Testing

To test the Rantopad Super C4, I’ll be using a huge array of mice to fully review the gaming surface. Some are not pictured, but I’ll be using a generic optical mouse, a Razer Deathadder, a Razer Krait, a Saitek GM3200, a MSI StarMouse, an Ideazon Reaper and a very retro rollerball mouse.

These mice are a mixture between infra-red, laser, optical and rollerball which means that every base is covered.

I started the testing with my current favourite mouse, the Razer Deathadder. The first thing that I noticed was how ridiculously smooth the surface of the pad was. Seriously. This is THE smoothest cloth pad I have every used. It’s not so smooth as to send your mouse flying, but it’s the perfect mix between glide and friction.

At any DPI that the Deathadder can manage, the pad tracked perfectly. Below is our tracking diagram, which we have used for other pads. You can read about this test here.

The tracking is very strange. On some parts of the pad you’ll find that it tracks perfectly, but other parts aren’t quite as good. The ‘bad patches’ can be attributed to the desk being uneven so there is a slightly different height between certain areas which confuses the mouse as to where to put your cursor on the screen.

In actual usage there is the very occasional cursor jump where you hit a ‘bad patch’ on the pad, but for the most part this pad tracks well.

Using the Saitek GM3200 at its full 3200DPI there were more ‘bad patches’ on the pad. Overal, the high DPI settings of mice will be fine if you use this pad on a flat surface.

The other mice that I used also exhibited these minor tracking issues, apart from the generic optical which seemed to track fine. This can be attributed to the low DPI of the mouse. The roller ball mouse was the least happy with the texture as the friction between the pad and the ball wasn’t enough to keep the ball moving. The mouse would completely miss whole movements as a result. That said, who uses a rollerball these days?

Gaming wise the pad was incredibly comfortable, and the tracking issues didn’t arise in game. Battlefield 2142 was perfect and everyone that had the misfortune to end up in my sights died. Every quick movement was perfectly translated into ass kickery on screen.