THE MIONIX SARGAS 460 

Mionix is a company which although quite new has already produced some great products like the NAOS 5000 gaming mouse which i had the chance to test roughly 2 years ago.

The first out of the two mouse pads we received from Mionix is the Sargas 460, an extra-large sized cloth pad measuring 460mm in length, 390mm in width and 4mm in height.

For me large mouse pads provide a sufficient surface area for pretty much every use, however it never hurts to have an larger one like the Sargas 460.

As you can see the cloth is not well cut at its ends and so that may prove to be a durability issue (something i couldn't check in just 6 days of testing).

The anti-glide rubber material used at the rear did its best but still due to the large size of the pad certain parts of it did slide a couple of times during testing.

CONCLUSION

   Performance-wise the Sargas 460 XL cloth pad by Mionix has almost the same adequate tracking precision as the Corepad Cerro Large (i think it's slightly better) but is far from perfect not only because of the rear anti-glide rubber material which proved insufficient to hold it in place at all times but also because of the quality of the cloth especially at its edges.
 

THE MIONIX ALIOTH 400

The Alioth 400 is the second mouse pad sent to us by Mionix so i really hoped it would outperform the Sargas 460.

Size wise the Alioth 400 is a large cloth pad with measurements of 400mm in length, 335mm in width and 3mm in height.

Compared to the all-black surface of the Sargas 460 the drawing on the Alioth 400 adds to the overall feeling.

The Alioth 400 may just be 3mm (1mm less than the Sargas 460) but you can easily see the different material used for the surface area.

Surprisingly enough although the anti-glide rubber material at the rear feels almost the same as the one found on the Sargas 460 still this time we encountered no problems with it.

CONCLUSION

   Mionix has used a different coating material for the Alioth 400 that actually works and so instead of the just adequate precision of the Sargas 460 the Alioth 400 provided very good tracking precision, smooth glide and without moving at all during all 7 days of testing. If you like cloth pads then i really suggest giving the Alioth 400 a chance.