Finally using a decent mouse-surface

I’ve been using Apple Magic Mouse for some time. I love it. I’ve used loads of optical mice before it. The one thing that annoys me, even with this mouse, is that it’s accuracy depends very much on finding a decent surface.

I tried loads and loads of surfaces. More or less any surface (except transparent) will do for short stints. But for my workstation, my most used have been the cover of a hard back note-book (such as the Black n’ Red Casebound Hardback A4 Book), glossy magazine covers, other cardboard rectangles (e.g. the back of a note pad) taped to the desk. All of these surfaces tend to suffer the following problems:

• They wear out
• They move across the desk unless taped down
• They are abrasive t the mouse – the tracks on my magic mouse are looking a little worn
• They get grubby
• They they turn to mush if coffee is spilled on them
• Eventually the only relationship of the screen pointer to the mouse is that it moved

Now I think I’ve finally found a surface that will not wear down my mouse rails any further, so far yields extremely accurate results and will stand up to a tea spillage. Unfortunately costs a few quid, but that’s better than trying to accommodate a pointer with a mind of it’s own when on a deadline. The Razer Vespula Gaming Mat.