Others say...

"Great Wristrest"
I got this new mouse pad/wrist rest when I got my new trackball mouse. I had read the reviews and I was impressed by the reviews that said the gel did not compress like the foam types.

So far, my expectations have been met. The wrist rest is comfortable and it does not compress like my old foam one did.

Being as I use a trackball, I did have one problem. My trackball mouse slid all over the pad when I pressed a button. I would expect that to be good news for people who use the traditional roll around type of mouse.

My solution was to buy a set of those round non-slip jar openers for the kitchen. One of them under my mouse completely solved the slipping problem.

I like this mouse pad/wrist rest so much that I bought a gel pad wrist rest for my keyboard. They are both great!

"Best mouse pad I have ever used"
I felt the need to write a review after the comments of others saying such things as it doesn't work with my optical mouse, and its to small. First off I have used this with several mice moth optical and otherwise from a two dollar useless mouse at work to $90 logitech mice, they all work fine. As to the comments about it being to small it is the same size as almost every other mouse pad on the market, perhaps you need to learn to use a mouse and adjust the sensitivity so you don't need to pick it up 12 times to get across a screen. The pad size is fine I navigate a 17" at work, a 21" wide at home and a dual 30" in a command center it works fine at all the locations. This is also the only mousepad that has gel that holds up, doesn't feel slimy or covered in cheap neoprene and best of all doesn't move from where you place it. The pad accuracy is fine when used for gaming and for creating basic photo edits and web graphics.

"Small pad & optical mouse does not work well"
I have the crystal blue wrist rest and pad. I think that the wrist rest is great but my Logitech optical mouse does not work well on the pad. I think the pad could be a little bigger but I could deal with the size if only my mouse worked better on the surface. My husband has a Microsoft optical mouse and it did not work any better. I tried using my old mouse pad on top of it and that works much better but sort of defeats the purpose. I think I will go for the wrist rest without the mouse pad. If I were just rating the gel wrist rest itself, I would give it 5 stars.

"Just OK"
The wrist rest is to hard and the mousepad is small. I did not like it and returned it to Amazon.

"Okay item -- but a couple of issues."
As one of the reviewers mentioned, this works best with small-handed folks, and I do have small hands as well as a small child (5) with small hands, so the size works great for us.

The first 'issue' I have is with the size of the mousepad. The wireless keyboard I use and this mousepad barely fit on the the keyboard tray attached to the underside of my desk. So, the surface of the mousepad would work better for me if it were longer from top to bottom, and more narrow from left to right. Frequently, when I push the keyboard tray in, the mousepad 'jams' and I have to re-adjust everything just to get the tray to close. GRRRRRR. Or, worse yet, when I pull the keyboard tray out, the mousepad falls off the back of the keyboard tray!

The second issue is more of a 'warning' to parents of small children. If you have a small child who likes to 'experiment' on things or take things apart -- it won't take too long for them to realize that they can puncture this little doo-hicky and get some 'really cool' oozy stuff to come out! When my son was four, he found this out by accident when the scissors he was holding poked a hole in the gel part. :-(

Now, we have a cute little green (not blue -- but the exact same model) gel mousepad with lovely packing tape covering the puncture.

The long narrow gel wrist guard I use for the keyboard I'm sure will be his next project. He's already managed to get the fabric cover off.... now, if he can just find an 'accidental' way to poke a hole in it!!

So, anyway. I think the item is nice, but more appropriate for the office -- away from curious little kids -- but nice for us little-handed adults.

Good luck!