Minimalist Mousepad?

[Icaras]

I've searched the internet high and low and ordered dozens of mousepads. All my research leads me to believe this is the absolute best in value and quality. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001762CBQ/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000Q8SEDQ&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1946YZE73R364H58F724 Allsop Travel Widescreen mousepad. It is barley 1/8" thick, Widescreen to match your monitor and is made out of the best cloth material I've ever seen. Get this mousepad, you will not be dissapointed.

These are also pretty awesome:
http://www.amazon.com/Human-Toolz-N...?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1306440097&sr=1-12

That's a nice, simple mouse pad. I like the widescreen design as well. Much in tune with what the OP was asking for I would think. He did ask for a minimalist mousepad after all. And about half of the recommendations here, while nice, elegant, and of excellent build quality, are all pretty large.

However, I used to have the Elago Travel mousepad, which is a recommendation of the Allsop mouse pad from Amazon. It used microfiber cloth material, which I really found to be cumbersome for smooth mouse travel. And I know it was travel sized, but man, was it tiny. I mean, very tiny. It measured 8.1 x 5.3. You couldn't hope to comfortably traverse a 27" iMac display with that thing. At least without lifting your mouse about a dozen times before reaching the other end of your display!

Looking at Allsop's site, it seems it's similar to the Elago. The dimensions are 7.25 x 11, which is just slightly larger, which is good I think. But it also uses a similar micro fiber material, which I personally don't prefer. However, looking through the site, I found they also have a larger desktop version of the widescreen mouse pad: http://www.allsop.com/mousepads-and-wrist-rests/widescreen-mouse-pad-black

Measures 13.5 x 9, which seems like a good size for desktop usage. Unfortunately, it doesn't mention material type. Too bad there's no white model too 🙄

 

[CHSeifert]

Wow, almost $70.00 shipped to the US! Not for me. 🙁

I agree it's expensive - but style cost just like Apple cost more than a regular ugly PC

It's made in my country (Denmark) and I got two for $50 total because I contacted the company directly and praised their designer products 🙂

It's not that durable and the White will get dirty if you don't take care - but this mat just looks GREAT and Apple could've designed it themselves !!!

For style I'll give it 9/10

 

[jedolley]

I agree it's expensive - but style cost just like Apple cost more than a regular ugly PC

It's made in my country (Denmark) and I got two for $50 total because I contacted the company directly and praised their designer products 🙂

It's not that durable and the White will get dirty if you don't take care - but this mat just looks GREAT and Apple could've designed it themselves !!!

For style I'll give it 9/10

Also, it took me 5 seconds and Google to find out that US retailers are selling it for less and cheaper shipping. For example, Buy.com has it for $45 + Free Shipping.

http://www.buy.com/prod/just-mob-alupad-for-macbook-imac/q/loc/101/214398399.html

$45 still may seem expensive for a mouse pad, but we aren't talking about a regular cloth mouse pad either. I'd consider it if it were larger, but it only comes in one size and it's too small for my tastes.

 

[Bat6111]

$45 still may seem expensive for a mouse pad, but we aren't talking about a regular cloth mouse pad either. I'd consider it if it were larger, but it only comes in one size and it's too small for my tastes.

I agree for $45 is too expensive I have owned this one. After Im using it for a while, the clear coat peeled off and the white surface turned to yellowish.

 

[h00ligan]

I was thinking of getting a White glass desk from Ikea sometime....so it's not a pure transparent glass (like another one I have at home). I wonder if the Magic mouse will work fine on it?

Mine is black glass, not clear. Fwiw. I think any glss will be an issue.

 

[CRUDE SKINNY B]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ax5ZIdFoW...AJLs/MoMqY1SE6ZM/s400/Funny-mouse-pads-09.jpg

my personal favourite 😉

 

[altecXP]

I just use this:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3398519&CatId=45

It was $5.99 @ Microcenter.