Customer Reviews

Memory Foam Mouse Mat (Black)

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The product makes it sound like this is really soft and the picture shows a hand with indented foam. This mouse pad is pretty hard. The part for your wrist is not very soft.

If you want a firm pad...this will be good for you. But if you are wanting a soft place to wrest your wrist "foam" is a bit mis-leading.

Overall it is a good pad, but for my I prefer very soft pads like gel pads.

I'm going to precede this review by noting that comfort is an inherently subjective consideration, and that what is uncomfortable to one person may be perfect to another. I should also note that I am an Apple user, and that I used this mouse pad with the Apple Magic Trackpad rather than with an actual mouse. However, given that the wrist positioning and movements are substantially the same, I do not believe the device difference had anything to do with the quality of my experience.

Now, with these things said, I could not use this product due to the intense discomfort it caused me.

I am an intense computer user; on a typical day, I can spend upwards of 8 hours on a computer. Some weeks ago, I became concerned about the long-term effect that such usage would have on my wrists (ie. Carpal tunnel) because I was not using any kind of support pads. I had never experienced any kind of wrist pain while using my computer, but even so I wanted to be sure that I wasn't setting myself up for possible problems in the future. I did some research and determined that a memory foam wrist rest was the way to go. I found this mouse pad in Target and, after reading the reviews on Amazon Mobile, I decided to give it a shot.

I immediately felt the difference when I began using this mouse pad. As the other reviews have noted, the wrist cushion is a firm kind of memory foam, so your wrist will be supported on top of it and will sink very little into it. The pad provided great support for my wrist and kept my hand in a neutral 90-degree angle position. However, after only a few hours of use, I started suffering some discomfort. I had figured that there would be some discomfort in the transition from using no mouse pad at all to one with a firm wrist rest, so I continued use because I wanted my wrist to adjust.

After about a week of me using the mouse pad, the wrist pain only got worse. I tried adjusting my wrist position several times in order to reduce the pressure, and this helped a little bit each time, but over time the pain just kept getting worse. Toward the end of my time using the mouse pad, it felt like a slab of concrete was applying pressure up into my wrist. Worse, the feelings of pressure persisted for hours after stepping away from my computer for the day, to the extent that my wrist was still in pain when I woke up the following morning. In the final days of use, I began to feel a creeping cold sensation that began in my wrist and traveled up into my fingertips. This made me extremely concerned and I quickly abandoned use of the mouse pad out of concern that it was restricting blood flow in my wrist or applying pressure to the nerves--which, ironically, is a factor in the causation of carpal tunnel syndrome and was part of the impetus for my buying the mouse pad in the first place.

I haven't used the mouse pad in a few weeks and my wrist pain is now gone, though it did persist for several days after discontinuing use. Bottom line: I'm not telling you NOT to buy this mouse pad, but if you do choose to, pay attention to how it feels on and affects your wrist. If you start experiencing what I did, you should probably stop using it like I did.

This is my second Memory foam mouse mat. The first one I bought was for home use and its really comfortable using it with my Logitech MX518 for Gaming and Web browsing. The rubber sole of the pad is slip resistant and the fabric on the top layer is very smooth. The memory foam feels good when using the mouse for long hours. I like using the mouse pad pad at home so I decided to buy a second one for office use. I mainly draft in AutoCAD and using the mouse pad everyday helps me do my drafting with ease. I recommend this mouse pad for home and office use, gaming or drafting etc. Your wrist will thank you later.

The bottom of the mouse pad has some stickiness to it. Please use with caution.

Update #1 - I contacted the maker of this product and I would like to say they have great customer service. Would buy another one of their products.

I dont have arthritis, however my wrist was starting to hurt a little from much mouse use. I give this product an A+!

Great mousepad! I bought it specifically for the wrist rest and it works out well. Large surface, very comfortable to use. It is also extremely grippy and could not get it to slide around if I tried. Great price as well.

I have a bit of tendinitis and this mouse pad is very comfortable. I bought it for use at work. It's great. My wrist isn't sore anymore.

It isn't Bad or Great. It is decent. It gets the job done.