The Pad

NOID kindly supplied us with one of their pre-designed pads, and one of our own design. The pads are packaged in cylindrical boxes with the pad rolled up inside.

The ‘ryK’ pad is very striking, and you can tell that Norman ‘ryK’ Dietz, the graphics designer responsible for the ryK range, is heavily into the grunge type art.

Also supplied with the pads are 20cm of friction-less adhesive tape that is designed to be stuck to the bottom of your mouse to get the most out of the pads.

The print quality of the pads is awesome, especially our in-house designed pad which came out crisp and clear. The colours aren’t the brightest but its better than them being over saturated.

The pads come in two thicknesses, 1.35 or 3.5mm. We received the ‘ryK’ designed pad in the thin form, and our XSR pad as the thick, 3.5mm, type. The thicker pad feels more substantial and bends less, but the thinner pad is capable to fit underneath your keyboard without it rocking.

The top surface of the pad is a hybrid type, meaning it has the attributes of a hard pad, with the benefits of a cloth design. It feels, for want of a better phrase, like the outside of a raincoat/anorak. Its safe to say that this surface has been carefully selected to provide smooth and accurate mouse movements.