my current mousepad has too much friction and this game is really fast paced so it would be nice to have a mousepad where I can quickly move around in it
does anyone have or know of a good mousepad with little friction?
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If you are looking to not have any friction, you may want to consider transitioning to a hard-surface pad. I personally don’t like these as they feel too loose (I like a little friction). Some hard surface pads have some bells and whistles like RGB lighting and the likes if you are into that as well…
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How old is your mousepad? Do you wash it regularly?
its new so I haven’t washed it yet
would be hard tho since its a mousepad that covers the entire desk but I don’t like the friction
I have the Luxcoms RGB desktop pad and I love it. It’s better than my old Steelseries QCK. The light strip actually reinforces the sides better too.
I have that huge Glorious PC Gaming Race mouse pad that covers my whole desk. I put it alone in the washing machine with a little bit of soap every two weeks. Works great for me.
My old pad had too much friction and it was really affecting me, so I bought another pad that has some friction but not nearly as much and I absolutely adore it and suggest it to everyone.
`https://www.razer.com/gaming-mouse-mats/razer-goliathus-control
And it’s that one. I loooooove it so much, and it’s available in varying sizes for whatever you need.
Edit: My boyfriend uses the Razer Firefly chroma hardpad and he loves it, but it’s too slippery for me.
What mousepad? I just use the table. I can’t stand friction at all.
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As a forewarning with hard surface, you will get a lot more wear on both the pad and your mouse.
Before getting one, look at the bottom of your mouse. If it has small slider pads (like the 4 black ovals in this picture), a hard surface pad will destroy those pads over time and potentially make the mouse feel sticky to use, as those are not intended for hard surfaces at all.
Of course, if you like that feel, you may find it worth using anyway, especially if you intend to buy a new mouse soon, or if yours doesn’t have vulnerable parts like that.
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Yes! My desk works just fine for me. I haven’t used a mouse pad since mice stopped having rubber balls in them.
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Do you happen to play at higher sensitivities? I’m fairly certain if I played on a hard surface my mouse would be utterly destroyed after a couple months tops.
Same lol.
Unless it is a very bad mouse it should have no issues on most surfaces.
need some level of control
with no friction at all, I would imagine its hard to have pin point accuracy since the mouse moves at the slightest touch
I would want something in between that, something you can move quickly through but still stop exactly where you wanted
It would depend on the surface. I slab of UHMW plastic would make for a very low friction surface, probably too little friction for most people.
Me? No, not really. I play at 6 x 800 which is pretty average. (My regular mousing is pretty low sensitivity too. Once I got used to in-game arm-aiming I wanted to use ‘arm aim’ for web browsing too, heh.)
There is some scuffing on the mouse feet, but that’s about it (Razer Deathadder Elite, been using for over a year. I used the previous Razer Deathadder for years until the left-click became unreliable, the feet never wore out.)
My desk is real wood, which … I don’t know, it’s not as hard as some surfaces, but also not as smooth as surfaces that are harder. I’d be more concerned about reflectivity than hardness when considering whether a desk is okay to use without a mouse pad, I’ve heard highly reflective surfaces can mess with the mouse, but I haven’t had a problem with either laminate or wooden surfaces.
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Interesting. I use 3.5@800 and even on soft mousepads I can wear down my mouse over time. If I were to use a hard surface I’m pretty sure I would have gone through like 3 mice (or at least replacement feet) already.
I’m not so sure about that… people use hard surfaces for lowered friction. Less friction seems to me to imply less wear rather than more. Not that I’ve studied the problem, but that’s my guess.
Wear is going to depend on the surface materials more than the amount of friction. For example if my mouse feet were made of diamonds they’re going to scratch up and destroy my table before my mouse ever wore out. But mouse feet are typically made of materials like teflon which is generally much softer than plastics or woods.
Mmm… I’m unconvinced. Consider sandpaper, whetstones, files, etc. The smoother ones remove material more slowly than the rougher ones, when made out of the same base material.
If you’re serious about going down that rabbit hole:
Glorious Helios
Artisan JP Shidenkai
Roccat Alumic
There are older glass pads, and some people get a glass shop to etch a slab for a custom pad.
Cutting boards of various plastics and surface textures are also commonly used.
Ignore what I just said, that’d be like an average friction mousepad. What do you currently use?