RAT 7 NON FABRIC Mousepad, Recommend?
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PostPosted: Mon, 23rd Apr 2012 16:35    Post subject: RAT 7 NON FABRIC Mousepad, Recommend?
title say it all really, this fucking mouse is just too finicky for a fabric pad which gets dirty.

hell the latest ballsing up of, the cat walked across it with dirty feet and now i've a deadspot in the middle of the pad, i'm thinking a fabric pad is the mistake, any idea which non fabric ones work best with the RAT 7?

it's the second hardware revision as well so it freaks out and refuses to work if it gets dust in it's eye until it's unplugged and then back in, sick of having to wash the mousepad twice a day to keep it working properly because of tiny imperfections which require a trip through the washing machine and dryer to fix..
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PostPosted: Mon, 23rd Apr 2012 17:10    Post subject:
I also have a rat 7 and was tired of mousepads that gave me issues.
So after a few tries with various mousepads,I found Qpad's Heaton to be quite good.

Plastic covered mousepad that you can wipe clean if you need to. Smile

http://www.corporate.qpad.se/modules/news/article.php?storyid=237


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PostPosted: Mon, 23rd Apr 2012 17:38    Post subject:
and the RAT tracks properly across it? that's kind of why i was avoiding a non fabric one till now, sorry to be so skeptical, but... god damn is the laser in these finicky. Smile

honestly, out of the ones i've tried i liked the XFX Warpad the best except it develops indents where your wrist sits which means even clean it doesn't track properly, the steelseries one i'm using now is awesome for the few seconds it stays clean enough.
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PostPosted: Mon, 23rd Apr 2012 18:18    Post subject:
I have no problems with it in regards of tracking,so I would recommend it without a heartbeat.
You could also try razer scarab or Steelseries 9HD.

As you can see,I tend to prefer hard mousepads. Smile


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PostPosted: Mon, 23rd Apr 2012 21:14    Post subject:
i honestly like fabric ones because of how non fabric ones can be cold as hell first thing in the morning.

as for the other two, no thanks, i'm not about to try a mousepad for this RAT 7 without at least one other person verifying that it works beforehand.

also, is yours the first hardware revision or second? i've noticed the first will put up with things the second won't and vice versa.
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th Apr 2012 04:47    Post subject:
where can you buy these mouse pads in the USA?

i don't really want to pay $26 for international shipping.

qpadusa.com has no add to cart button....
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th Apr 2012 05:06    Post subject:
I don't have a RAT 7 but I really like my fUnc Surface 1030 with my Logitech G9x.


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PostPosted: Tue, 24th Apr 2012 05:09    Post subject:
Frant wrote:
I don't have a RAT 7 but I really like my fUnc Surface 1030 with my Logitech G9x.


got the same pad. bought it like 8 years ago... it's still superb!
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th Apr 2012 20:51    Post subject:
besthijacker wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=qpad&_sacat=See-All-Categories

http://market.esea.net/


neither of those stores carry or even list on their websites the qpad heaton......

as to the other replies, thanks but no thanks!

i will not try any mousepad with this mouse on pure faith, it is BY FAR the most finnicky mouse in all of existence and refuses to even track on above 90% of all mousepads on the market from what i can tell, please recommend nothing you have not personally tried a RAT 7 on!

also, if you add a recommendation, please mention which hardware revision of the RAT 7 you have tried it with, second hardware revision RAT 7 is identifiable by a non-circular shape around the optical laser sensor on the bottom of the mouse.

pictured below is an image of the hardware revision 2 of this mouse, you will notice that it's laser sensor has a sort of cut out filter piece, if the one you are recommending with does not look like this aside from color (obviously, pictured is an albino, identical laser however) you are using a first hardware revision of the RAT.



[edit] with corrected search terms ebay apparently does claim to have them.... however... well.. two things

1. it's ebay, king of rip offs, scams, opened boxes sold as new, fakes, etc, etc.
2. international shipping is required.[/edit]
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th Apr 2012 21:13    Post subject:
Forgot about this thread for a while. Very Happy
I'm using the first revision of RAT 7,had to check even though I was one of the first to buy the mouse. Smile


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PostPosted: Tue, 24th Apr 2012 23:37    Post subject:
proekaan wrote:
Forgot about this thread for a while. Very Happy
I'm using the first revision of RAT 7,had to check even though I was one of the first to buy the mouse. Smile


hmm.... damn, not sure if i should spend the money on the pad then, any idea where to buy one without being assraped for international shipping, though?
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PostPosted: Wed, 25th Apr 2012 01:11    Post subject:
The plastic sheeting ontop of graphics tablets (replaceable btw) is the best mouse surface material that ever existed... period...
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PostPosted: Wed, 25th Apr 2012 01:15    Post subject:
Still using my old Compad Speedpad from 2001 Laughing
It's a German quality product. Remember! 2001! That thing is still rocking and believe me, I gave it a hard time in those 11 years. It's my baby. It was by my side in my competitive E-Sports times. It also came with a can of silicon spray and special mouse stickers you have to put on the nobs on the back of your mouse. You can blow air against the mouse and it really floats from one side to the other when using both.
(Sadly, the company is no more and I hate all those pads that are on the market now. Sad)

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http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/glass-and-steel,review-27167-5.html


There is only one other pad I like and that's the one the Speedpad was competing with (and won imho). And that's the Ratpad. http://www.ratpadz.com/


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PostPosted: Wed, 25th Apr 2012 11:22    Post subject:
well as an update to the thread, i bought it from i think qpad's store, sadly though it's coming from the UK in london or some crap and 5-10 days before it even fucking ships and like $20 for postage.

honestly though, out of the ones i've had, if the XFX warpad didn't develop indents where your wrist sits, it would be by far my favorite, the steelseries Qck comes in a solid second place however, just as good of a pad to use as far as tracking goes but the XFX is just way more comfortable, until it starts killing you, then it had to go.

both track extremely consistently with a RAT 7 revision 2 hardware mouse until the cats walks across them.

i honestly can't really say i'm optimistic about switching to a non fabric pad as my own personal experience is that the RAT mice prefer and track more consistently on fabric pads and refuse to track well at all on hard surface mousepads, but i trust the advice given here and am fed up with the cat's dirty feet preventing me from doing epic scores like:

 Spoiler:
 


yes, that is how consistently the RAT tracks on the steelseries Qck if i launder it every fucking day, 11 to 1 K/D ratio, that match happened after it was 5 minutes fresh from the dryer.
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PostPosted: Wed, 25th Apr 2012 12:24    Post subject:
That score ain't "epic", done far better ones before Laughing


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PostPosted: Wed, 25th Apr 2012 12:33    Post subject:
in apb it's pretty good and besides it was the K/D that was epic not the score. Smile

i can't give all the credit to the mousepad though, i told them a shaw (anti personnel LMG) scout (can run, usually has penalty that makes you walk slow) would be the single most OP thing they've ever added and it is, i can still die to shotgunners though.
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