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Where's a place in London where you can try out mousepads and mice?

I need a new mousepad and don't want to buy one without trying it out first. I could do with a new mouse too

maybe, but don't really need one like I need a new mouse. Otherwise all I have to go on is some stuff I've read

about the mousepad on the internet. Not the same as trying one out.

I mentioned that I could maybe do with a new mouse aswell, cause maybe the shop would be interested in

letting me try out various mice with various mousepads if I was looking for a new mouse aswell but not if I

wasn't. I don't know.

I know this isnt what you asked for but I've been using this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817114307

And it is absolutely amazing. The friction is so low that I can literally blow my mouse across it.

Great thanks. I nearly fainted and one side of my mouse is covered in gob...

bitWISE wrote:I know this isnt what you asked for but I've been using this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817114307

And it is absolutely amazing. The friction is so low that I can literally blow my mouse across it.

I'm using a ball mouse at the moment so a low friction mouse pad isn't really for me.

bitWISE wrote:I know this isnt what you asked for but I've been using this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817114307

And it is absolutely amazing. The friction is so low that I can literally blow my mouse across it.

func is great.

I have this one in black:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817114302

One side is rough and the other is smooth. Huge surface and easily washable...

But as to your question on try before you buy, I don' t know.

[edit]
Here is a size comparision I posted here a long time ago...

Foo wrote:Great thanks. I nearly fainted and one side of my mouse is covered in gob...

There must be somewhere...

How do you guys make sure you get a decent mousepad? For a ball mouse, even?

DTS wrote: I'm using a ball mouse at the moment so a low friction mouse pad isn't really for me.

You simply go to a shop and try them out; any of the standard UK big box shops should have some available :icon27:. Why exactly are you using a ball mouse? Optical mice are cheap and so are better video cards than the Vanta you mentioned using.

Tormentius wrote:

DTS wrote: I'm using a ball mouse at the moment so a low friction mouse pad isn't really for me.

You simply go to a shop and try them out; any of the standard UK big box shops should have

some available :icon27:. Why exactly are you using a ball mouse? Optical mice are cheap and so are better

video cards than the Vanta you mentioned using.

Cause the optical mouse I was going to go for turned out to have raised nobbles on the thumb buttons which

dig into the thumb.

Like I said I might get a new mouse aswell. This one works OK that's why I still use it. It's just the pad that's a

problem really. But if I need a new mouse aswell I could get one.

Money is a bit short. I could get a new graphics card... but I don't know if it would be woth it. I think I need a

new PC really. Maybe just the graphics card would do it, though. Maybe that's the only weakpoint in this

machine, apart from running the newer games.

I'm thinking of saving my money up for a new PC, see. Or maybe a PS3. I suppose if I could get a decent mouse

and mousepad combination that would convince me to stick with PC gaming a bit more. Maybe you're right,

maybe I should get a new graphics card, but I don't know if it would give much of a performance increase on

this cheap PC. It's only a 1.8 Ghz P4 with 512 Mb of RAM, and running XP seems to give Q3 low FPS. I was

getting a solid 60 fps in 1v1 on 98SE back with my old computer before it broke, that was with a Vanta that

had a lower amount of VRAM. Now, on this one, it can hardly hit 60 fps.