yea the point of wirless mice is That they are moving and therfor a cable is anoying. how the fuck do you use your mousepad, if it is moving around? Do you bind the mouse on a string and then aim by moving the pad?
@@MN-yg8hf oh you really got me there.... i mean i difnitly seriosly thought that he uses his mousepad as a mouserepleacment. defintly wasnt making a joke.... PS: dont know what that R/woosh thing means, but you defintly got r/whoosh ed.
Just like Linus said, it makes a huge difference if you want the most smoothest movement and precision on your mouse. Having one on an FPS game and a mouse on low DPI feels great.
I use my mousepad because literally all of the mice i use (optical or laser, cheap or expensive) don't seem to work AT ALL on any surface but a mousepad. Without the mousepad, the cursor just jumps around on the screen or gets stuck as if I were using a ball mouse. So, yes, I still need a mousepad.
That makes zero sense. Not working _optimally_ is much different than "not work AT ALL." I've never come across a optical/laser mouse that didn't work on pretty much every surface. From my bed sheets, to the top of my jeans, to the center console in my truck. They always work quite well. Not optional, but quite well.
The Fellowes mouse pads with Gel wrist rests (the rectangular ones, not the weird bulbous ones) used to be the best, they were so soft and comfortable, but then they switched manufacturing from the US to China and they turned stiff and cheap. I wish they would make the old style again they were so good.
i love when techquickie and linustechtips ask a question in the title or thumbnail then work around that question rather than answering it :D this is why i sub, this is what i sub for!!! oh and linus dropping stuff ;)
You don’t “need” a mouse pad for optical/laser mice, however, they are still necessary to keep the furniture from getting worn down and they provide a consistent surface for movement.
@@Brandon-uy1uv This is the one I have. m.ebay.com/itm/USA-Seller-Exclusive-Anime-Girl-3D-Mouse-Pad-Oppai-Wrist-Rest-Hatsune-Miku-40/292579208384?hash=item441f146cc0:g:zIIAAOSwUKxYkVmf
The thing is, I don't have 20 bucks paying around to buy a mouse. I got a g300s that when moving fast on my desk, it glitches out. But when moving on paper, it is perfect. Thus thing is, my build is 1300 dollars (with 144hz monitors that are about $300)
Honestly, after a decade plus of using a mouse pad, I honestly don't think I could ever NOT use one and feel like I'm doing it right. (And yes, I do remember ball mice. The ones at my school were notorious for being crap.)
A flat surface with a lil grip so it doesn't slide is all you need. I even used a mouse on my mattress with a fabric cover on when I was using a laptop on my bed
My Razer Naga actually runs worse on cloth mouse pads. Apparently it has something to do with the lazer tracking. It is frustrating though when my only mouse pad is a cloth one.
My "gaming" mouse pad is a frosted metal plate, duct taped to my desk so it absolutely won't slide around at all. Works smoother than the desk's surface for some reason...
Yes. My mouse feet got ruined when it wasn't on a mousepad. The regular wooden surface I had at the time scraped it up and flattened the rubber grip on the mouse(G502) and it is in a bad state. Then I got a mousepad and been fine ever since.
meanwhile I'm thinking about a mousepad because I just finished this nice computer desk build and my mouse always seems to leave some residue on whatever surface it's used on, and I don't feel like having that on my nice newly made desk
My mouse doesn't have any feet anymore, and it never tracked well on my cheap mousepads. My desk was also a free Walmart-branded item, so it's not like any damage from the mouse would be noticeable. But, I also don't use my home computer for work, nor do I play games anywhere near approaching professional level.
I just looked up some stuff about mousepads, saw this video, was like oh well a video me: enters the video also me: wait a minute, that voice me again: linus?
i've been at friends places, where they didn't use a mousepad, and you could really see it over long periods of time on their desk. Just like people using office chairs on wooden floorboards, and not having a mat under it. There comes this circle tearing from the small movements
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Corsair style extra large(under keyboard) mousepad has been great. Been using it for years now without any fraying, and being large enough to go under the keyboard as well means it doesn't move.
