I wanted to post something to review the mouse pad I picked up because it really is something special. First off I would like to thank non for posting the link where I found it because I would not have ran into it otherwise. Second thanks to Non for almost making me drive off the road this morning as I flashed back to last nights TAM match where he joins the game and types "Houdini is a noob who uses an airplane wing as a mouse pad". I don’t know why but that just keeps getting funnier especially if you hear it through the text to speech robot voice.
So here is my review.
Product: Banshee Mouse Pad
Company: Atomic Bolt
Website:
http://www.bansheepad.com/story.php
The mouse pad is made of airplane grade aluminum so it is thin but very strong. The surface is very smooth and it feels good to rest you hand on so long matches did not cause any pain. The pad comes with some Teflon dots I think they call them low friction dots and I cut them up and put them over the built in feet on my G5 to save on wear and tear. The mouse glides across the pad so easily I could automatically see a smoothing effect to my aim. The edges of the pad are rounded so I have not been cutting my wrists on them, something I was a little worried about. The noise of the mouse hitting the pad is louder then the cloth pad I was using, for obvious reasons but it’s not loud enough to be distracting. It comes with a separate mesh base that lies underneath it and holds the former airplane wing from taking off. At my house my grandmother lives directly below me so I put the huge green mouse pad I bought at comp usa underneath the mat that came with the pad to stifle any noise from traveling through the floor. It works well like that and it makes it easier to move the pad around for adjustments. The mat by itself sticks to the table almost too well so now I can slide the pad around no problems. The tracking is superb with the G5. The pad has a whirling pattern to it if you looks close and in an email the owner of Atomic Bolt told me it took them awhile to develop that effect in order to get the best tracking for optical and laser mice. Dealing with the owner was very cool he was super responsive to all my questions. And the cool part is he is a young gamer who developed this pad because there was nothing in the market that he liked.
Cons:
Price- $50 with the tax (I got the one that is laser engraved)
If you play by an open window the pad does get a bit cold. My hands are always hot so this is a benefit for me but I could see someone being affected by the coolness.
Overall rating A.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
Sir Winston Churchill, Speech at Harvard University, September 6, 1943
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