Mousepads.

I still use an S&S Steel pad - like this:
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Which I received free with a mouse from OC - must be around 20 years ago.

It is large, it has nearly no depth so you can overlap it with your keyboard without it causing any issues, and the surface seems to work very well.

On the odd occasion I've looked for something newer with the same advantages, but never quite found anything.
 
My next mouse or desk mat isn't going to be black. I don't like how you get grey marks and worn bits. To be fair I have a cheapo Titanwolf mat but it is only 2 years old, but I still had the same issues in the past with Razer mats. So next mat will deffo be lighter in colour.
 
Rroff said:
Might have to give the Artisan a whirl but at the price without testing it I'm a little leery when the Razer Gigantus gives me great results.
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I get it, but there is a big difference between the Gigantus and Artisan pads in terms of build quality.

My recommendation would be to look at the Tenta-X Shinrai, it gets 90% of the way of an Artisan pad at half the price.

Otherwise you can use the mousepad finder on mousectrl to find one for your speed & budget, but the Shinrai is basically an Artisan Zero if that's what you're after
 
syks said:
Yep thats one thing you can defo tell, the build quality of the artisan is really good.
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It's definitely something you notice when you go back to a non-Artisan pad. It's a bit like moving between refresh rates.

You almost don't notice going from 240-360hz - going 'up' the stack (outside the first 60-144 move) feels a bit like minor improvements. But when you go back to 240 from 360hz or back to 144hz from 240hz you suddenly feel like there's something very different. Going back to a non-Artisan pad after using Artisan for a long period of time just highlights that 'quality' that other pads are missing.

It just depends if you can justify that extra cost for the Artisan pads.
 
t2na said:
It's definitely something you notice when you go back to a non-Artisan pad. It's a bit like moving between refresh rates.

You almost don't notice going from 240-360hz - going 'up' the stack (outside the first 60-144 move) feels a bit like minor improvements. But when you go back to 240 from 360hz or back to 144hz from 240hz you suddenly feel like there's something very different. Going back to a non-Artisan pad after using Artisan for a long period of time just highlights that 'quality' that other pads are missing.

It just depends if you can justify that extra cost for the Artisan pads.
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It's true, but I'll just throw out that LGG also make exceptional pads. They are on par with Artisan in my opinion. They also come in larger sizes if you happen to prefer deskpads.

The LGG Saturn Pro is legendary. It's a bit slower than the Zero but isn't too slow to be muddy, and doesn't have the same cat hair issue at the Artisan Zero
 
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