It gets too hot for mousepads in my house. They degrade into a gooey mess after a month or so in the summer because I turn the AC off when I leave for work
I saw this one kid in highschool who took a mouse ball and full fledged threw it at some kids head on the bus O.o... Like no mercy threw it at his head O.o He cried of course.
We taped an A4 sheet of paper to the desk as a mousepad as the optical mouse doesn't track at all on the desk surface. You can hardly call that going paperless!
Sometimes with a modern mouse is that the light can damage some surfaces such as veneered woods. A thing I've noticed is that veneered woods have small bumps if using a mouse on it without a mouse pad
I've been using the same wooden desk w/out a mouse pad for the past 15 years. There is literally a grove in my desk from using the mouse so much on the surface. Had to get a mouse pad to cover up the groove.
Yes is total need if you use on certain surfaces: If you use a optical/laser mouse over a white surface, if you use over some kinds of gloss surfaces, if you use on a transparent glass surface or semitransparent one and finally in some rugged ones. Mostly the performance not using a mousepad is far worse in all these examples, sometimes is extremely worse and in some few examples as already was remember in the comments the mouse could don't work at all if you don't use a mousepad/"makeshift mousepad".
Sun workstations at university needed metal mousepads with grid printed on them. They would not track if the pad was not in the right orientation. SGI workstations had almost identical but incompatible pads, that would make you thin the mouse was broken if interchanged. Hilarity ensued when this was figured out and pads randomly exchanged. Pretty soon all mousepads were marked on the backside.
if your someone like me you cant really use a mouse pad because of eather limited space and/or limited mousepad. for games where you have to spin multiple times you will more want to use a wider mousepad then a thinner one in first person games that way you can spin around multiple times more then once. there is downsides to having a mouspad depending on the surface type aswell as the type of mouse and mouspad you get. if you get a big one you will need a big desk if you get one thats too big it will just hang off and if you get one too small you will not have enough mousepad space... thats why i stopped using my mousepad myself
Well, I got a pretty shitty mousepad which rubs my pisiform against cheap fabric 8 hours every day. I threw it away and still my mouse functions as good as before.
I used my g502 without a mousepad for about a year but the table started to gloss over where my mouse was and the movements became a tiny bit less responsive. Have a full desk mousepad now and it looks better and feels a lot more comfortable.
How do I download a mousepad?
You get it for free after you download some more ram.
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Need to install a CAT first. 😉😁😂😃😄
Need to buy a gtx 1080 ti and then buy the most expensive thing then you delete all your ram and then bam
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Print it!
I use my high school diploma as my mouse pad.
killerkrab42 so you don’t have a mouse mat
what is a school diploma
Atlast you found a use of that thing😂😂😂
i use my door mat as my mouse pad
@@papanomaly6284 well, I use my mousepad as door mat
I almost forgot that mouse used to have balls
They dont anymore? Then how do they reproduce?
Where do they store their pee?
thats why my mouse wont work when i play outlast. It just clicks the exit button immediately.
@DerpyMerpy 1 you're dumb
@DerpyMerpy 1 r/woooooooooooosh
*buys wireless mouse*
*Buys WIRED MOUSEPAD*
Perfection
yea the point of wirless mice is That they are moving and therfor a cable is anoying. how the fuck do you use your mousepad, if it is moving around? Do you bind the mouse on a string and then aim by moving the pad?
R/woosh
@@MN-yg8hf oh you really got me there.... i mean i difnitly seriosly thought that he uses his mousepad as a mouserepleacment. defintly wasnt making a joke....
PS: dont know what that R/woosh thing means, but you defintly got
r/whoosh ed.
@@asdanjer r/woosh is a subreddit on Reddit where you post pictures of jokes that a person didn't understand
@@jl6842 r/wooooscchee
I use a mousepad because I just find it more comfortable
and quieter
Agreed
Whenever I move my laptop, my mouse and mousepad come with it. Mousepads are a REQUIREMENT, for comfortable mouse movements, and consistent tracking.
i use a tablet uwu
I just use a mousepad because I have one
This guy looks just like the guy from Linus Tech tips.
