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Compared to HAYATE, it strengthened the sense of concavity and convexity slightly and raised the stopping property more than the HAYATE. Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable). but my experience with the old Hayate is that it's not durable and things (especially dust and clothes fiber) stick to it too easily and even cake in.
Once the PTFE builds up the mouse starts to stick to the pad more -- there is much more static friction.It's top pad, a polyester base is not too stiff and is flexible which feel like cloth laying on it but not so much during movement. After a week of use during normal mouse movements through the day, I stopped thinking about it and at some point the feeling what initially thought a bit rough went away.
The Artisan Hayate Otsu Soft offers medium control and speed and I thought it would be a good entry into Artisans line of mousepads. After one month of use I can alleviate any anxiety of new Hayate Otsu having a dust issue as original Hayate may have had. ARTISAN does not think of the mouse pad as just a mouse pad, but creates the highest quality sliding surface and middle layer (sponge) as an "e-sports pad" that ultimately supports the movement of the player's mouse.If you have a non black mouse pad you can see the PTFE stains where you move your mouse often, similar to tire marks on a racetrack. It was completed after many development experiments and endurance tests as a mouse pad that needs to withstand repeated movements and stops.