Deskmats & XXL Mousepads

Desk mats and XXL mouse pads: size, material, care

A desk mat is a cloth mat with a rubber base, large enough for keyboard and mouse. As an XXL mouse pad it protects your desk from scratches, dampens the sound of the keyboard a little and is the biggest design surface in your setup.

Which size?

The standard is about 900 × 400 mm, and almost all of our mats have this size. That is enough for a full-size keyboard plus mouse. Some designs differ slightly, for example 908 × 358 or 912 × 418 mm. Allow for a desk depth of about 50 cm so there is still room for your palms in front of the mat.

Construction and surface

The surface is printed polyester fabric on top of natural rubber, throughout 4 mm thick on our mats. The edges are stitched so nothing comes loose. Most mats have a fine, micro-textured speed surface with low friction. A few are built rougher as a control variant, where the mouse stops more easily. How fast an XXL mouse pad feels also depends on your mouse and mouse feet.

Print and care

Printing is done by dye sublimation: the colour sits in the fibre, so you can't feel the print and it doesn't peel off. Screen and print always differ slightly. You can wash the mat at 30 °C on a gentle cycle with colour detergent without chlorine, then air-dry it, not in the dryer. New natural rubber smells at first, which fades after a few days. Waves at the edges flatten out on their own.

Matching your keyboard

Which keyboard size needs how much space is covered in our guide keyboard sizes and layouts. Matching keyboards are in our keyboards.