B u t h e i s f r o m l i n u s t e c h t i p s
Its the same guy...
@@watchingaccountnunya9380 No he's not. Wouldn't he be called "Linus Quick Tips?"
@@watchingaccountnunya9380 please take a seat while I give you a rundown of sarcasm and comedy
Really? He looks like the guy from NCIX Tech Tips.
Especially those anime tiddie mousepads, those are really comfortable.
*wrist-assist, please
Damn I only have a razer mouse pad. Damn razer needs to start adding anime boobs to their products.
yes
@Chris Comments I thought you said ass pad for a second haha
@@CuteTransGirlxD Yes. Please one with RGB and I will be happy.
1:20
*looks under my mouse
**dies*
PetarGT Cro dieded*
PetarGT Cro liven't
*sees your profile picture
*laughs
PetarGT Cro *duses
me too idk why tho
1:45 wait gaming isn't actual work?!
yeah it's just ass shaking
1:45 wait graphics designers use a mouse? i thought they used a wacom tablet..
Omg what 😱
No.
yeah I was shocked too.
Wireless mice should be called hamsters just so you know
@FrostBloodGames tf is wrong with you?
@Christian Hilton Ball we live in a world where being nice on the internet is seen as "wrong"
@@val-wal true... Especially on yt
in future.. we not going to see mouse selling anywhre...
*"Expensive battlestation desk surface"*
You mean my $50 Ikea desk?
And my $20 ikea desk?
And my piece of wood that I found by walking down the street!
What about my desk that was on the side of a road saying “free”
Exactly. My $20 Craigslist desk that is the sturdiest thing I've ever bought and has lasted me 3 years already...and is still keeping up.
3:26 wtf dollar shave club? Random buff ass black dude sitting on a toilet playing his ps4 from the bathroom??? lmao
Nezzen ahahaha
Do I need a mouse tho?
You need cat.
Now that's the real question!
No
I think you need a rat
No need for a mouse when you use your keys
Tip:when u hear Linis saying "speaking of (something)" close the video asap
Yes
Let me guess. "It depends" -A crap ton of linus tech videos.
Answer: No you don't need one but our sponsors sell them so we say you do!
How the fuck can you see into the future!?
You don't need one. But they have benefits too.
Leet mjjyy
I'd like to go with "it depends"
Just like Linus said, it makes a huge difference if you want the most smoothest movement and precision on your mouse.
Having one on an FPS game and a mouse on low DPI feels great.
Thanks for making me google taxidermied computer mouse
thanks for making it so easy to satisfy my curiosity... thanks a lot...
never again - the taxidermied mouse bondage display in the shopping results didn't help either
Dude, you didn't say if it exists in your comment, so I had to google it too. The answer is yes, it does exist, no, you don't want to search it.
Its a mouse that got raped by a mouse but the mouse stayed in her
Weird...
the only reason to buy a mouse pad: it protects your table everytime you do the thing where you slam down your mouse onto the table
I broke a scroll wheel doing that
Never slam a controller onto a desk. That's what you do with an expensive wireless Bluetooth controller, not a cheap office mouse.
I use my mousepad because literally all of the mice i use (optical or laser, cheap or expensive) don't seem to work AT ALL on any surface but a mousepad. Without the mousepad, the cursor just jumps around on the screen or gets stuck as if I were using a ball mouse. So, yes, I still need a mousepad.
That makes zero sense. Not working _optimally_ is much different than "not work AT ALL." I've never come across a optical/laser mouse that didn't work on pretty much every surface. From my bed sheets, to the top of my jeans, to the center console in my truck. They always work quite well. Not optional, but quite well.
Andrew Delashaw except glass tho
@@xenonram both my razer and corsair optical mice don't on my painted wood desk
@@ferni0 My MX Master tracks near perfect on glass
Rob Toews that’s because it has a laser sensor optical sensors can’t track in glass
The Fellowes mouse pads with Gel wrist rests (the rectangular ones, not the weird bulbous ones) used to be the best, they were so soft and comfortable, but then they switched manufacturing from the US to China and they turned stiff and cheap. I wish they would make the old style again they were so good.
