XTracPads Pro HS Mouse Pad

by XTracPads

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000F8FMKU
• Item model number: 107-0273
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 2, 2004

Product Description

Maximize the performance of your optical mouse. Great for business professionals and gamers that prefer a comfy mouse pad surface, the XTracPads Pro HS (Hard Surface) measures 8 x 11 and features the same slick and smooth surface found on the Hammer and Zoom, but underneath you'll find a 3/32 thick soft rubber backing. This innovative mouse pad features a hard, fast-gliding, slightly textured surface and a special Sure Grip rubber backing. Each pad is designed with a hexagonal pattern of cells with a random dot pattern inside to minimize cursor fade and jitter.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good pad for a good price, November 8, 2006

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Buddy (Alabama) - See all my reviews

This review is from: XTracPads Pro HS Mouse Pad (Electronics)

This mouse pad is actually a lot better than I expected. It has a smooth, but slightly textured surface for the mouse to glide on, which it does. I'm not sure if the printed graphic pattern actually makes a difference or not, but it definitely looks better than your average pad. The only reasons I didn't give it five stars are because the plastic surface has started to peel off the corner closest to my keyboard (which may actually be the fault of my keyboard, since I usually have the two butted right up against one another), and every now and then I have to adjust the position of the pad (it doesn't slide out of place, but instead you will notice that it moves a few millimeters out of place at a time, and so after a while you will need to re-adjust its position).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great pad for precision movements such as gaming or photo editing, February 15, 2009

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EdP. (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: XTracPads Pro HS Mouse Pad (Electronics)

I have used this mouse for over 4 years now and it has performed phenominally. I do a significant amount of gaming and photo editing with my PC and this pad performs beautifully in both regards. The slightly-textured, yet still-smooth surface offers nice mouse movements with enough feedback to help you control your rate of movement to the pixel level.

The one issue I have had with this pad is that the textured surface is now starting to come off. It is making the mouse feet dirty and causing some grabbing, so the mouse doesn't move as smoothly as it once did. Again, it has been 4 years, so could just be that I have used it longer than the life expectancy of a gaming mouse pad.

If you are using your mouse pad for simple functions like email, internet surfing, etc you probably don't need this one. However, if you are a gamer, like a nice amount of mousing surface (it's about the size of a normal sheet of paper), and prefer a little feedback from your mouse pad, this is a GREAT one to get.

As an additional piece of information, I use the Logitech MX510 mouse. Great compatibility between the two. For those who have been complaining about the "mouse freak-out" problem, you should switch to a different mouse. The pad won't solve your problem there.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Initially great..., January 28, 2009

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Reillan (Tulsa, OK USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: XTracPads Pro HS Mouse Pad (Electronics)

This mouse pad is very smooth, and on the first few uses was a delight to use because of this - it tracked evenly and the mouse flowed over the surface lightly. However, after only a few uses, I began to have major problems because of the smooth surface - the light from the mouse would bounce back in odd directions, causing my pointer to jump around the screen. Returning to my old, course mouse pad corrected the issue.