Improve Your Gaming Experience:
Gaming Mouse Pads and Accessories from Func, Steelpad, and IceMat
Steelpad Mouse Pad Descriptions:
Steelpad first established their name with the Steelpad
4S aluminum pad. Since then, they have also added mouse pads
to their lineup made of different materials. They have a dual-sided
hard plastic pad, the Steelpad
4D. Further bolstering their lineup are the S&S and QcK+.
Steelpad's S&S is a single sided pad made of a single piece
of hard rigid black plastic material. The top surface of the S&S
features a rough texture. The corners of the pad are rounded and
the bottom edge has a slight concave curve.

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The bottom side of the S&S is initially protected with a sheet
of thin brown paper. Peeling off this paper reveals a very smooth,
mirror shine surface that is sporadically covered with dabs and
drops of a rubbery tacky compound.

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S&S comes with a luxurious nylon carrying sleeve. The sleeve
is well padded and has a very smooth inner lining. The back of the
sleeve has a generously sized zippered compartment. The compartment
is big enough to fit any mouse as well as various other accessories.

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Dubbed the "limousine of cloth mouse pads", the Steelpad
QcK+ is indeed a cloth mouse pad. The top surface of the QcK+ is
made of a black cloth treated with a smooth finish. This surface
is uniformly smooth to the touch. It is mounted atop a tacky and
very flexible rubber base.

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Measuring an astounding 17.7" x 15.7", QcK+ is the biggest
pad in this roundup, bigger than even the Func F-Series' large size
pad. Granted not everyone can utilize this much mouse pad space;
therefore, Steelpad also offers the cloth pad in more reasonable
sizes (the 12.6 x 11.2" QcK and the 9.8" x 8.3" QcK
mini).

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IceMat Mouse Pad Description:
Whereas Steelpad features pads made out of steel, plastic, and
cloth; its sibling company IceMat features an exotic line of mouse
pads made of glass! Since the release of the original IceMat
glass pad, IceMat has released a 2nd edition of the pad.
While the fundamental design is still the same, IceMat's 2nd Edition
features a larger surface at 10" x 12". The top surface
has a very smooth texture with a diffused look. In addition to the
larger size, the IceMat 2nd Edition is also available in eight different
colors.

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The unit featured in this review is red and as so, the top under
layer (not the surface) of the pad has a dark red (almost burgundy)
color. The bottom of the pad is black and features 6 small rubber
dome feet.

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