A Mouse Pad That’s More Expensive Than the Mouse!——Only After Reading This Did I Realize How Poor I Was
A Mouse Pad That’s More Expensive Than the Mouse!
——Only After Reading This Did I Realize How Poor I Was
In a twinkling of an eye, the computer has been popular for more than 20 years, become people familiar with the standard life. Along with computers, many computer peripherals have also become a part of life, such as mice, keyboards, and speakers.
But there is one computer peripheral product, although indispensable, but many people may never notice, that is the mouse pad.
You may be dismissive that the mouse pad is nothing to notice. Indeed, a lot of people may never pay attention for the mouse pad, you now use, it is likely to buy a computer to buy a mobile phone gift, or may print a business advertising.
But if there are very high requirements for the quality of life, or professional needs (such as games), then the mouse pad is very important, depending on the brand and price. A top mouse pad, perhaps more expensive than a brand mouse.
The Mouse Pad Is Not Born with the Mouse
Mouse pad, as the name suggests, is the pad under the mouse, so that the mouse better. If you use professional language, the surface of glass and other special materials exist reflection and refraction, will affect the positioning of the mouse photosensor.
The mouse pad can provide a convenient for the mouse photoreceptor system to calculate the moving vector plane, to ensure the accurate positioning of the mouse. In addition, the mouse pad can also effectively reduce the wear and tear at the bottom of the mouse pad.
As we all know, the earliest input control peripheral of the computer is the keyboard, if it is an early old user, there may be the memory of the keyboard era. Later, the mouse was born, people began to rely on the keyboard and the mouse to walk the world.
And as the application changes, the role of the mouse gradually exceeds the keyboard.It should be noted that the mouse pad is not born with the mouse. The earliest mouse is no mouse pad, completely rely on the bottom of the track ball to control the cursor activity.
So there was no mouse pad at that time, in fact, really does not affect the operation. Many early computer users were curious about the rolling mouse and then studied the ball inside. Until the 1990s, although the photoelectric mouse has been out for more than ten years.
But far from popular, so the domestic is still mainly mechanical mouse, dismantling the mouse is the common memory of many people.
What really makes the mouse pad appear is the advent of the photoelectric mouse. In the early 1980s, the first generation of photoelectric mice appeared, and although more accurate, but must be equipped with a photoelectric mouse pad with a small barrier.
Because of the high cost, the photoelectric mouse is used as narrow for a long time.But anyway, it was Bob Mike Delman and his Moustrak company that made mouse pads a global product. He was friends with Jobs and got an early Apple prototype.
But in use, the mouse requires a high desktop texture. After experimenting with different tables, books and newspapers, Bob Mike Delman had the idea that he needed a mat to carry around to keep the mouse steady.
Bob Mike Delman began to experiment with making a mouse pad, which was made of polyester, which is highly flexible and can be printed on it. He was business-minded, running mouse pad ads in magazines, and using the selling points of the mouse pad surface.
Apple decided to distribute a batch of mouse pads with the Apple logo to computer dealers across the country. Since then, big companies such as Disney, Paramount and Lucas have seen the publicity of the mouse pad and began commissioning Mike Delman’s company.
Star Wars-themed mouse pads (from Amazon sellers) commissioned by Paramount
Mike Delman did much research on the material of the mouse pad. The original material caused damage to the table, so it also spent thousands of dollars repairing the tables for a mouse pad.
But Michael Delman seems to have forgotten to patent the mouse pad, to the point that competitors are growing. Of course, his choice was somewhat idealistic, which he himself has said was entirely influenced by the Silicone Valley culture of the’80s.
Emphasizing pure creativity and feeling particularly awkward about the scenario where lawyers and accountants are involved in the creative process.
However, Michael Delman’s excessive emphasis on quality business ideas, also let the company gradually lose competitiveness. When the mouse pad became popular, China found a way to make it at a low price and quickly opened up the market with the advantage of the world’s factories.
Some people call the mouse pad “the’90s mobile phone case”, and think that the popularity of low quality mouse pad is very similar to the popularity of low quality mobile phone cases.
In 1999, Agilent released the IntelliEye photoelectric engine, and the photoelectric mouse finally abandoned the dedicated small barrier mouse pad. After about 2002, photoelectric mouse began to popularize in China.
