Modding Lian-Li Mouse Mat

For anyone that didn't know, Maplin are selling these rather nice alloy mouse mats, which i think have been out longer than the cooler master ones,

£4.99 in xmas sales

anyway pics!







I personally don't think that it effects my optical mouse but it is taking a little getting used too.


Enjoy

AW3K

 

my guess is that their just the unused aluminum from all the pre-modded lianlis

 

Yeah from the window cutout pannel with a case badge and an engraved www.lian-li.com on it.

It's also foam backed

AW3K

 

lol!

yeah i also noticed these in the local shoppe, i may pick it up - shame my lian-li is the black alu though...

 

They do exsist



AW3K

 

any idea of a stockist?

 

Try emailing maplin they should be able to get them but other than that i don't know

soz

AW3K

 

Andy,

Interesting find I must say!

But, I won't be trading my Everglide any time soon for a sheet of aluminium, even though I imagine it would be pretty slick. I imaging that it's brushed Alu as well eh?

Pretty smart way to make use of 'scrap' and create some sort of profit...

Mike

 

AW3K, I thought that you had that black/silver keyboard from maplin. What happened to it?

 

Since I cut a window on my Lian-Li, I have a spare sheet of alu. I saw that mouse pad in the Lian-Li site and I tried the alu sheet if it would work with my optical mouse. luckily it did, but then teh mouse made an annoying noise while I move it about on the sheet. Does the Commercial Lian-Li mouse mat has some clear coating or something on the aluminum, or is it just the bare brushed face?

 

£5 at maplins, me and cypher saw them a v long time ago when they were a tenner at mappers, but we didnt indulge ourselves.....

/me strokes fUnc 1030

 

i personally don't like the cold feeling when my palm is on the alumium pad so i would never buy that

 

well seeing as next to me I have a huge sheet of ally, some laquer and the lian-li badge from my case....

but then again I could use perspex and leds too

 

DeX i have the silver keyboard but it's on the side of the desk not in view.

I'm getting a silver MS mouse soon to match all the silver goodness.

Also i'm gonna get another mat as i have plans for this one, All i can say is that it won't be a mouse mat when i'm finished!

I also have plans for the one that i get next, involves some 5mm perspex and LEDs

The mat appers to have the same finish as the case. it does get cold but i have a wrist rest so i can't feel it. It dosn't apper to make a noise like you said x24


Later

AW3K

 

does the optical mouse still work perfectly on the alu surface ?

Heard somewhere that they mess up optical mice.

Or was it one of those glassy type mouse pads ?

 

mine seems to work fine

dosen't apper to loose any pick up or what ever it's called.

AW3K

 

I have a few problems with it. First, it's small. Second, they have like a mini badge on it that gets in the way. It works alright with optical mice, but not quite how I would like it to. My suggestion, get the coolermaster one. It's big, works well, and only has a small logo on it =). That or make one yourself.

AstrumPreliator
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thread revival, but with good reason. (plus i didn't see the need for a new thread)

I got a small mouse pad at Christmas, and it must be very similar to those mentioned above.
It's brushed aluminium, bought from WHSmiths, branded 'Storex'.

Problem is, it doesn't seem to work particularly well with my optical mouse (trust, nothing special, but it works fine with my old Carmaggeddon mat).
And I also get the noise mentioned above.

Any suggestions on how to persuade it to work better &/or quieten?

Thanks in advance, j

 

its a proper lian-li product, I had one ages ago, my mam got me it lol £10 from maplin. It was too small for me tho. the mouse kept comming off it during cs, back in the day so i swapped with a m8

 

only game I play is generals, so that's not a problem.
the fact that it's tempramental (sp?) is.