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Angellord 06-26-2003 01:09 PM

What's the best surface for an optical mouse?
 
I use to have a mouse pad with my old ball mouse, but with the new opti, I found that in FPS games the pad tends to screw up the light, and make my aimer wiggle. So I got rid of the pad, and put it on the wood underneath. Is there any bad side effects to this, and if there is, what mouse pad (texture wise) would you recommend?

WetSpot 06-26-2003 02:29 PM

Nah - I game with my cheapo Pine optical on the desk all the time. Wouldn't worry about it.

manalone 06-26-2003 02:40 PM

IIRC optical mice prefer something with a regular fairly large pattern and as little shine as possible. Hard is good too (hur hur)

I use an ancent old mouse mat with bubbles on it. Works great.

westothemax 06-26-2003 02:41 PM

I'm using my sofa right now, since we don't have a coffee table yet (I'm on a laptop). I used to use my bed. Before that a wooden table. Point is I don't think it matters... except for anything with glass.

Angellord 06-26-2003 04:29 PM

Alright, that's good. I'd hate to think I was damage this precious, 35 dollar thing.

longjohns 06-26-2003 05:59 PM

i bought a big piece of graph paper and had it laminated at kinko's. the mouse really likes that pattern, like manalone was saying.

poof 06-26-2003 07:05 PM

What Manalone said. A broken pattern that doesn't reflect. The arm of my chair, my pant leg, the oak desktop.

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zcwrx 06-26-2003 08:52 PM

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Gotenks 06-26-2003 09:44 PM

I invested 19$ (Yeah I know a bit expensive) for a fUnc pad about 8 months ago, it's still workin great, never skips, and is still the #1 mousepad for most every FPS game. http://www.fUnc.net there's also dkt pads, supermats, and steelpad's which also work well (I've tried all but dkt), but I still prefer my fUnc.

EDIT*

Here's a fUnc
http://www.octools.com/articles/everglide/func.jpg

Here's the Steelpad (Looks small, same size as func's surface)
http://www.fedespil.dk/artikler/stee...ad3s_large.JPG

Here's the dkt pad, slightly bigger than the func/sp by about 2"x2.5"
https://www.everglide.com/images/pro...20Pad55432.jpg

billcollins 06-26-2003 10:01 PM

Ive seen optical mice mess up on printed repetitive (wood) patterns.. like that crappy woodgrain they glue on.

I just use a regular cloth mousepad. It does jitter at certian spots (so does my mousewheel), but i just tap it and it goes away.

I like to use my jeans when I'm using a laptop =P

MacGnG 06-26-2003 10:33 PM

anything flat, clean, smooth, and not white. now im just using a big piec of cardboard, pending a free mouse pad from someone

Gotenks 06-27-2003 12:58 AM

A good make it yourself mousepad is to grab a cheap hardback binder at office depot (or wherever), and just cut one of the folds off, I used that before I spent any serious money.

YourNeverThere 06-28-2003 05:19 AM

im useing the matters of my bed, works great

losfp 06-28-2003 02:39 PM

I've found that any flat non-reflective surface works great. I had a mousepad that had dents in it - the cursor would freak out every time the sensor ran over the dents in the mousepad.

Miserlou 06-28-2003 04:13 PM

I'm currently using my good ol' Max Payne mousepad with my optical explorer mouse. Never had any problems.

spectre 06-28-2003 06:01 PM

I'm using an old math binder. As long as you don't use it on glass, you should be okay.

domokong 06-30-2003 07:08 PM

i heard that a cutting board works great. one of those white ones with the bumpy surface. never tried it though

dolemite175 06-30-2003 07:15 PM

I've heard good things about RatPadz, you might want to take a look at them. http://www.ratpadz.com/

domokong 06-30-2003 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dolemite175
I've heard good things about RatPadz, you might want to take a look at them. http://www.ratpadz.com/
i have one of those.
i'm using the orginial right now. it's quite amazing.
i heard that a new version (ratpadz gt?) is coming out or is out and that it sucks compared with the orginal.

brandon11983 07-01-2003 07:39 AM

Any non reflective surface shold work great. My Cordless Mouseman Optical works on a variety of surfaces. 3M does make a "Precise Mousing Surface" for optical mice that you might wanna check out.

aarchaon 01-08-2004 07:24 PM

I am using a piece of carpet. It works better than you would think. Its not a thick piece because that would cause problems.

viper11885 01-08-2004 09:36 PM

I use a generic mousepad colored black. It works perfectly with my mouse and it has no problems with that kind of surface.

Fremen 01-08-2004 11:26 PM

I tried using it on a GameCube case,
but the pointer skipped all over the place.
Now I use my old black cloth pad.
Isn't that rad?
;)

sailor 01-09-2004 03:10 PM

As long as the surface is non-reflective, and textured--but not *too* textured, it should work fine. I use mine on my desk without a pad and it works without a hitch.

Kllr Wolf 01-09-2004 03:32 PM

A good practicale joke for someone using an optical mouse is to find a red mouse pad. It confuses the mouse and keeps it from working right, if it works at all. It is very funny to do to those who dont know much about computers.


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