Bilbo T. Baggins

The cat curiosity killed.

39 years old.
25 years of FPS gaming / peripheral collecting.

Email: [email protected]

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Reposting again, since I'm getting some questions for what to buy.
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Okay, Black Friday is here!
Mousepad Guide (my top picks) for Black Friday (and where!)

@AddiceInc
- Tiger Tang Dao SR - Compression rate of mid level poron, but depth of a soft poron pad, with a slightly faster zero-type surface.
- Tang Dao (Any) - Speed Guide for them (Fastest to slowest): Tang Dao SR -> Tang Dao X -> Tang Dao Chi Yu -> Shan Hai Tang Dao

- Tiger Blaze V3 - One of my absolute favorite pads, this pad has good plushness and can be quite pressure sensitive. It goes from absolute brr with glass skates to somewhat more balanced feeling with PTFE. With Obsidians / Obsidian Pro / SixtySix it can become quite controlled even. The benefit here is that it's dye subbed, so the cordura surface is smoother as a result of the curing process. The base is also reasonably plush to offer the massive range of speed you can coax out of it. As with all cordura, there is some texturing. This is by all accounts the most premium cordura pad currently offered anywhere.

- Tiger Shan Hai Chuan Yun - Fairly plush, 0-texture speed surface. This could be easily compared to a Raiden, but with less texture and in some ways, more speed. The other apt comparison would be a faster Energon.

- Tiger Chengying - Resin surface, slightly slower kinetic than glass, but pairs very well with obsidian skates and has extremely consistent feeling kinetic to static.

- Tiger Grandmaster Pink Stitch - Natural Rubber base, and fairly older but an absolute classic for a a pad with great range and incredible pressure sensitivity, with an extremely light touch it can be very fast, but with increasing pressure it'll slow down substantially. Very little texture felt during glide, but does have some.

- Tiger EBA - This surface is very similar to the late Dechanic control and is highly textured, pressure sensitive natural rubber base and a balanced speed feel.

- Tiger Wujie - Firmer base, closer to the Tang dao SR in terms of speed (slightly quicker) with very faint texture (think Zero)

- Tiger Shan Hai Kun Lun - Plush poron base, the surface reminds me a lot of the grand master pink stitch, with a bit finer of a weave. It balanced something more similar to a Hien in speed, but is not abrasive. I don't hear this pad talked about a ton, but those who own it usually like it, myself included. It's probably my second favorite pad in the Shan Hai line, behind the Tang Dao and ahead of the Chuan Yun.

- Tiger HeTu - This is a wild pad, with a somewhat plush base, but not really felt very well due to the firmness of the surface. The speed is what I'd call quick, though not entirely fast. This is essentially what happens when a Razer Strider and an Artisan Shidenkai have a baby. It's a glass coated, very rough jacquard pad. In most cases, you will feel the texture in your glide.

- Tiger Lotus (Pink Label) - This is an extremely smooth surface glass pad that compares well to pads like the Glsswrks Kazemi, Razer Atlas, etc. This is much smoother feeling than the SP004 (I know this will get asked). Comes with full silicon base. Note: Pink label is specifically the version with the pink text, the pad color itself is not the identifier.

-Tiger Lotus (Black Label) - This is a slightly more balanced version, which still glides very smooth. I'd compare this more to the Wallhack SP004 and Pulsar SuperGlide 2 by way of glide. Comes with full silicon base. Note: Black label is the Ombre colorway, Pink pad with black text and AGL variant, the pad color itself is not the identifier.

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@tekkusai Why use Ra and not Rz + RPC separately? RA is just an average, which is more directly measured by the prior. I know the cost associated with profilometers which can do RPC first hand, so I do understand if that's a limitation.

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New Arrivals: from @XraypadOfficial
I appreciate them sending these out to test.
I'll add a follow up post later this afternoon on some impressions, comparisons and opinions with these mousepads.

Included is the new HeavyBee Redtail which is a new base and slightly speedier feeling HeavyBee, due to be released.

Along with:
- AquaControl Pro Neon in mid
- HeavyBee Soft
- Origin Pro
- Origin Pro Cerebus

*Sidenote, this again makes my Xraypad collection whole, as I had their full product stack less these stragglers which for some reason kept getting cancelled on Aliexpress when ordering.

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@Butcher_G5 @IFraaGzZ @Padsmiths Measurement in this is static friction. The snip is from my personal Excel sheet which is whether information is pasted for the published Google sheet. Not all formatting can be the same due to Google sheets not allowing the full formatting of Excel, etc.

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A little late for this post, but I had one of the first @Padsmiths Empress V2 Speed. I did post a few spoilers for friction, but here's the full breakout of The Beast vs The Empress V2 Speed.

It is officially the fastest glass mousepad. Full review incoming.

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@Butcher_G5 @IFraaGzZ @Padsmiths Also measurement is static friction, (not shown) is the data validation table which allows me to change the comparison from coefficient of kinetic to static friction, so the header just remains as measurement.

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@IFraaGzZ @Padsmiths not to be dismissive, but this will help you compare not just to the sp004 but to whatever other pads listed you're interested in.

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@IFraaGzZ @Padsmiths your answer is within the Rz categorization of pads on my sheet. This is materially the minimum valley to maximum height for surface roughness, as measured with my calibrated profilometer. :]

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@gabrielvis8 @Padsmiths The Beast was the fastest glass pad. I'm not sure whether I'd look for control in either of these.
The Empress does feel more consistent to me though, whereby the beast feels very much faster in kinetic than static friction.

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@aadihsoy_ @Matrova_pad Hi

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@JordanTheFlowGd @Padsmiths Update. I'll have one coming within the month.

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@JordanTheFlowGd @Padsmiths I don't yet possess one.
I'll gladly add it once I get one. I am and have worked with Matrova but am not tracking on one being sent as of current.

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Just going to leave this one here, and I don't say this because I dislike the QCK Speed, but assessing the surface.
@SteelSeries

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(Mostly) finished with the made 68 ultra.
Side Panels swapped to frosted acrylic white sides.
Plate swapped for a PC plate with poron plate foam.
Lubed the factory bone dry stabs with BDZ while completing the plate swap.
Current switches are Geon Lucifer (Kinetic Labs GS2) with Wooting 70g springs (gpl105)
Caps are SA DMK WOB / CMYK accents.

I did pickup the POM plate as well but am equally fond of PC, acrylic and POM plates. I have more switches I may roll through and try out, but I am not hating the Lucifers.

Does this feel like one of my mechanical customs? Yeah, it finally feels good to use and sounds consistent.
Being a huge Gateron Ink Black fan, this is a lot closer than most HE builds to something like my LimboKeys custom Discipline build.

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@Pistashhhh I have no issues with the blue blood II. As a company, they're really nice people as well, who are receptive to feedback.

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The Whale announced LaOnda is releasing the first mousepad without stitching. Here's my Great Cold Blue Blood II that I've had for over a year now.
It's a good pad with what I would describe as a quicker-balanced surface.

What will the whale invent next? The first mousepad with a natural rubber base?
I can only hope!

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@hateqqw going to guess this is issues with a GPX?
I haven't noticed any issues with mice on it, but have not tried it with the GPX, which never fails to be the mouse that's temperamental with pads.

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@VeenoxZjE @xTheWhale_ I'm pretty confident he has me blocked- He was trying to beef a while ago, then blocked me and posted about me for about a week.
I could care less about the drama, but it's pretty hilarious reading the factually incorrect statements he continues to make about his products.

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@TunezUS might be a brand new thing, like a glass mousepad. I wonder if anyone has tried such a thing or if we'll need to wait for The Whale to innovate here?🤣