- glide is not as silent as on a soft one with a fabric top layer (like Trust Eco-Friendly Mouse Pad 21051). Before that, I had a similar type of Trust. The mouse glides over it perfectly, I would say ideally, but there are also disadvantages (read in the pros to aluminum). Fabric ones are absolutely (!) silent, but there is some noise on the aluminum surface. And it will be stronger, the cheaper your mouse. And the sliding itself will also depend heavily on the mouse. I'll explain below.
- does not work with all mice. I checked in the store, they have the cheapest laser mouse, she could not master this carpet. We went to another computer, it was also cheap, but already Logitech, and it worked fine. My homemade plows well too, but I have a good Logitech. However, I also have the world's cheapest mouse lying around at home. As I remember now, a couple of years ago I ended up in some kind of dumb store, it cost a maximum of a hundred. I took it simply because at that moment I was switching to a new computer and I had to move the mouse back and forth. So, I have never seen anything cheaper in my life, and it works perfectly *.
* Excellent it works in terms of cursor movement. But there is a very, very important nuance. Good Logitech mice are thought out not only functionally, but also ergonomically. They have wide and SMOOTH sliding (!) platforms (see photo). And with such pads, the mouse glides, albeit with some noise and almost not so perfectly, but well. If something is noticeably accurate, then it is a sound, and the effort during friction is more likely to be realized theoretically. Another thing is the Deshman Chinese product on three small rough (!) stumps made of rough raw plastic. Let it function, but no one can endure such a nightmare.