CONCLUSION 

   After spending countless hours to test all of the 22 mousepads in this comparison i finally understand the large differences in both performance and quality between the various materials used such as aluminum, hard plastic and cloth something which is simply not possible just by swapping pads every now and then. Still since I have used a large number of pads in my life i can't say i was surprised with since even after testing all 22 i still believe that aluminum is the way to go if someone wants the best possible combination between tracking precision and quality. Thanks to this comparison however i did find out that there are hard plastic mousepads currently in the market that may lack the durability of aluminum pads but offer the same and perhaps even better tracking precision. Cloth pads, plain and/or improved however not only offer the best bang for your buck since you can swap them every now and then and still have something new on your desk but also come in huge sizes making them ideal for multi monitor use. True i can't recommend a normal cloth pad to serious gamers but for casual users and people who like to play once in while a cloth pad could be the way to go.

   Comparisons in general are easy since all you have to do is to decide which the best overall product is after testing based either on their performance or a price/performance ratio. However comparisons like this one were you can't really measure the performance of a product are very difficult since you need to decide which product is best solely based on your personal preference/taste which of course may not be on par with that of other people. However there’s really no other way to do such reviews/comparisons so personally after using all 22 mousepads i have chosen the 5 best ones and thus i have decided to give our Platinum award to the alugraphics gamerPro basic pad and the SteelSeries 9HD Pro Gaming Pad while our Golden Award goes to the QPAD Heaton gaming pad, the Corepad Keira Medium pad and the ZOWIE GEAR G-TF speed version pad. Of course since many months have passed during the course of this comparison many of the manufacturers included have released new models which may find their way to the lab, that is if i find the courage to do something similar again (single reviews are possible however).

- Alugraphics gamerPro Basic (35€)
- SteelSeries 9HD Pro Gaming Pad ($43/30€)

- QPAD Heaton Medium Gaming Pad ($45/38€)
- Corepad Keira Medium Pad ($25/20€)
- ZOWIE GEAR G-TF Speed Version Pad ($28/25€)