QUOTE(ckshieh @ Jan 13 2010, 06:49 PM)
Below is just my little experience of me using the Razer Sphex which I bought roughly 3 months ago. At the beginning, it is 100% like most of the websites review, that mentioned the "sticky" bottom will seem to last even after multiple rounds of peeling and re-stick on the table top.
But after using it and I think I only peel it off and stick it back for not more than 10 times, the sticky part of the bottom starts to wear off (some part of the pad no longer sticky). When I pick the mouse pad up and look thru the room light, I can see the pad has quite a number of small holes (which I think is where the sticky material has wear off). So, what I'm saying is, this mouse pad will not last unless you stick it down and don't peel it off for good.
Second issue I yet to confirm will be the wearing down of the mouse feet when you use it on it. As I read from lot of the feedback that hard mat will tend to wear off the mouse feet.
I had a similar experience with the Sphex not long ago. I stuck the thing on my table which is wooden, and when I peeled it off 2 months later, it no longer sticks. All the sticky materials are either on my table or covered in old lacquer. My table now has a lot of little dots on it where the Sphex used to be.
I still think the Sphex is a good mousepad though. Tracking and glide is rather good for a lower-end Razer mousepad. I gave it to my friend (to use with his old DA) though it no longer sticks as good as before. To solve the non-stickiness issue, I reccomended him to use blue-tack to stick the corners of the mouse pad. I used to do that for my old battlepad pro (not sure if u guys know about this one).
About the wearing down of the feet, I feel it's about the same as a Destructor. I'm currently using the Imperator with a Destructor and it looks to me like the amount of wear on the feet is the same as when I was using my old Mamba(already RMA-ed and sold) with a Sphex.
This post has been edited by chinook: Jan 13 2010, 07:11 PM