Roccat Taito Mouse Pads Review

The best way to test the performance of a mouse pad is to just simply put hours of use into it, with various different mice. So for the performance testing for the Taito, we have an assortment of mice lined up that will all be put to use on the mouse pad, including an ancient ball mouse for good measure.

First up is testing the surface using various mice with different sensors and contact surfaces. For both general and gaming use all the mice performed adequately on the Taito, with no noticeable issues. Whilst the ball mouse isn’t really suited to smooth surfaces, it still performed on par with some of the top end mice, which is fairly surprising – although it did lack the precision that you get with the optical sensors. All the laser and optical sensor mice had no problems on the smooth, tight weave surface of the mouse pad – something that can often result in poor performance in some of the older optical mice. All the mice glided like they were on silk, yet still maintained the level of precision required for gaming and intense image editing.

Notably, with soft mouse pads, their comfort levels are nearly always higher than those you would get with a hard surface. The 5mm thick Taito mouse pad, was slightly more comfortable that the 3mm, although this could be down to the posture, and putting more weight on the right arm.

Something else we tested with the Taito is if it had any liquid resistance properties, so to test this we had an “accident” and spilt some water on to the mouse pad. At first the liquid remained on the surface of the mouse pad, but after a bit of time it was slowly absorbed by the pad, giving it a sloppy feel. If caught quickly, it should be possible to just wipe the surface off with a cloth, although even if it did get absorbed, it was fairly easy to dry out.

One of the main problems with soft, cloth surfaces on mouse pads is their durability, often the surface becomes dirty and the edges fray, sometimes the top surface even starts to separate from the squishy middle. This wasn’t entirely the case with the Taito, which after some heavy use it did start to show signs of wear around the edges, although the surface did remain stuck to the foam middle.