The only reason I have a mousepad is to protect the feet of my expensive mouse with too many buttons
Rev_dude 👍
Artillery only
@Apollo I have the rival 700
I have Roccat nyth that mouse has a lot of buttons
69 likes... cant ruin that sorry
You don't really need one but I wore a rough spot in my desk from not using one. So now I ALWAYS use one.
Yeah, I like my mousepad.
And btw I was first.
Abdirauf Salah no one cares
I don‘t use one i use an old t-shirt
69 people care
1:46 “while you’re gaming or doing actual work”
Gaming is my job!!!
U a yt'er?
So you play around at work?
@@kpmccain293 youter?
Yes because it is smooth af, comfortable and it doesn't scratch the bottom of your mouse
@@JubbLaRacing No
But can it do this
@@dargs3993 ?
When have you ever seen your under side of your mouse while working with it...
SSA - Super Sniper Assassin I have.
“..... whether you’re gaming or doing ACTUAL WORK...”
TechQuickie but in MS paint
hi brudda
@@ErtugrulOzdemir-mf1gl ayeee
Why does this exist
@@tibinicle why not?
A nice gobby is my preferred type of quicky :D
definitely that's weird if you don't have a sponsor.... TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU! 👍👐
*Taxidermy mouse mouse*
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Is it terrible that I would want to commission that as a gift. That and an rgb wig
when he said weird at the and I was like "speaking of weird..." and he really did roll the sponsor
He actually said "Speaking of weird" himself.
End*, not and
Is it just me who uses mousepad to make my hand lay comfortable rather than to make the mouse move more comfortable? :D
Firdavs Erkinov 👍
I do that😂
i love when techquickie and linustechtips ask a question in the title or thumbnail then work around that question rather than answering it :D this is why i sub, this is what i sub for!!!
oh and linus dropping stuff ;)
I've been using paper as a mousepad for 9 months and it gives me the finest accuracy levels
Damn dude
You don’t “need” a mouse pad for optical/laser mice, however, they are still necessary to keep the furniture from getting worn down and they provide a consistent surface for movement.
I'll keep using my Miku ass pad till I'm old and wrinkled.
I was thinking about that. There are so many people use hentai mouse pad , so yeah , that's one of the reason why mouse pad still needed.
Send a link I want to buy one :v
@@Brandon-uy1uv
This is the one I have. m.ebay.com/itm/USA-Seller-Exclusive-Anime-Girl-3D-Mouse-Pad-Oppai-Wrist-Rest-Hatsune-Miku-40/292579208384?hash=item441f146cc0:g:zIIAAOSwUKxYkVmf
Official ones go for $100+.
LUL
The thing is, I don't have 20 bucks paying around to buy a mouse. I got a g300s that when moving fast on my desk, it glitches out. But when moving on paper, it is perfect. Thus thing is, my build is 1300 dollars (with 144hz monitors that are about $300)
I’m using the declaration of independences paper as a mouse mat and to put my coffee on
Powerplay can work with a soft mouse pad layer Linus!
3:18 one of the best TRANSITIONS EVER!!!!
Honestly, after a decade plus of using a mouse pad, I honestly don't think I could ever NOT use one and feel like I'm doing it right. (And yes, I do remember ball mice. The ones at my school were notorious for being crap.)
Meanwhile i'm here with a trackball resting it on my knee because i don't even have to move my hand at all
A flat surface with a lil grip so it doesn't slide is all you need.
I even used a mouse on my mattress with a fabric cover on when I was using a laptop on my bed
My Razer Naga actually runs worse on cloth mouse pads. Apparently it has something to do with the lazer tracking. It is frustrating though when my only mouse pad is a cloth one.
F
My "gaming" mouse pad is a frosted metal plate, duct taped to my desk so it absolutely won't slide around at all. Works smoother than the desk's surface for some reason...
