Belkin Rubber Fabric Mouse Pad, 8 x 9 in, Black | Non-slip rubber base, smooth fabric surface, desk accessory for office, home, and gaming setups

Fits where it needed to fit, seems to be well made

It's a basic black sheet of neoprene, exactly what I expected for the price, and makes for a great, inexpensive, no-frills mouse pad. Some purchasers complain of an odor. Surprise! It smells just like a piece of new neoprene. The smell dissipates in a day. The working surface is cloth bonded to the neoprene, and the back is non-skid rubber. My mouse and wallet recommend it.

great product just a simple mouse pad good price

At the price that's offered, it's no wonder that this Belkin 8-by-9-Inch Mouse Pad (Black) is the #1 in sales for mouse pads. It's simple, basic black and the perfect 9.2 x 8.3 inches that have almost become an industry standard. There are no duckies, Hawaiian tropical flowers, basset hounds, sports team logos, photos of Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated swimsuit models , hot air balloons, comic book characters, or images of mountains that you'll probably never visit. It's just a basic black mouse pad; nothing more, nothing less. But... oh, the smell! Maybe that's an added feature, a freebie that wasn't noted in the product specs? Actually, there's a fast and easy solution to remove that somewhat noxious odor, but bear with me so that you'll understand the logic. Some of the first mouse pads were actually made from manufacturer's scrap of the same neoprene foam backed with a thin sheet of nylon or Spandex that we find in Scuba and free-dive wetsuits , and some of us made out own mouse pads from worn out or badly torn wetsuits. So what does this have to do with smelly mouse pads? That's easy: those old wetsuits stunk when new, but one hoped the atrocious smell would go away by the second or third dive. However, they smelled like a cross between a wet dog and dead opossum road kill when left in a plastic bag in the trunk of a car for a few days after a dive, so they had to be washed... and quickly. Today we have products such as Sink The Stink Wetsuit Wash and others to deal with getting rid of the stench. But these cost more than the mouse pad itself, which is ridiculous. The solution is simple: wash the mousepad thoroughly with your standard kitchen dishwashing soap. Good old green Palmolive works fine. Rinse it and gently wring out the excess water, then wash it again the same way (think of it like shampooing your hair). Set it on a flat surface between layers of paper towels to blot up the excess water. Depending on your climate, it should be dry and ready to use within a day or two. I'm not going to suggest that you try this, but there are some of us who take our mouse pads and put them in the washing machine with older dark clothes. Just remember to not put them in a clothes dryer. OK, back to the mouse pad. It's good, it's priced right, it's functional, it will work with just about any mouse, be it optical or the older one with mouse balls. Wash it and get rid of that smell that makes one think you pulled it out of a garbage dump or an old tire recycling plant and it will last a long time. 9/5/2012

Cheap and works well enough

Perfect size for work, a bit small for gaming but can still be used. Smooth enough to slide with ease and I still use it to this day even though it’s been almost a year since the purchase. Lasted longer than my mouse..

these out gas pretty bad. toxic smell that filled my entire office. I had to wash it and leave it outside for a week.

The mouse pad works good and looks good.

Maus funktioniert darauf. Was will man mehr sagen.

O mouse não funciona nele. Tive que colocar uma folha de papel.

نوعيتها جيدة و مقاسها مناسب

buena calidad a bajo precio, no mucho mas que agregar para un simple mouse pad

Good brand name and perfect sized mouse pad, super thick so mouse moves around effortlessly.