At Gotfrag Hardware we have reviewed quite a few mousepads from quite a few companies. From the flimsy X-ray Aqua 3 and the QcK+ from SteelPad, to the rigid Archetype from fUnc and the Icemat 2nd Edition from Icemat, we have tested a considerable amount of popular gaming mousing surfaces. However, the mousepad market continues to boom, with companies like SteelSeries and Everglide sponsoring world class gaming teams, and new companies showing up on the scene left and right. There is, however, a few big players in the gaming surface world that we have yet to review products from. One such company is a Swedish manufacturer called QPAD.

With a far reaching reputation for delivering superior products, and a noteworthy repertoire of sponsored teams, QPAD, much like Razer, has grown tremendously in recent years to become one of the big names in the mousepad industry. QPAD prides itself on its ‘grassroots commitment to the gaming community.’ Indeed, QPAD has been a presence at local and international LAN parties, tournaments, and events since its incepetion and has even started up its own “Q-Tour”, a modestly sized series of events that, perhaps more so than any other, embodies the spirit of gaming and sportsmanship. QPAD’s involvement in the gaming scene has provided them with an untold amount of input from professional gamers around the globe, including Johan “Vesslan” Ryman, former Team9 superstar and current QPAD business consultant. *There was formerly a statement here about QPAD development input that has since been removed due to it being incorrect. Gotfrag Hardware apologizes for stating this false information.*

We recently received two mousepads from QPAD, the CT and their new hard surface, the XT-R.

QPAD|CT
Manufacturer: QPAD
Type of pad: Soft
Material: Hybratek™ coated cloth
Size: 15.95" x 11.23" x 4mm thick
Price: $25.00
Gallery: Here


QPAD’s second most recent product, the CT represents a relatively untouched style of surfaces: coated cloth mousepads. This is the very first such mousepad we have tested at Gotfrag Hardware, and hopefully it won’t be the last. What exactly is a coated cloth mousead? Well, to put it as simply as possible, it is just a normal cloth mousepad that has a very thin, clear, plastic-like coating on it. QPAD calls the material they use “Hybratek™ coating”.