Users of G Pro Wireless with Hard mouse pads.. how often do you have to replace mouse feet?

[kofman13]

I recently got a cheap hard mouse pad thats almost as smooth as the glorious helios to see if i would even like this type of mouse pad and im in love with how well it glides, but even using it for a few days i can already see the mouse feet on my G pro wireless arent as shiny and smooth as they were before. how often do you guys replace mouse feet on the GPW when using with hard mousepads? is it difficult? expensive?

p.s. ive read very conflicting info. some people change once a year with hard pads and some people say they change every month because they find it "unplayable" if it wears down AT ALL

[Polyvalent]

Depends on the weight you put on your mouse.  A palm grip tends to push down on the pad more whereas something like a fingertip grip lets it glide more.  I had a G303 that I had to change the pads on 3 times in 3 years with a hard pad.  It's not super expensive but it is pretty annoying to go through the process.  I've since switched back to cloth and never looked back. 

[kofman13]

3 hours ago, Polyvalent said:

Depends on the weight you put on your mouse.  A palm grip tends to push down on the pad more whereas something like a fingertip grip lets it glide more.  I had a G303 that I had to change the pads on 3 times in 3 years with a hard pad.  It's not super expensive but it is pretty annoying to go through the process.  I've since switched back to cloth and never looked back. 

i looked on amazon and replacement feet for G pro range from $8-13 which isnt bad if im only going to change them  once a year, but if they eat feet once every 2-3 months then ill get mad lol

[kofman13]

18 hours ago, Polyvalent said:

Depends on the weight you put on your mouse.  A palm grip tends to push down on the pad more whereas something like a fingertip grip lets it glide more.  I had a G303 that I had to change the pads on 3 times in 3 years with a hard pad.  It's not super expensive but it is pretty annoying to go through the process.  I've since switched back to cloth and never looked back. 

whichcloth do you have

[Doobeedoo]

I also use hard pad, just feels so consistent and smooth. Had no issues yet for like a year. But yeah, depends on pad, mouse feet. 

[Polyvalent]

4 hours ago, kofman13 said:

whichcloth do you have

corsair MM200

 

https://www.amazon.com/CORSAIR-MM200-High-Performance-Optimized-Designed/dp/B014W1Z890

 

if you're gonna go cloth imo it needs to be high quality and it needs to be kept clean.  if it isn't super smooth and clean it won't compare to a hard pad in terms of consistency.