REVIEW: Tt eSPORTS LADON Gaming Mouse Pro Mouse Mat

Review: Tt eSPORTS Ladon Gaming Mouse Pro Surface

By: Christopher “Synther” Wilson

I’ve said in the past that I dislike cloth or foam based mouse pads.  They feel cheap, the edges start to fray after awhile, they seem to pick up every speck of dirt and stain in a 10 mile radius, and they tend to feel like you’re dragging your super fast mouse through three day old pudding regardless of how high you set the DPI.  And I’ve never found a cloth mouse pad that could even remotely compete with a solid mousing surface.  Tt eSPORTS LADON Gaming Mouse Pro mouse mat changed my mind completely on all of that!

The LADON does not feel cheap in any way.  Tt eSPORTS stitched the edges of the mat to prevent fraying and give your investment some longevity.  The actual surface is an extremely tight weave, rather than a cloth and foam mix, like other soft mouse pads.  This weave gives the surface a very smooth glide for your mouse.  And the tracking!  The tracking on the LADON is simply amazing with dead on accuracy that literally has to be used in a game to be believed.  The tracking works equally well in MMOs or in shooters and I tested the LADON out in the Defiance beta.  With such smooth tracking, aiming and movement was a breeze.  The Battle Dragon insignia and other print isn’t raised either, so you never lose any tracking on the surface.

The size of the LADON is a bit big at 360mm x 300mm x 3mm.  However, because of how thin the mat is, it shouldn’t be a concern to have part of your keyboard overlap the mouse mat.  I didn’t generally feel like the LADON was attempting to take over the entire area of my desk like a lot of other large mouse surfaces.  Still, I think that Tt eSPORTS could perhaps make a version that is slightly smaller.  Not a huge beef, but it would be a nice option.

The bottom of the LADON is a non-slip rubber base.  This mouse mat stays put when on your desk and you won’t have to worry about it sliding around.  I feel that this is actually aided by the large size of the mouse mat, as well.  There’s simply a lot of this rubber to get a firm grip on your desk and this may have contributed to Tt eSPORTS decision to make the mat so large.  It has a big foot print that is all the better to get a grip with.

One of the benefits of a cloth mouse pad is in its ease of transport.  Not to say that a solid mousing surface is difficult to pack up, but a cloth mouse surface can be rolled up and takes less space in your LAN bag.  This way you can have more space for extra cans of Monster Energy Drink!  The LADON easily rolls up for transport to your favorite LAN party.  Because of the cloth weave surface, I did notice that you may have to roll the LADON in the opposite direction to get it to lay flat if it is rolled up for too long.  This is definitely not a hindrance but is something that is worth noting.

In all, I would say that the Tt eSPORTS LADON Gaming Mouse Pro surface has completely changed my mind on cloth mouse pads.  In fact, it is the first cloth mouse surface that has gotten me to reconsider my solid mousing surface that I presently use!  The price won’t set you back to badly, either.  If you’re looking for a new mousing surface with some absolutely amazing tracking abilities, you shouldn’t have to look any further than the Tt eSPORTS LADON.