Meet the X-Trac Mouse Pad
The mouse pad measures in at 21 cm x 28 cm ( W x H ) which is roughly the same size as an A4 piece of paper. Sufficient space to ensure you don’t “fall off” the mouse pad while flicking the mouse around to complete quick movements in games.
The surface of the mousepad is a hard plastic that can flex. Be careful not to fold the mousepad as this will ruin the pad. There seems to be a theme running through all X-trac mouse pad products and that is the hexagonal printed design with the X-trac logo on the bottom right corner. Within each hex are a series of random dots. The exterior of each hex has a dithered pattern; both are designed to minimize any mouse cursor fade or jitter. Depending on which model mouse pad you have the logo will change. As you can see by the pictures I have the “optical mouse pad”. This is specifically designed for optical mice, but of course this will also work effectively with ball mice.
The mouse pad has a hard rubber foam underneath which helps to eliminate movement of the mouse pad. I’ve been using the mouse pad for about 3 weeks now and I’m pretty impressed at how the rubber foam keeps the mat in place on my desk. Even trying to push the mouse pad with my hands won’t make the pad move.
Since the mouse pad is only a few millimetres thick it feels virtually invisible. You don’t notice the pad after a while. Comparing the height of the pad against my Everglide Giganta pad it is quite a bit thinner. The Everglide is around 7mm thick where as the X-trac Optical Mouse Pad measures in at only 3mm. Due to pad being very thin it is very portable for LAN parties as you can simply roll the pad up and throw it inside your bag along with other hardware.
