I have long used my massive mousemat from Cyber Snipa and was fairly certain I would never replace it until my mouse had worn through it completely. Then Ulti-mat sent me a stack of their products and asked me to check them out. The first that I opened and used was the Seven Mousepad F-X2 which is a plastic coated mousemat.

Really there’s nothing all that special about this thing. It’s about a quarter-inch thick and has a rubberized bottom that grips quite well on my glass desk. It does boast a plastic coating on the mouse surface that makes for extra smooth mouse movements. In fact it’s so nice that I don’t even grip the mouse sometimes but just give it a nudge when I need to move it out of the way.

I’ve done a little gaming with it and aside from making the mouse movement require less effort it really hasn’t improved anything else. It’s not anymore accurate or precise. But still, it’s a nice smooth ride for mouse and user. It’s also not irritating on the wrist in any way if you’re one who firmly plants their arm on the mousemat. I should note that this plastic-coated mouse still has the feel of the fabric and not like a hard, yet flexible plastic surface.

Meanwhile the Solid from Ulti-Mat is in fact more like a standard plastic surface and feels like it. However I did not like it for a variety of reasons. First the surface is easily scratched and even with just coming in from the window it did just that. Secondly, it also scratched up the glide surfaces on my gaming mice making them sort of grate while sliding. Overall I preferred the first mat far more than the Solid.