple mousepad with a wrist rest for a couple of months now. I didn't have a mousepad at all for a few years, I think the need for one really depends on the surface you're using.

A few months back, I bought a Steelseries Experience I-2, which is a rebranded Icemat.

My Logitech G500 tracks fine on it, it's very easy to clean (it's glass, after all!), and overall, I like it, though $40 is damn expensive for a mousepad.

The main reason I don't use my bare desk surface is that the G500's sensor seems to be thrown off by the wood grain at certain points, and chances are it's not a perfectly flat surface, either.

I've actually just been using a notebook as a mousing surface since my classic machines are on one of those recycled plastic molded folding table deals from Office Depot. The texture fucks the optical sensor something fierce on the older HP laser ps/2 mouse I use with the old machines. My main rig is my laptop that I just have a little logitech travel optical mouse I use on my couch as a surface.

P.S. A pic found elsewhere on the Internet of the Logitech Mouseman Pro that I STILL use -> http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Mice-and-Pointi … ton/td-p/571534 .

Best damned ball mouse ever made, and the buttons are super-easy to push and sensitive 😀 I've NEVER "felt" another mouse (even the newfangled high-end gaming mice) where the buttons felt as comfortable 😀