ARTISAN FX HAYATEOTSU NINJABLACK Gaming Mousepad with Smooth Texture and Quick Movements for pro Gamers or Grafic Designers Working at Home and Office (【MID】 Medium)

Got the X-Soft and it's texture was very nice, not rough at all, very comfortable, and had a lot of stopping power from the plushness of the X-Soft. Mousepad feels good even under intense use, humidity, and sweaty hands. I do recommend a microfiber cloth for cleaning this mousepad as it can collect dust and hairs, but all in all the mousepad is the best I've ever had.

My aim still sucks but it feels nice and the mouse glides like butter. It doesn't slip even playing on top of a cardboard box. The quality is amazing. But its a bit expensive.

Very fast and consistent a bit pricey but it’s worth the price

I’ve had this mousepad going on 9 months now. I don’t think I can ever use another one. It has the perfect balance between glide and friction for fps games. It’s also great for casual use or moba’s etc. Really an all around great mousepad. Zero complaints. If your looking to buy one but are not sure which one to get, think of it this way: Med: less breathable but provides the best and fastest glide Soft: best of both comfort and glide imo. Xsoft: more friction which causes slower glide but the most comfortable. Can be useful in games like Valorant or Cs:go where u might want more friction to hold angles. All of them are top quality so it’s really your preference on which one to get.

TLDR: Fantastic cloth pad for speed with a good amount of control. Pros: - Fantastic quality - Won't slide around - Ships flat - Very nicely stitched edges - Great surface for speed and control Cons: - Price Thoughts: So I bought this pad June last year I think, put it on my desk for about an hour before switching back to my Zero. I decided to keep it because I tend to keep some things I try, even if I don't initially like them but may want to give them a shot later. Fast forward to now. This is now my favorite cloth mousepad. I really wanted to get used to a glass pad for the speed, but I was inconsistent on it, even with a sleeve. Depending on the temperature, some days that felt a little colder, my aim was kinda shakey. Sometimes I did well, but I seemed to always overshoot my targets. Also, something I could never get over was getting a little piece of dust under the skates gave that awful grinding sensation. That was the huge kicker for me. So I thought I'd go back to my zero, but something that never felt great on that was tracking. I knew I really wanted SOME control, but needed the speed to consistently track. Dug up this bad boy, slapped it down, and it turns out that I was sitting on my perfect cloth pad this whole time. To the touch, it has that kind of "speed" surface feel where it feels sort of rough to your fingertips (not at all on the skates tho). The "grit" feeling is more fine on this pad however, so it's not uncomfortable to my hand or arm at all. I'm just trying to get the point across that it has that sort of "speed" pad surface. Anyway, it's also got great control while keeping very, very low static friction. Not so low that it feels like I'm making an effort to stop, like on a glass pad. It's great for making fine adjustments, and long tracking movements are so smooth. I would say that the balance is more towards speed, but having that little bit of control goes a very long way. On top of all that, there's no drawbacks of a glass pad like eating away at my skates super fast, that horrible dust grindy thing I was talking about, or needing to use a sleeve. The only downside to this pad is definitely the price. Having just looked at the listing, $80+ is a lot for a cloth mouse pad, buuuut these artisan pads are very high quality. I've had my zero the longest, and it's easily my most used mousepad, and it's still in perfect condition. Occasionally, I just have to give it a wipe down with a microfiber cloth and it's all good. Of all the pads I've used, these also seem to suffer the least from the faded spot that forms from sweat that feels like you're pushing the mouse through mud. It will still form, but it's not as hard to play through, and I find that I'm able to gently scratch at the affected spots with my fingernails, and just wipe away the grime that gets brought up. Conclusion: I highly recommend this pad if you're looking for a comfortable fast cloth pad with a good bit of control. The artisan pads are pricey, but they are very high quality and seem to last.