Belkin 8-by-9-Inch Mouse Pad (Black)

Belkin 8-by-9-Inch Mouse Pad (Black)..

Special Price Belkin 8-by-9-Inch Mouse Pad (Black) By Belkin

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101 of 109 people found the following review helpful.
Works like a mouse pad.
By spottedred
I'm not really a connoisseur of mouse pads. I think this is the first one I've ever paid for. But, it seems to be the best mouse pad I've had. Works great with our optical mouse, and it's not too thick or too thin.

I'm not sure that a mouse pad deserve much more of a review than that.

92 of 100 people found the following review helpful.
Decent basic mouse pad, but it smells terrible
By Brian
This is very basic mouse pad. It's perfectly functional and has a good mousing surface. However, it positively reeks of rubber. It smells strongly enough that you notice it when sitting next to it at your work station, and it permeates your hand while using it. Expect your mousing hand to smell like cheap tires or, in my opinion, somewhat like old cigarette smoke after using it for any length of time. It is difficult to wash the odor away.

49 of 53 people found the following review helpful.
Ungodly smell will haunt you indefinitely
By Daniel S. Dunnam
Other people have complained about the odor, but I just want to reiterate this issue.

I was struck by how bad it smelled when I got it, but I figured after a few days the smell would dissipate and it wouldn't be an issue.

I was wrong. It was like my desk had a chemical plant sitting on it, emitting hazardous toxins into my nose at all times. It's hard to explain just how bad this smell is. It smells like an abusive relationship. Or a bum fight initiated by frat boys. Or dying alone with no friends to attend your funeral. Or whatever the worst possible thing you can imagine is. Seriously, that bad.

But to be less metaphoric, it smells like some sort of noxious chemical run-off odor, mixed with pungent body odor and a stale ashtray.

Your wrist rubs on this thing, and makes your sleeve smell like its putrescence.

After 5 days of it being on my desk and giving me a headache and it's odor not fading, I decided to try washing it. I used hot water and lots of strong soap. This had no effect.

After another few days, still unable to breath comfortably at my own desk, I threw it in the trash and closed the lid.

Here's the worst part: I threw it away over a week ago and my desktop STILL smells like that awful thing. Even in its absence it still almost triggers my gag reflex at times. I've washed my desktop surface multiple times now, with three different wood cleaners, letting them soak in, and STILL it wreaks.

I would not recommend this product to anyone, unless they were trying to ruin someone's desk with it.

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