PureTrak Mouse Pads
PureTrak Talent
Published: 11th January 2010 | Source: PureTrak | Price: €9.99 - €24.99 |
PureTrak Talent
The PureTrak Talent is the top of the range, in price terms, mouse mat that PureTrak produce. It is the complete antithesis of the Deluxe. Where the Deluxe is designed as an exceptionally hard-wearing, fast, mouse pad, the Talent is soft and squidgy. The Deluxe has a hard coating, this is cloth. Fair play to PureTrak for really covering all the bases.
The mat comes in packaged in a very stout tube that will definitely protect it from even the most reckless delivery person. The most impressive thing is that upon removing it from its stronghold it very swiftly reverted to a flat shape with none of the ironing flat that most rolled soft-mats require, enabling almost instant use.
Design wise the Talent echoes the Deluxe in having the unique hexagon patterning to it, but because this is a cloth mat it is nowhere near as chalk and cheese as it was on the Deluxe and even those of us who felt the Deluxe was rather too much didn't mind the Talent at all. A lot softer in colour scheme to nicely match the much softer mouse pad itself.
The second thing you notice after the more subdued colour scheme is the size. If you're a bit of a size king and feel that bigger is most definitely better, then have I got a mouse mat for you. To call the PureTrak Talent a behemoth is doing it an injustice. It measures a considerable 19" x 14" and has 1/4" of depth. This most definitely isn't a mouse pad for those with limited desk space. It's huge.
Moving to the back we can see the thick layer of rubbery backing that provides not only the huge grip available to ensure you aren't slipping and sliding about, but also gives the mat it's glorious cushioning. This is the double-thick feather mattress of mouse mats.
Finally we'll take a look at how they perform and come to our conclusion.
Most Recent Comments
lol... thats *EDIT* but will definetely try it out, if its soft and fast in the same time like Tom says is a huge plus for 7-8 hours of non stop playing
What's with the video? That's fake, why would any mouse mat do that flicking action? What mouse is he using a ball mouse >.<. Not shiny.
"I took a quick look at the comments from your users and a lot seem to be set on how the design of the pad(s) look. To clarify, the designs of our surfaces are for 100% functionality and not for over the top, fancy designs. During our almost 2 year research, design, and development phase... we've found that our simplistic pattern design offers the best tracking and least amount of issues when it comes to the movement of any mouse (optical or laser). Paired with either our microreflective or cloth weave surface, we've eliminated any and all movement flaws otherwise created by other surfaces. Most of the time, caused by the "cool", over complex images they feature."
Now I can see how the designs could be a marmite topic, but i really can not stress enough how much I like the Talent pad, Ive had all the coolermaster pads here, razer exact mats, and the Zowie mats, but for me personally the fact this mats fabric feels so soft, yet still runs so smooth and fast.
There is a massive choice with some great mats out there to be had, but for £10 - £20 surely its worth trying something new for a change
And both are so well suited to their purposes that the look shouldn't even come into the equation, as hopefully our score indicated.
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