After using a cheap mouse mat for a year, never put water or hot tea cup on it. What materials should I avoid not to have this again? (took me more than 1hr to clean up the mess)
After using a cheap mouse mat for a year, never put water or hot tea cup on it. What materials should I avoid not to have this again? (took me more than 1hr to clean up the mess)
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Jesus christ where did you buy this, i had 1$ mouse pads that still exist in my shed haha
I only had that happen with really old free mouse pads (In the 90s). The rubberized bottom part becomes more and more adherent to the surface as they age (The ingredients keeping them intact either vaporize or become less and less effective over the product lifespan. Either a bad or low quality mix).
Any quality mouse pad shouldn’t do this.
Silly
I also have a cheap mouse pad, never done this
Was yours 10 years old or something
I have no idea what happened here. I’ve had that same mousepad for about 3 years now and no problems so far.
I hope buying a slightly more expensive one will solve your problem. I bought my razer goliathus for like €15 and it’s been serving me for over 10 years or so, still works great.
i have 9$ mouse mat that is like 2 years old (maybe more), i spilled pretty much everything on it, coffee, beer, gfuel, soft drinks, vodka, milk, vape juice etc. and its rubber bottom didn’t change at all, although my friend’s similar mousepad’s rubber basically disintegrated because his hands sweat too much and he keeps ashtray on it/next to it very often
Probably had a bunch of sticky nasty stuff on the desk and glued your mousepad to it. Then you left it there for a long period of time and it fused together.
I have had mouse mats that cost 8 bucks and I have run through the washing machine and dryer and it was fine.
I’ve been using a magic the gathering playmat as my desk mat for a couple years now, (relatively) easy to find, fits perfectly on my small desk, high quality and thousands of prints
I have basically the same mouse pad, and have put hot stuff on it. You had to put the freshly hot tea pot on that to mess it up that bad. I’ve even run it under steaming hot water to clean it with no issues. This doesn’t seem an issue with the mouse pad, you had to have it at least above 150 degrees to do that.
wat
looks like my cheap ass desk, the fake wood layer wears off really easy and it probably is reacting with the mouse pad materials
source: same problem
Is your desk in direct sunlight?
Try the LTT desk pad. Lttstore.com
This is the mouse pad I’ve used over and over again, for years. The only reason I keep buying new ones is because I lose it during a move, give it away, or somehow acquire a second desk.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001WXTAK
It’s the Kensington L56001C.
Ay yo das my mouse mat too!
Wtf im pretty sure almost any mousepad that doesnt have that cheap 90’s rubber won’t do that nowadays. Like jesus christ what kinda material was on yours 💀
Only 1 year ? Damn. I have the same mousepad going on 5 years now and it’s still in great condition.
I think someone else spilled stuff on it if you didn’t. Or it got slowly melted by the sun
I have a Roccat (fairly well known gaming brand in Germany) Kanga and the almost exactly same thing happened to it
Has the exact same mat did exactly the same thing and took just as long to clean it all up. Never again.
I have this same issue with a rainbow six siege pad
If you get a hard plastic one it won’t do that. Smooth as butter for using your mouse too.
I have to same mat. I’ve put hot stuff on it no problem the heat softens the finish on the wood and glued it down. blame your cheap desk not the cheap mat
I had that exact mouse pad and had no issues after spilling everything under the sun on it. So I don’t know what you did to have that happen…
I just bought a 10$ mouse pad from AliExpress
Size 1000×500
My old pad 900×400 i had it for 9years and it still looks as new
The pads from Ikea are actually pretty good for the price
Hold up!
Are you the guy with the chair???!
I have that mousepad at work. Definitely throwing it out now 😅
Cordura mouse pads, all you need.
Idk how people feel about Linus anymore in this sub, but his LTT mouse pad is fairly affordable and pretty premium feeling in it’s materials used. Not to mention you can get it sized in whatever demensions you want so long as it’s a multiple of 100mm
What the F are these photos? Is the last one of your fun time rags?
Where in the ali express did you buy this thing lol !
I have hyperX one that was like 10€ and it looks like brand new still lol
What cheap means to you? 0.20€ aliexpress ones?
Don’t buy the cheapest mousepad you can find.
I buy one every year or two and nothing every looks like that.
Just lift and clean under it every month. Done.
Bro get a coaster
Ltt store
Get a fabric one.
Don’t buy cheap mouse pads.
I have had 2 cheap ones from Amazon that did this after 2 years of use. I then got a proper, expensive one which I still use, almost 5 years later and it’s in perfect condition.
Question for anyone that’s a mouse mat savant, is it alright if I wash my Corsair mouse mat in a washing machine? On cold seems to hold up fine.
i had the same same crappy mouse pad.
and had the same issue.
Just buy a different one. That product is cursed.
Pro tip: use a razor blade scraper and a lighter to warm the razor. It will warm the glue as you scrape it off and come up no problem. Afterwards do a wipe down with either isopropyl alcohol or Clorox wipe.
I have a northern lights LTT one and it’s held up great still looks new after heavy use