cloth vs plastic pad

by beAsty • 12 Sep 2010, 22:50 • Journals
hey there.. thinking of buying a new mousepad (want to play quakelive active or maybe ET again aha aha ! ). Currently i have the Steel S&S

Size should be pretty much the same.. and actually i like that mousepad pretty much. I just wonder what is better on the cloth pads. From what i read:

Cloth pads are more precise but the movement is slower (or not as easy on plastic). Is that true? If yes i guess i would stay with plastic since precision isnt a problem but fast movements are important for me. One thing that disturbs me on plastic: i sweat "easy" on plastic.. and on plastic it doesnt dissapear. And on this "wet" surfaces, the mouse stops working.. or isnt working well anymore. In hot summer days or after 2 hours of playing it can be pretty disturbing :S

maybe important: my mouse is a razer deathadder

thx bb
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Neca 12 Sep 2010, 23:53
I'd say get an Icemat? you can wipe off any dirt :)

I myself have steelseries SP and I think it's really great :) better than most cloths I've used :)

+ lots of reviews show it's a great mousepad :)
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beAsty 12 Sep 2010, 23:59
icemat? cant find anything with google lol :P

steelsieres sp = plastic right?
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Neca 13 Sep 2010, 00:33
SP is plastic indeed and I think Icemat is now steelseries I2I or what is it called

Basically it's a pad made out of glass, urtier once made icemats himself, he could make u one whatever size u wanted and it ain't even that hard :)
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crook 12 Sep 2010, 23:54
Depends which pad you use. Fast cloth pads > all imo. Smooth, clean and accurate. I'm using DA aswell, though it's prolly too heavy for quake. I do ok in duels eventhough I've only recently recieved the 24hours playing time reward :)
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beAsty 12 Sep 2010, 23:57
so which mousepad do u recommend me? :P
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crook 13 Sep 2010, 00:14
Not quite sure myself which I'm going to get next :P
I wouldn't recommend everglide for quake, but most pads from steelseries, razor etc that focus on speed and precision should do fine. I love DA for its mousefeet btw, can't seem to find a lighter mouse with similar feet :P
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beAsty 13 Sep 2010, 11:21
hm i guess it will be steelseseries qck+ or the everglide titan.. just cant deside :S
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crook 13 Sep 2010, 12:20
WHy not razer goliathus speed or roccat taito for example?
Everglide is great for ET since it has alot of friction and thus gives you slow and stable aim, but it's abit too slow for other games like quakelive
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beAsty 13 Sep 2010, 12:26
good question.. didnt knew of these ones before :P

hmm no idea now which to take ! was going to take the qck+ but now there is roccat (cheaper) and razer too :S
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Nellie 13 Sep 2010, 00:00
Do mousemats really make much difference? Just playing mx510 on a clean desk... (that's my excuse for last night >.< )
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beAsty 13 Sep 2010, 00:02
ye mousepads (especially with this mouse glide feed things) make a big difference.. atleast for me

way easier,more precise and faster movement
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Nellie 13 Sep 2010, 00:03
You clearly need the urtierpad
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beAsty 13 Sep 2010, 00:04
from what i heard glass sucks :(
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crook 13 Sep 2010, 00:16
HUGE difference. Atleast for me. Used to get annoyed by little bumps in my desk or some parts where traction was different compared to other parts, mousepad fixes all that.
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risee 13 Sep 2010, 00:05
cloth is soooooooooo much better.
i used to have steelpad s&s aswell, now i'm using everglide titan monstermat (clothpad, got recommended by a lot of ppl, incl. urtier for example as far as i remember) and it's like a million times better. let alone that s&s isn't rly good anyways + kinda small + wears out really fast.
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Neca 13 Sep 2010, 00:34
My steelseries SP is still as good as new :) And Cloth normally wears out faster than hard pads ;) Hard pads just wear out your mousefeet faster ;)
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risee 13 Sep 2010, 01:19
well, my everglide still almost feels like new after using it for a reeeally long time. and steelpad s&s is horrible at least in this context. i think the surface of a plastic pad gets "rubbed off" way faster by the friction with your mousefeet.
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beAsty 13 Sep 2010, 11:21
why everglide titan and not steelseries qck+ ? :P
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risee 13 Sep 2010, 12:46
didn't try the qck+ but when i decided to get a new pad back then, i checked several old journals and topics and stuff and asked several people who i thought would know something about that and i came to the conclusion that i'm gonna go for the everglide. one advantage is, that it doesn't really seem to wear out, i can't compare it to qck+ but according to Muratt here qck+ wears out faster. no clue how qck+ feels, but i didn't regret buying the everglide even once.
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Shortje 13 Sep 2010, 00:21
i also used the S&S pad for a rly long time. but i switched to the qck+ now due to some mates who said that cloth is much better. tbh it's just ur personal feeling which pad is better. for me the qck+ was a good decision and i am rly happy with it.
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Limbonic 13 Sep 2010, 00:28
qck+ is good
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speci 13 Sep 2010, 01:12
I plan to try a PureTrak Talent when my Razer Goliathus someday dies
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Deuger 13 Sep 2010, 01:24
plastic pads like QPAD CT are fucking awesome for 2 weeks but after that they get worn out and suck ass

cloth pads such as puretrak talent wont get worn out & have pretty nice feeling
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quebratolas 13 Sep 2010, 03:27
cloth

noise
hand+mouse feeling
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rockstAr 13 Sep 2010, 03:47
cloth pad, plastic will wear your feet out quickly. i've got QcK heavy + DA works great :)
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Muratt 13 Sep 2010, 05:36
qck+ worns out to quick get a goliathus speed :) using razer sphex atmoment good tracking but its too small :s
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beAsty 13 Sep 2010, 11:27
so i guess i have to decide now between

qck+
everglide titan
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