Mouse Tape

Also in the box were the Xtrac mouse feet. There are essentially strips of ultra low friction plastic material that are self-adhesive meaning that you can stick them easily to your mouse. These come as standard with the Ripper XXL but you can buy them seperately from the Xtrac pads website, or other e-tailor.

You also get instructions, some alcohol wipes to clean your mouse and a sticker. I only noticed recently when the sticker was lying on my desk at night that it glows in the dark :).

It’s nice to see that there were wipes included as pretty much no one supplies any way to really clean the bottom of your mouse before attaching any new feet.

I found that using the strips of tape was actually quite difficult as you have to cut them yourself. Whilst this means that they can fit on any mouse that you have, it means that its really fiddling and looks less professional and clean. I’m glad that I got two strips as I managed to mess up enough to need both…

Here’s the finished article on my Razer Copperhead.

Whilst pre-cut feet are better in my opinion, Xtrac pads have tried to make sure that their product is compatible with any mouse out there; this is one of the few tape products that are wide enough for you to use on the Logitech G4 and G5 and the Razor Copperhead. I think they have gone too far though. The Corepad mouse feet were a better plan in my mind, where they pre-form the feet for a specific mouse.