You Could Cook a Burger on Rude Gameware's Fierce Teflon & Steel Mousepad
You Could Cook a Burger on Rude Gameware's Fierce Teflon & Steel Mousepad
Posted 07/05/2010 at 8:13am
| by Paul Lilly
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If you've never tried smoked salmon cooked to perfection on a cedar plank, you should, it's delicious (Protip: use only untreated cedar if buying your own planks from the local hardware store). But would the same hold true for a juicy burger grilled on Rude Gameware's new Fierce Teflon & Steel Mouse Surface?
We don't know, but from the looks of things, it can be done. While strangely intriguing, the whole point of the Teflon surface isn't so you can cook up your steaks and burgers on a scratch resistant mousepad, but to show how easily "your mouse will glide like a hot knife through butter!"
Rude Gameware claims their latest pad is the smoothest mousing surface ever, which comes mounted on a non-slip rubberized base. And for $30, the company throws in "some extra Teflon material so you can make your own mouse skates, completely free! Aren't we just the best?"
Certainly creative, if nothing else.
Image Credit: Rude Gameware via Engadget
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JohnP
July 12, 2010 at 11:02am
Nope, not as slippery as the UHMW plastic mouse pad. The Gameware pad is 10 by 12 inches (could have been a little longer but I am used to a 12 by 12 inch UHMW pad). There is a certain amount of graininess to the pad even with the teflon stick on sheets on the bottom of the mouse (which work well for BOTH pads). Solid as a rock with a dead flat surface and no flex, completely slip proof rubber bottom, and comes in at .12 inches (1/8 of an inch?).
It is good for dead spot tracking and hitting a target with the mouse pointer. It will definitely be easier to keep clean than my Plastic pad which gums up with crumbs and skin oils after a few days.
I think I will stick (heh) with the new pad for a while to see if it "breaks in", as my well used Teflon pan feels slippier than the gameware (maybe I should oil it...). But for $35, you can buy a whole hell of a lot of UHMW sheets. For example:
http://www.drillspot.com/products/438499/Approved_Vendor_1UVU1_Sheet_Stock?s=1 $9 with free shipping.
JohnP
July 05, 2010 at 7:32pm
Ultra High Molecular Weight Plastic is used in by woodworkers to effortlessly glide wood along woodworking tools. It also makes for a amazingly slippery mousing surface. I bet the coefficent of friction is comprable to Teflon and the plastic more forgiving. It also works very well with laser mice and their pads (which are made out of the same material!). EBay UHMW and find a 12 by 12 by 3/8 inch white slab.
HOWEVER, I just tried my Teflon frying pan with my mouse and it is the BEST! Tomorrow I will go find a teflon coated cookie sheet!
http://www.amazon.com/ProBake-Teflon-Platinum-13-9-Inch-Cookie/dp/B0017WICZA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1278383424&sr=8-1
JohnP
July 06, 2010 at 8:22pm
Si I went into Bed, Bath and Beyond with my computer mouse in hand. I slid it over a bunch of surfaces, including "no stick" cookie sheets and cutting boards. The teflon coated PANS worked the best. I don't think they can coat something as thin as a cookie sheet with teflon. I am going to buy this mouse pad (listed on Aamzon already but not SOLD by Amazon).
Mark Hanchey
July 06, 2010 at 3:39am
They work great, often better than the mouse pads. The coating is a lot better on the cookie sheets.
There is also teflon spray that will coat most surfaces. Check places like ebay in the industrial section.
Vegan
July 05, 2010 at 11:50am
I can't remember the last time I needed a mousepad. Optical mice are pretty standard nowadays.
Peanut Fox
July 05, 2010 at 4:43pm
I've got a glass table as my work/play area, and even a quality laser mouse can't track consistently on glass. So for me a quality mouse pad is a must if I even want to use my machine. That said I've been rocking a Steel Seris SX for a few years now. It's made of polished aluminum with a black oxidized coating. The end result is surprisingly smooth. I'm willing to bet it'll out last my G5, it's replacement, and it's replacement replacement.
rseding91
July 05, 2010 at 3:32pm
Optical mice might WORK on most surfaces. But that doesn't mean they work WELL on them.
(I bought one of these just now)
BuLLg0d
July 05, 2010 at 10:18am
The burgers have grill marks, the teflon surface is flat, the burgers are also extremely rare & there is no grease runoff... BS picture. I am sure those burgers are sitting on that mouse pad, They weren't cooked on there though.
Rocketpop
July 05, 2010 at 10:48am
Um, it's obviously a joke. They didn't actually grill burgers on a mouse pad.
roninnder
July 05, 2010 at 12:21pm
Well I appreciate it. Since I don't go to PCgamers site, S-I-T-E, I wouldn't have read about it otherwise. Too bad you didn't go read about it on engadget (who is credited with the image) I bet they had it even sooner. Then you could have been even cooler!
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