The choice of mouse pad is also more, become our necessary computer peripherals.
The Game Drives the Mouse Pad to Upgrade
Computer users ask for a mouse pad when they start playing games. This is also very much in line with the law of computer development, a lot of software and hardware development process, are closely related to the needs of games.
In 2001, because of the popularity of CS, many people began to demand the mouse and mouse pads. At that time, the price of the mouse pad, according to the purchasing power at that time, almost equivalent to thousands of yuan now.
For now, the mouse pad is roughly divided into six materials: traditional cloth, special cloth surface, synthetic resin, glass, metal, and coating materials.
Most people use the mouse pad is cloth, this kind of mouse pad surface friction is larger, easy to move and locate, coupled with the low price, high softness, easy to carry, and wear resistance, long service life, so the largest sales. The so-called special cloth surface, in fact, is added with a coating.
The ordinary cloth surface is made of very fine cloth attached to a piece of rubber, and the back uses natural rubber to contact with the desktop, to play an anti-skid effect.
As for the ones more likely to match the photoelectric mouse are the glass mouse pad and the metal mouse pad, which are most common in aluminum. Their surface has a special texture, increases the sensitivity of light reflection, feel better.
The best for playing games, and convenient cleaning. Moreover, because of the material relationship, their level of appearance is generally higher. However, such materials can increase the mouse wear. These two products are the highest end in the early mouse pad, but because the price is higher,
Carrying is not convenient, not wear resistance, so the market is very narrow, domestic manufacturers are very few, especially glass pad because of fragile, carry zero, almost disappeared. Whether it is the metal pad produced by a few domestic manufacturers.
Or the more expensive imported metal or glass pad, it is the choice of professional players or mouse pad enthusiasts. In addition, these two products have a smooth surface and a material relationship, so they are not very suitable for people with sweaty hands, because once the surface is wet, it is easy to slip.
Silicone mouse pad is also a good choice, it’s made of silicone material. This material is resistant to high and low temperature, both electrical insulation, oxidation stability, corrosion resistance, non-toxic and tasteless characteristics. And for people afraid of the word “radiation”.
The silicone mouse pad can also play a psychological comfort role, because it has a certain ability to absorb radiation. Moreover, because it is easy to clean, long service life, and exclusive to photoelectric mouse, silicone pad is a high-grade choice than cloth products.
But for gamers, low-grade cloth is not the best choice, and higher-level silicone, glass and metal materials are also not the best choice. Because real-time games emphasize mouse speed and small range accuracy, the mouse pad can neither be too slippery nor too raw.
So, in previous years, the plastic mouse pad was the best choice. And the biggest advantage of the plastic mouse pad is easy to clean. Of course, the disadvantages are also very obvious, because of the material problem, it is very not wear-resistant.
As a result, it is more suitable for a small range of accurate instant games, and will be less durable if the mouse is moved greatly and frequently. In recent years, cloth pads have become the mainstream choice of e-sports players because of the use of new materials and technological progress.
The Mouse Pad Is Not a Simple Mat
For professional players, the mouse pad is no gadget. First of all, a professional player must be equipped with the top performance of the mouse, but the top performance of the mouse actually quality and use of the feeling are similar, so different performance of the mouse pad.
But became the key to control, also become the key to customization. In e-sports competitions, it is already normal for players to compete with private mouse pads.
Every professional player will tell you, no matter how high-end mouse, without a good mouse pad, you also don’t want to get good grades.
The CS, for example, began to make many players become peripherals enthusiasts, and also created the early two big high-end mouse ——, Microsoft IE 3.0 and Logitech MX 500.
But if these two mice do not have a good mouse pad, there is little use. It was also in that period that the Surface1030 mouse pad was born, which became the first mouse pad in history.
Professional players choose the mouse pad, the most basic principle is to vary from game to game. If you require handling and frequent micromanipulation, then a rough mouse pad is the best choice. If you need to feel smooth, then the smooth mouse pad is even better.
Of course, the personal feel is also very important.Surface1030 Mouse pad, nearly 300 yuan a piece.Someone has concluded that if professionals choose a mouse pad, there are several important considerations:
One is the start, refers to the rapid acceleration performance of the mouse on the mouse pad. It needs to overcome the static friction between the mouse pad and the mouse pad, and then turn to the dynamic friction state.
