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21-Way Mousepad Roundup

Others/Mice & Keyboards by glenn @ 2007-04-21

In this large roundup we test 21 mousepads from RatPadz, Allsop, Compad, Nuke, Rantopad, Raptor-Gaming, Sharkoon and Steelpad, comparing their gliding performance, characteristics and overall look and feel.

Allsop Mousepads

Allsop Inc

The Allsop company has been well established for several years now, they have an huge area of products under their name (from Computers to bikes and home/garden material), one of their product focus has been mouse pads and I have 3 models on the comparison table today:

Allsop Mousepad XL ( 395 x 330mm – Flexible - Packaging)

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Allsop seems to be a big fan the raindrop pattern for their mouse pads, as it is present on all 3 of them. The XL consists of two layers, at the bottom a 1.5mm anti-slip and on top of that a very smooth cloth of ~0.5mm:

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The XL is true to its name, quite large and ideal for extended sessions of AutoCAD, Photoshop and Office, it was ok for the occasional gaming session, but didn’t excel in that area.

Allsop Accutrack ( 250 x 220mm – Hard - Packaging )

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The Accutrack is quite low profile at only 2.5mm, but it’s small size has you picking up your mouse during gaming session as you’d otherwise fall of the mouse pad surface. The hard plastic layer sits on top of a rubber one which does a good job of preventing slippage. Moving the mouse over the pad made a scratching noise, the mouse did quite glide over the surface too easily either.

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The Accutrack did an okay job with none-gaming application, but disappointed in the accuracy area (despite its name) which was most noticeable during gaming sessions.

Allsop Widescreen Mousepad ( 350 x 225mm – Flexible)

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The Widescreen Allsop follows the measurements of a widescreen monitor setup and works best which such configuration; it’s a two layer product, the bottom one providing anti-slip. At only 2~2.5mm thickness it can slide under your keyboard easily.

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Sliding the mouse over the pad went smoothly, although I felt accuracy could be slightly better. Overall out of the three Allsop mousepads I preferred this one.

Comment from A-star @ 2007/08/22

Still using my everglide here.
No need to replace it.

Comment from Rutar @ 2007/08/23

It is missing the Icemat, which is the best mousepad because it never wears out, transfers excess heat away from the hand, slides well and looks and feels great. And glass is SEXY.

Comment from jmke @ 2007/08/23

stop thread digging!

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21st April 2007, 12:52

Comment from uni1313 @ 2007/08/29

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Originally Posted by Rutar

It is missing the Icemat, which is the best mousepad because it never wears out, transfers excess heat away from the hand, slides well and looks and feels great. And glass is SEXY.

I completely agree with you. I used Everglide but they wear out quickly.

Icemat is the best. I would recommend only to use mousemats that are made of steel or glass. They're durable and easy to clean.

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