Ok, technically it's a $44.95 mousepad, but you have to hand it to the Bansheepad people for having guts. Here's a description of what you get, and I have to admit, it sounds enticing:
The Banshee Pad is a solid piece of aircraft grade aluminum, laser cut to a precision tolerance of .0025. Expertly finished, anodized and then laser-etched, this is the stuff of mouse dreams. This pad will provide hours, days, months and years of consistent tracking and feel. It has been tested with top line optical and roller ball gaming mice. While it is suitable for all mice, it is a precision pad and will not always work well with the least expensive optical mice. If your optical mouse does not track well, upgrade."
I'll pass, but if they send me an eval unit and I love the product as much as the description, I'll even buy a few as gifts.
If I had extra money I might think about it. I already use a $20 dollar mouse pad (fUnc 1030...very nice pad) that will last probably a year. If this thing actually lasted more than 2.5 years I'd be saving money.
This bit worries me: "will not always work well with the least expensive optical mice. If your optical mouse does not track well, upgrade."
If you're paying $50 for a mousemat, then you should expect it to work with any optical mouse. Also, if it doesnt work at all with lower priced optical mice, then it probably wont be an ideal surface for even the expensive mice.
Personally I use an Everglide Giganta Optical, which has lasted me a couple of years, and isnt showing any sign of wear.
We boys do love our aviation grade anything, but the thin, washable 3M 'precise mousing surface' works fine with balls and lights. 10 bucks. But I do love the smell of aluminum in the morning.
Ok, technically it's a $44.95 mousepad, but you have to hand it to the Bansheepad people for having guts. Here's a description of what you get, and I have to admit, it sounds enticing: