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Daaaaaaaaaaang that sucks!!!I miss my Ratpadz XT. I lost it in a move about 10 years ago.
https://hardforum.com/threads/a-h-ard-surface-mouse-pad.2003737/page-2#post-1045482895Throwing my hat in the ring for another ratpad. I had 2 back in the day, and bought one for a family member as well. I have to live with the Logitech G440 as the only reasonably available hard surface, which is meh.
I have the all-black XT, the thing is a tank. I can't detect any wear on the surface at all.I loved my XT but I must've been a caveman gamer, I wore it down hard, almost smooth where the death adder feet laid. I'll have to check the attic, probably still have it.
Edit:
I guess on further reading the OG with flames was nigh was indestructible, but the later all-black model wasn't as tough, which is what I kept going through lol
Weird! I mean I'm glad for you but I went through 2 or 3 while playing FPS a ton. I don't know if razer was using ptfe or what, but that's what I was using. I wrist pivoted then though too so I was only using maybe a third to half of the surface horizontally. I would get two wide sections that would get smoother and less slidy' where the mice feet hit...I have the all-black XT, the thing is a tank. I can't detect any wear on the surface at all.
This sounds more like the GS rather than the XT. I have two XTs, one of which I haven't used in years and the other I've been using for years and it still works and looks like new. The only thing I've had to do it epoxy some of the feet back on the mousepad. I had some of the GSes as well and they did not last. I would get maybe 6 months of use out of them before they showed a lot of wear and had to be replaced. Luckily Kyle abandoned the GS and went with a better material for the XT.Weird! I mean I'm glad for you but I went through 2 or 3 while playing FPS a ton. I don't know if razer was using ptfe or what, but that's what I was using. I wrist pivoted then though too so I was only using maybe a third to half of the surface horizontally. I would get two wide sections that would get smoother and less slidy' where the mice feet hit...
Yeah, most of the feet fell off mine as well. I think Kyle even sent me a set of new feet for free a long time ago but I'm not sure what happened to them.This sounds more like the GS rather than the XT. I have two XTs, one of which I haven't used in years and the other I've been using for years and it still works and looks like new. The only thing I've had to do it epoxy some of the feet back on the mousepad. I had some of the GSes as well and they did not last. I would get maybe 6 months of use out of them before they showed a lot of wear and had to be replaced. Luckily Kyle abandoned the GS and went with a better material for the XT.
I had both and the GS wore out for me as well. The XT is still my daily driver! The GS lives on the workbench with the top deck for troubleshooting, doesn't seem to bother the ancient Logitech optical mouse.Oh yeah it probably was the GS then, darn
Edit: yep, GS. No wonder I went through them. I recognized the print on the top right from pics.
You might try a WTB thread and see, but I plan on being buried with mine...... Just had a LAN party with the kids and my oldest hates it! Little bit of furniture polish and it is slick as all get out! He's so used to draggy cloth.....Anybody got an XT in decent condition for $100?
Ugh, what the fuck?! Maaaaan I said goodbye to cloth mousepads in the 2000s, and never looked back. It's so weird that the young'uns are into them now. What was old is new again... unfortunately....my oldest hates it! ...He's so used to draggy cloth.....
Hahahahaha, same!...I plan on being buried with mine...
My old account is dead and gone, but I had to re-register to plug my 2 Ratpadz XT's, LOL. I looked back and had ordered them on 1/7/2008 and they've been in use pretty much non-stop since. I don't think I've lost any noticeable surface area on mine after 15 years of pretty heavy use. It's nuts. Like others have said, mine slightly "cupped" up over time, but even at that... I can't imagine saying yes to an offer of $100 for mine. Where else can you find something like this that's taken tens of thousands of hours of abuse and shows no signs of stopping?
Crazy.
Be like the end scene in AI, all that is left of the humans are these seemingly indestructible mouse pads. And then that species takes the ratpadz to augment their ship armor.I imagine centuries after Earth has faced nuclear annihilation, there will still be some Ratpadz out in the wild.
I've still got my Ratpad XT and haven't looked back since I got it when the XT first came out.Ugh, what the fuck?! Maaaaan I said goodbye to cloth mousepads in the 2000s, and never looked back.
So long as the old track-ball style mouse doesn't make a comeback. If it does.... *shudder*It's so weird that the young'uns are into them now. What was old is new again... unfortunately.
If you ever start running into the issue where you can't re-adhesive the original feet back into place, you can do what I did. I just put some Gorilla Glue hot glue gun glue dots on the four corners and then one more halfway between those. Works like a charm!View attachment 590597
Forgive the sticky goo from the feet that don't stay put. These are mouse pads for puttin' in work, not showcase pieces!
Edit: Ok, maybe they can be both.
Edit Edit: SeymoreGore with a KMFDM reference in the wild, wow.
Hey now, before I had a single machine, I was rocking an optical trackball on the main rig, really helped my wrists!So long as the old track-ball style mouse doesn't make a comeback. If it does.... *shudder*