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Corsair MM800 Cloth
I've purchased a metric ton of Corsair products for my PC builds over the years, and with few exceptions, I've found Corsair products to be well made and long-lasting. So it should be no surprise that I jumped all over the opportunity to test out the MM800 and it's LED goodness. Well, after setting up the MM800 Polaris Mouse Pad and spending some quality time with the peripheral I'm in nerd love!
If you're the type of person who loves LEDs and have them adorned all over (like me) the MM800 Polaris is a terrific way to add another splash of color to your rig. I've got my Polaris Mouse Pad set up on my gaming PC and it replaced a traditional rubber-backed cloth gaming mouse pad.
►Specs:
The MM800 is considerably smaller than my old mouse pad, coming in at 13.8 x 10.2 x .2 (L x W x H). But honestly, I'm fine with the downsize and haven't run into an issue with the lack of real estate while gaming. This pad offers 15 lighting zones which basically means you can customize 15 distinct zones on the mouse pad using Corsair's software (not included, but available via download portal).
►Corsair Utility Engine:
Corsair's Utility Engine is the software you'll need to download to get the most out of the MM800. Simply head over to Corsair's website, download and install and you'll be ready to customize this mouse pad using the intuitive interface. There's really not much burn-in time thanks to the way Corsair laid out the interface. My favorite feature by far is the ability to create, export, and import custom lighting profiles for the MM800. There's a ton of profiles already made from the user community.
►The Good Stuff:
(+) LEDs! Yep, more LEDs. If you love them, you'll love the MM800 and myriad of colorful options.
(+) USB pass-through. The MM800 features a USB port right on the back of the mouse pad. Perfect for plugging in a mouse or whatever.
(+) Corsair Utility Engine. Excellent software that features a ton of customizations and options yet still very easy to use.
►What Could be Better:
(-) On/Off Switch. This feature is built into the software so it's a minor complaint. Still, it'd be nice to have a physical button for faster on/off operation.
(-) Surface. The surface of this pad is hard plastic and not perfectly smooth. The surface has a rough texture and it's wearing out the glide pads on my G403 mouse.
Pros:
- Looks gorgeous as hell, especially with matching Profiles with the Corsair K70 Keyboard and M65 RGB Mouse
- Comes with a USB input works with mouses and flashdrives
- rubber bottom to keep it from slipping
Cons:
- Position of the USB input and cord are a bit of a nuisance when swing my mouse left and right but lifting the mouse cord to specific height fixes that.
- the Fabric used on the mouse pad is rough and scratches the hell out of my M65's Glide Pads in only just 3 days
- was a bit disapointed that the top part of the mouse pad doesn't have RGB lights as well