Razer Vespula Dual-Sided Mouse Mat

Technically, this isn't a "mouse pad" at all, it's a "mousing surface." It's a HARD SURFACE, not a soft one. Traditional "mouse pads" are fabric-covered neoprene, but this is an entirely different thing. I've had mine for quite a while now. I'm very, very happy with it. I think I'd have a hard time going back to anything else, in fact. The device is symmetrical, on either side. The differences are in the "grain size" of the texture on the sides. One side has a larger grain (better for fast motion, supposedly) while the other side has a smaller grain (better for precision). However, with a GOOD mouse... say, like any of the higher-end Logitech devices out for the past several years... (MX mouse, performance mouse, etc)... they are fast and accurate enough that it really makes no difference, from that standpoint, which side you use. Both will work just fine. So, the real difference is in the "feel" of the surface. The rougher surface provides greater friction, and the smoother one provides less friction. I prefer the smoother side, personally. Now, realize that this is a plastic "panel" you're mousing on. It's nice, and quite "tough" but it can be scratched or otherwise damaged. If you allow junk... granules of solid "junk" and so forth... to get between the mouse underside and the mousing surface, you'll eventually scratch up your mouse underside and the top side of this. It's still up to the end-user to keep their working environment "workable" and that means keeping this thing CLEAN (and the underside of your mouse clean, too!) and not dumping cracker crumbs and the like all over the pad surface while using it! It's tougher to screw this up than an old fabric-on-neoprene pad would be... but it's not impossible, and you need to be careful! The one area on this which I initially had a complaint was with the "silkscreen" printing on the wrist rest. It was actually a bit uncomfortable to me, as my wrist was always rubbing over it. Of course, that meant that it also ended up wearing, and then flaking off, and now it's completely gone. (I scrubbed it off the rest of way once I realized it was flaking away on its own!). Putting this silk-screen material on the wrist rest pad was just DUMB. But with it removed, the wrist rest is very comfortable. I am getting ready to move into a new office, and I think I may try to get one of these for work, as it makes my home use so much more pleasant. I'll just have to explain why I want a supposed "gaming accessory" for a "working environment" I suppose. :)