Of course I don't need a mouse pad!!! I have a trackball!! :D
Cheers
You can take the gel out of a wrist rest, pull the fabric off, cut a hole in it, and fuck it.
Back then when ball mice existed, kids would rob all the balls and like yeah throw them around
Yes. My mouse feet got ruined when it wasn't on a mousepad. The regular wooden surface I had at the time scraped it up and flattened the rubber grip on the mouse(G502) and it is in a bad state. Then I got a mousepad and been fine ever since.
0:16
I thought he was JackSepticEye
"Speaking of weird, it would be weird if we didn't have a sponsor for today's video" 😂😂😂 I am dead😂😂
The question no one is asking! “Do I need a mousepad still?”
meanwhile I'm thinking about a mousepad because I just finished this nice computer desk build and my mouse always seems to leave some residue on whatever surface it's used on, and I don't feel like having that on my nice newly made desk
For a competitive game- yes
For literally any other game- no
I use a big black glass where I put both my keyboard and mouse. The mouse slips better on the glass, and it's easy to clean.
2:14 I see a lot of screen tearing there, how does one play with that amount of screen tear
My mouse doesn't have any feet anymore, and it never tracked well on my cheap mousepads.
My desk was also a free Walmart-branded item, so it's not like any damage from the mouse would be noticeable.
But, I also don't use my home computer for work, nor do I play games anywhere near approaching professional level.
***watching on a pc while using no mousepad***
Watching on a mousepad using no PC
@@sturm1379 lol
I just looked up some stuff about mousepads, saw this video, was like oh well a video
me: enters the video
also me: wait a minute, that voice
me again: linus?
Yes.
Question: What about trackball mice against mousepads?
But what about my D.VA mousepad 😢
Do you speak about those .... "Padded" mousepads ?
roan zriba Nah I wish. it’s a just a large mat with a DVA jumping out her mech
Extra missile damage.
what a waste of money, it ain't even a boobpad. i don't have one ither, but at least the one i use cost me 6$
Eugene InLaw mine cost like 6$ to. And It covers my entire desk.
Techquickie needs to colab with linus tech tips
Ncix tech tips needs to colab with Linus Tech Tips and Tech Quickie
tf2 mensiond lol luv dat gayme its not dead
hallelujah
i've been at friends places, where they didn't use a mousepad, and you could really see it over long periods of time on their desk. Just like people using office chairs on wooden floorboards, and not having a mat under it. There comes this circle tearing from the small movements
pfft real gamers game with a trackpad
I give you a free promo code, you can write a comment after you receive the goods. (Yes, this mouse pad is free for you) I was wondering if you could take a minute to comment for me? If you can, please reply to me
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@@joannahuang7967 Fuck off!
@@AshleySef08 rude
@@thearmyofiron imagine saying someone that hates bots rude
@@Sean-cs7zb that's me :3
yes, it gives both astetic to your setup while being way more comfortable
I guess I´m pretty alone here. Since 2 years no mousepad for editing and gaming.
I haven't used a mousepad since u was on my parents' computer.
I haven't used a mouse pad in ~20 years.
a mousepad also keeps my hand warmer in winter!
The last time i used a mousepad was back in 2006 so no, you are not alone lel.
you are not and also 2 years of low dpi (mouse all over the place) and my desk isnt scratched at all
Corsair style extra large(under keyboard) mousepad has been great. Been using it for years now without any fraying, and being large enough to go under the keyboard as well means it doesn't move.
Ok! Ok! I subscribed and hit the bell! Now I’m naively expecting you to stop telling me to.
It gets too hot for mousepads in my house. They degrade into a gooey mess after a month or so in the summer because I turn the AC off when I leave for work
I saw this one kid in highschool who took a mouse ball and full fledged threw it at some kids head on the bus O.o... Like no mercy threw it at his head O.o
He cried of course.
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I always use one to protect my desk, use the mouse on a bed, and/or to keep the mouse clean.
Answer to title: depends on the surface you mouse on, bye.
I know screen tearing is already explained on NCIX tech tips, but what about on Techquickie?
