Introduction

First of all I would like to thank Foxy at NOIDpad for setting me up with these original mats.

NOIDpad is a new company which produces some high quality hybrid mats. What sets NOIDpad apart from the competition is that they let you create your own design without any limitations to colors and so forth. The pads are aimed at providing the best glide and tracking experience for demanding users such as gamers and graphics designers.
Even though the company hasn't been around for long they have already been selected as the official pad supplier for CPL (Cyberathlete Professional League) Italy, which is one of the biggest gaming events of the year.

The past few years I have worked for one of the bigger mouse pad brands in gaming. During this period I have, both as a sponsor and as a gamer, met and talked with hundreds - if not thousands of other gamers about mouse pads. I have listened, tried, compared and learned.

Based on this experience I have now started to manufacture my own mouse pads. They are not like the competition - they are better. I know that there is not one pad that is best for all but if you like hybrid pads like I do and if you like a really good glide then I can tell you that there is no hybrid pad that glides better than the NOIDpad, guaranteed!

If you also value the possibility to design your own mouse pad the choice is easy. You simply cannot get a better mouse pad than the NOIDpad anywhere with your design on.
Try us.

Gustaf 'Foxy' Hertsius

In this review I will be taking a look at two mats: one with my custom design and one ryK designed standard NOIDpad. They are both 3.5mm trhick, 400mm long and 280mm wide.

The Package

NOIDpad ships their pads in reinforced cardboard cylinders. This type of packaging is very durable compared to the rather flimsy plastic cylinders that other manufactures, such as QPAD, ship mats in.


The package itself looks nice and quite stylish. On the front of the package there is the NOID logo. The back is covered with some of the NOID statements and a small overview of the technology.

Because the packaging is well thought out transportation is easy and safe, when going from or to a LAN-event.
The packaging seems really durable and it's safe to say that no harm will come to the mat during transportation from NOIDpad to you.

NOIDpads also come with 20cm of Teflon. It's the "old" kind which is reinforced with fibers on the back. The Teflon performs quite well and is easy to apply because it's thin and the adhesive is strong and sticky.

Closer examination

The two mats I got for review are both 400mm (width) x 280mm (length) x 3.5mm (thickness).
One of them was with my custom design. I incorporated my gaming clan's logo and my nick "Boomer". I kept it in gray tones because I think it looks cool that way. It is a great feature that NOID gives you the option to create something unique, the only thing they demand is a little NOID logo to be placed at the edge of the pad.

The other mouse mat's graphic is done by Norman "ryK" Dietz, which looks really cool. This piece is called "The Eclipse", and can be bought at NOIDpad.com under RYKSERIES.


One of the things that really blew my mind was when I saw just how crisp the graphics is, even my own custom print had a really nice finish and looked totally awesome. All of the different shades of gray that I had incorporated in the design really stood out and made the pad look cool. "The Eclipse" looks really nice and to my amazement the different highlights works well because the print is so detailed and the colors are so clear and crisp.

The surface is one of the things that sets the NOIDpads aside from some of the other mouse mat manufacturers. Even though it's a hybrid mat, the surface is quite soft compared to mats such as the QPAD|CT. This makes the feel of the NOIDpads really unique. Another important feature of the NOIDpads is the finish, the edges of the mat seem to be sealed better than the ones you find on other hybrid mats i.e. Razer Mantis Speed (Everglide Titan). This should improve the durability of the mat. In my experience the biggest threat to a mat's performance is the edges beginning to tear.


As you can see from the picture above, the base of the NOIDpads is pretty ordinary. It is made of natural rubber and is similar to that used by many of the other mouse mat manufacturers today. It makes the mouse mat grip the desk surface in a way that the pad doesn't slip around while gaming. The rubber is black and goes well with the colors of the surface.