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fUnc Industries sUrface 1030 Competition Mousing Surface
October 30th, 2003 - tekime@fury-tech.com
Overview
You can only get so complicated when it comes to a mousepad. Here's a rundown of the basic specs on
this surface:
| Product: |
fUnc sUrface 1030 Competition Mousing Surface |
| Manufacturer: |
fUnc Industries |
| Dimensions: |
10"x8.5"x1/8" |
| Surface: |
Two-sided hard textured plastic |
| Base: |
Textured rubber |
| Packaging: |
Custom fUnc tin |
The sUrface 1030 comes in a killer tin that just slams home the focus on completeness and quality. Who
needs a damn tin for their mousepad you might ask? Well if you spend this much on a surface the last
thing you want is a bunch of nicks and scratches ruining it at that next LAN. Wherever you need to take
it you can throw it in the (padded) tin and rest assured that your mousepad is in good shape.
The tin is fairly sturdy, with a nice fUnc logo on the front. This will, of course, keep you from
mistaking it for any of your other tins of this exact shape and size. And we all have so many of them.
A mistake we've all made. *ahem*, anyway as you can see the packaging is lively and keeps in tune
with the fUnc orange/black/blue color scheme. The reverse features basic instructions for using the
cord clip and looks at the double-sided surface:
Here is a look at the tin "in the nude". Yum, shiny. :)
When we open it up we see everything fUnc decided to include with their competition mousing surface. In
addition to the nicely padded and protected inner tin (tinside? :P) we have the following:
- 1 rubber base
- 1 hard plastic double-sided mousing surface
- 1 cord clip
- 1 instruction manual
- 1 advertisement
That's a lot of hullabaloo for a little mousepad, but then again this is a competition mousing
surface, not February's Sports Illustrated. Here's a closer look at the pad itself:
While the actual surface is inflexible, the base is made of highly flexible texturized rubber. There
are no feet, just a flat textured surface with major gription (no, that's not a real word, but I'll be
damned if I stop using it). Here's a look at the base in all it's flexible glory:
If we look very closely at the bottom we can see it's comprised of many angled scores that look
like a diamond-shaped pattern covering the entire base. I like the design better than a few big feet,
becuse when it comes to friction (or gription :), surface area is very important. fUnc does a great
job of maximizing surface area with this design.
If you're still using a corded mouse you're in luck, as the fUnc 1030 comes with a small metal retainer
clip for the cord. Using the 'loop' method you can attach the retainer to the mousepad, and loop the
cord through the retainer and around to the mouse. Pretty simple and fairly useful:
Now that we have taken a good look at what we've got on our hands, let's dig in a little and see how
this mousepad stands out from the rest.
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Subject: Werd
Posted by: Technophile |
This truly is an awesome mousepad. I always thought of mouse pads as kind of superfluous, like screen savers. This changes everything. It is such a nice smooth clean surface, the mouse just glides across it. It's such a nice feel I find myself reaching for the mouse just to move it around.  Worth every penny IMHO. |
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