"Why do CSGO and TF2 exist in 2018?" - austin evans
Classic
Santosh Ramesh lmao 2 of my favorite games that I have over 1200+ hours in 😂
@@powpoo29 same, but 3k+ lol
I play 115 hours of csgo in the last 2 weeks🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
We taped an A4 sheet of paper to the desk as a mousepad as the optical mouse doesn't track at all on the desk surface. You can hardly call that going paperless!
I prefer one but I live without it anyway.
Use the ikea desk ( black ) with pledge and ceramic feet, getting glass ones in a few weeks
no, because trackball.
M570 MASTER RACE
Sometimes with a modern mouse is that the light can damage some surfaces such as veneered woods. A thing I've noticed is that veneered woods have small bumps if using a mouse on it without a mouse pad
Looking at the amount of “first” comments is hilarious
welcome to youtube
DLTASeven it actually isn't
By "first" they mean it's their maiden nut, hence the sheer volume of "first" comments. So many twelvies just getting started
Having used my textbooks as mouse pads for years and only recently having an actual mouse pad, I can confirm
That why I always carry an A4 paper sheet with me (?)
I've been using the same wooden desk w/out a mouse pad for the past 15 years. There is literally a grove in my desk from using the mouse so much on the surface. Had to get a mouse pad to cover up the groove.
Ha I don't use a mouse ! Trackpads are best for gaming 😂😐😭
I used to play uberstrike with a trackpad. Don't ask how I managed that.
you must be playing hentai game XD haha not FPS game
What about those track ball mouse? Those are the bees knees
Funny right? But ROG think so... Look at their trackpad position
@@cpthuggyface2011 uberstrike the best game sadly it was closed :(
Yes is total need if you use on certain surfaces: If you use a optical/laser mouse over a white surface, if you use over some kinds of gloss surfaces, if you use on a transparent glass surface or semitransparent one and finally in some rugged ones. Mostly the performance not using a mousepad is far worse in all these examples, sometimes is extremely worse and in some few examples as already was remember in the comments the mouse could don't work at all if you don't use a mousepad/"makeshift mousepad".
What a useless video. Obvious information and 35% of the video was either an ad for the channel or an ad for the sponsor.
This is techquickie, channel for people knows 0% about tech
Yes. The desk stays more clear.
Glossy Formica desktop works just fine. No pits, bumps, or wearing out.
Sun workstations at university needed metal mousepads with grid printed on them. They would not track if the pad was not in the right orientation. SGI workstations had almost identical but incompatible pads, that would make you thin the mouse was broken if interchanged. Hilarity ensued when this was figured out and pads randomly exchanged. Pretty soon all mousepads were marked on the backside.
These are the only youtube videos that doesn't bother me to have sponsors
if your someone like me you cant really use a mouse pad because of eather limited space and/or limited mousepad. for games where you have to spin multiple times you will more want to use a wider mousepad then a thinner one in first person games that way you can spin around multiple times more then once. there is downsides to having a mouspad depending on the surface type aswell as the type of mouse and mouspad you get. if you get a big one you will need a big desk if you get one thats too big it will just hang off and if you get one too small you will not have enough mousepad space... thats why i stopped using my mousepad myself
Well, I got a pretty shitty mousepad which rubs my pisiform against cheap fabric 8 hours every day. I threw it away and still my mouse functions as good as before.
0:50 mouseinator 9000 reminds me of dr Heinz doofinshmertz in phineas and ferb.
I use a trackball, but I'd say yes, because there is a little cushion for the wrist. :D
I used a book as a mouse pad before deciding to order a mouse pad with a wrist pillow. Should help with my wrist for support.
I sometimes think Linus Media Group makes videos for the sake of making videos.
I used my g502 without a mousepad for about a year but the table started to gloss over where my mouse was and the movements became a tiny bit less responsive. Have a full desk mousepad now and it looks better and feels a lot more comfortable.
Is it a coincidence that ad before the video had linus starring in it?
The ad was "monitor system" ad.
0:14 it seems Taran has 4-5 keyboards, 2 Streamdecks and 1 knob thingy