X Trac PRO HS Optical Mouse Pad

  The fine people at XtracPads.com sent me an X Trac Pro HS optical mouse pad to try out. I always thought that a mouse pad was . . .well, a mouse pad. The X Trac Pro HS arrived in a Priority mailing box and wrapped with a sheet of bubble wrap. Well packaged to prevent shipping damages. The pad looked like an oversized mouse pad with a black and white honeycomb design. The surface of the X Trac Pro HS is hard and very lightly textured. The black and white design prevents mouse cursor jitter. The pad measures 93.5 square inches (8.5" x 11"), plenty of gaming room.

 The bottom side of the pad is made with Sure Grip™ rubber backing. Highly textured for a non slip grip, a must for heavy mouse movements while gaming. I have owned several different cloth covered mouse pads and none of them come close to the quality of the Sure Grip™ rubber backing. Below is a close up of the X Trac Pro HS rubber backing.

 Installation was a breeze ! No wires, no thermal compound and no screws ! Just toss the old mouse pad in the trash and place the X Trac Pro HS on the desk.

 Once the X Trac Pro HS was successfully installed, I fired up UT2K3 for a short round of CTF. Talk about smooth ! Mouse movements seemed to be crisp and precise. The larger surface area is a nice upgrade over the old pad. After several days of use, the X Trac Pro HS has proven to be  a big improvement over the old cloth mouse pad. If it gets dirty, simply wash it off with a wet cloth or window cleaner spray.  A list of vendors is available at XtracPads.com .  I give the X Trac Pro HS a solid 9 on a scale of 1 to 10.

Price: $12.95 + shipping

Dimensions: 8.5" x 11" x 1/8"

Pros:

Easy to install :D

Big surface area

Cons:

None that I can think of.

Many thanks goes out to the guys at Xtraxpads for making this review possible.