This has a great relationship with the surface material of the mouse pad, some of the mouse pad, and some of the static friction.
The second is the fluency, the higher the fluency, the smoother the mouse pad. But too much smoothness can also affect the handling. According to the analysis, the smooth woven cloth pad is the weakest in the smoothness.
Three is the braking, and the start relative, with the car to describe, is to start fast, the brake should also be stable and ruthless. If it’s a game that emphasizes micromanipulation, such as various real-time strategy games, then braking is so important, it’s about stability.
Low-Key and Prosperous Mouse Pad Industry
Unlike many people imagine, the brand of mouse pad is not single, but very much. Of course, most people don’t know about it.
More mainstream brands are Ceri. In addition, Zhuo Wei’s GSR, Kingston’s Nemesis, Ice Leopard’s taito, heavy beetle control and Rum Tuo H1X are also products with good reputation among players.
Of course, the price of these products is not cheap, the cheapest is also 30 or 50 yuan a piece. Take DEX, which has already been removed from the shelves, the price is about 200 yuan, which is said to be very suitable for playing CS.
The manufacturer of mouse pads is certainly not specialized in mouse pads, but engaged in computer peripherals, or mainly in game equipment. Serie is a typical example. This Danish brand, founded in 2001, has been committed to game equipment, creating the first real game headset.
The first game mechanical keyboard, the first game mouse supporting onboard storage, and the first game mouse pad —— for esports players, which is the god iCEMAT.
Launched in 2001, iCEMAT is the world’s first esports game mouse pad, and also the first mouse pad product. This is a glass cushion, the surface has been acid erosion, provides good friction, very durable.
The biggest feature of Serui is its bold attempt in material. After iCEMAT, its SteelPad mouse pad is made of steel. In the following years, I tried different materials such as aluminum alloy, plastic, resin, cloth and multilayer materials.
The most popular and the cheapest cloth mat, racing Rui has also made beyond the overall performance of the market level, such as the 5L launched in 2005 is known as the “king of cloth mat”.The most famous mouse pad QCK, overseas official website price of about 105 yuan.
Born in 2004, QCK mouse pad is one of the most famous products, and also a masterpiece in the history of mouse pad. It was originally considered a lackluster performance, but it has been widely praised because of its durability, portability, and particularly balanced performance.
The micro fabric texture on its surface can effectively optimize the tracking performance of the sensor and increase the stability, so it has become the mouse pad frequently displayed in major games, ranking the first among professional players for a long time.
But in that year, cerie’s most dazzling product was actually the S & S, designed for CS players, a single-sided resin mouse pad that became a fixed mouse pad for multiple professional teams. That year selling price 300 yuan, although small but excellent reputation.
In 2007, We launched the SP resin mouse pad, compared to the S & S, the change is the use of translucent material and large particle surface, not only the appearance level is high, but also extremely excellent smooth experience.
Also that year, We also launched the SX metal mouse pad, made of aluminum material, is also the metal pad, is the best metal pad in the mind of many players.
By 2010, the QCK series had occupied only half of the gaming mouse pad market. In 2014, the DEX mentioned above was launched, using three-dimensional weaving technology, which can not only easily roll up and receive, but also feel extremely excellent.
As of 2018, the sales of the mouse pad exceeded 10 million, becoming the oldest professional esports mouse pad brand. Its products, the price drops to 70 or 80 yuan a piece of also have,
But the mainstream product is certainly in three digits above, with 200 or 300 yuan for the best cost performance.Serui QCK Prism-XL mouse pad, the overseas official website price is about 420 yuan (from serui official website)
If it is the product purchased today, QCK Prism is a high-end product, known as the Hermes in the mouse cushion. Especially the Qck Prism-XL, in order to facilitate the player’s intense operation, so the volume is larger. Its base is made of non-skid rubber, and 360-degree LED atmosphere lamp.
Can achieve gradient, the front material is hard polymer, feel delicate. It can be directly connected to the USB interface of the computer, and can also design the colors of different areas of the atmosphere light according to their preferences, into a unique exclusive mouse pad.
