SteelSeries S&S Mousepad Review

[Capper]

For casual gamers living in the US, SteelSeries isn't the first name that comes to mind when talking about gaming peripherals. They enjoy more widespread recognition among the professional gaming crowd, and if they keep expanding their product selection, they could become a household name.

"SteelSeries is all about gaming. Our mission is to create performance enhancing gaming gear, created for and by leading professional gamers. We continuously strive to better ourselves, and work with leading professional gamers from 3 different continents to create our products.
Our staff is distributed throughout the world, working from offices in Europe, North America and Asia.
The SteelSeries headquarters are located in Europe (Copenhagen, Denmark), and host the primary office facilities for the company. The headquarters handle all planning, production and partner coordination.
For logistical reasons we also have sales offices in Asia (Taipei, Taiwan) and USA (Los Angeles, California). From Taipei we can each the entire Asian market, as well as New Zealand and Australia. From Los Angeles we can reach North America, Canada and South America. All manufacturing is done by sub-suppliers from Europe and Asia, and then delivered to one of our warehouses for final processing".


Two months ago, we reviewed the SteelSeries SteelPad QcK+ and dug the size and smooth surface, but found some disadvantages to using a cloth based bad. With a mouse pad seemingly for every type of gamer, today we look at the S&S sporting a hard plastic construction and rough surface, a stark contrast to the QcK+. Can it offer the same control as its cloth based brethren, or will this plastic pad feel more like a toy than a serious gaming peripheral?

SteelSeries S&S Mousepad Review

[polobunny]

Top stuff Joe. :) Looks like a neat pad though the price is less than attractive for alot of people. I honestly don't know many so said gamers ready to spend 40 US for a mouse pad. I'd say it's about the size I like however, not too big and not too small either.

I still can't believe you made me do your homework when I went to BC. :(

[Jokerswild]

Wow $40 for a mouse pad !!!!!!!! They can keep that thing. I think anything over $5 for a piece of cloth, plastic or any other material is a total ripoff.

[RangerXLT8]

Eh 40 dollars seems like alot for a cloth mousepad.......

I ahve an Ulti-MAt, steel coated with teflon, and a super nonstick base....

To prove how well 40 bucks was spent on my ultimat: I was leaving a lan party that was a 4 mile drive from my house. When I packed everything into the backseat of my truck, I left the mousepad on the roof of the truck. Then drove home 4 miles, pulled into the garage got out and the first thing I saw was the mousepad, that sucker did not move one bit!!!!!

[Tyreal]

Eh? It's not cloth it's plastic. I wouldn't spend 40 dollars on it either but I must admit, it's extremely nice and perfect for people who like thin pads.

[gvblake22]

Thanks for the review Tyreal! :wavey:

Originally Posted by RangerXLT8

Eh 40 dollars seems like alot for a cloth mousepad.......

I ahve an Ulti-MAt, steel coated with teflon, and a super nonstick base....

To prove how well 40 bucks was spent on my ultimat: I was leaving a lan party that was a 4 mile drive from my house. When I packed everything into the backseat of my truck, I left the mousepad on the roof of the truck. Then drove home 4 miles, pulled into the garage got out and the first thing I saw was the mousepad, that sucker did not move one bit!!!!!

HAHA, great story!

[One4yu2c]

Muchas gracias, Ty!

[Capper]

Grazie Ty......

[Jokerswild]

Originally Posted by One4yu2c

Muchas gracias, Ty!

Ty won't understand that he's not Mexican, he's Canadian.

[Jokerswild]

Originally Posted by Capper

Grazie Ty......

Wow do you guy's know something about Ty that I don't ????????