Swedish QPAD, which belongs to a Nordic brand with Seri, has always been a luxury brand in the field of mouse pad. It is best known for the discontinued CT series and the CD series on sale today.
In addition to the dazzling appearance and fine workmanship, the CT series is most famous for the Hybratek formula coating on the surface, which provides an excellent balance between the softness of the ordinary cloth pad and the toughness of the resin pad.
Moreover, because this coating is produced in Sweden, it must comply with Sweden’s extremely strict environmental regulations, so each coating pad must be limited to the application and production, it is difficult to think not expensive.
Of course, QPAD’s CT series can become a “luxury cushion”, but also inseparable from its design. Its surface pattern with the material, known as the mouse pad industry “painter”, so that the mouse pad became a collection. In addition, QPAD has also cooperated with various game companies.
Teams and game forums, obtained legal authorization, launched a large number of customized mouse pads, some of the mouse pad circulation even only single digits, rare is expensive, the price is also rising. Just ordinary items cost hundreds of yuan, let alone limited edition.
At present, the most popular QPAD product on the market is the CD35 entry product of more than 100 yuan, which is extremely slippery, but the nylon fabric without edge also makes some players question it.
QPAD CD35 Mouse-mounted pad.Also derived from Sweden is CSGO xtrfy nip mouse pad. xtrfy is actually a brand of computers and mobile devices. There are not many mouse pad products, but this product is the choice of many professional players.
Xtrfy has claimed that the mouse pad can be washed in a washing machine, as for the price of more than 300 yuan, only professional players will choose. It is worth mentioning that it once had a pajamas ninja version of the mouse pad, super soft coating pad is very class, more than 200 yuan a.
Then is the sword craftsman wind B FX version, about 400 yuan, high durability.
There are also some relatively civilian brands that are also suitable for competition.
For example, Razer’s heavy beetle is known as a civilian artifact, and the price of 60 or 70 yuan is completely acceptable. Using carbon resin material of radium GTS, more cost-effective, but because the area is small.
It is not suitable for playing the mouse needs a large range of mobile games, the price of 20 or 30 yuan who can afford.
In addition, CHERRY, which originated in Germany and is famous for its mechanical keyboard, Logitech, which leads the world in mouse production, Xiaomi.
Which develops everything, and ZOWIE, a professional e-sports equipment manufacturer based in the United States, all produce a lot of mouse pads, including some mainstream products.
A little niche brand, there are Spanish ozone, the mainstream ground level with vertical grain design, close to 200 yuan a.
Mouse Pads Are Good for Billboards
As noted above, mouse pad inventor Bob Mike Delman is extremely business-minded, and major companies such as Apple, Disney, Paramount and Lucas have all commissioned it to produce promotional mouse pads with corporate trademarks.
It can be seen as early as the 1980s, the mouse pad has become the stage of enterprise propaganda.With the spread of computers to thousands of households and every unit in China, there are more and more such mouse pads for promotion.
Buying a mouse pad is not new to a citizen.Compared with other forms of promotion, the advantages of the mouse pad are very obvious. Flyers are cheap, but less efficient, which most people throw away, and TV, radio and newspaper ads are too expensive for small businesses.
The cost of the mouse pad is not high, but the publicity effect is very good, after all, the use of the mouse pad is long, the utilization rate is very high, the enterprise on the mouse pad printed publicity materials or enterprise logo, can bring great exposure.
However, from the perspective of reality, most enterprises to promote the mouse pad work is very rough, the choice is also the cheapest material. This mouse pad can meet the general home and office needs, but not of any quality.
If it is a big company, it can design mouse pads according to its own products. For example,technology companies can use high-tech materials, tire companies can choose natural rubber pads.
Food companies can choose tasteless green mouse pads for environmentally friendly products, and so on. Many companies in the industry have done custom mouse pad, word of mouth is also good, such as hard disk industry big brother western data and board card manufacturers micro star, have a good reputation of the mouse pad.
For ordinary computer users actually, this kind of propaganda can meet the need with the mouse pad completely, even if want to buy a new mouse pad, the product of more than ten yuan also can meet the need. The only thing to note is not to choose the cheap mouse pad that smells strongly bad.
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