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Razer Goliathus - Review & Competition

Razer Goliathus - Review & Competition

Posted on Monday 2nd August 2010 by MaT
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This months review and comment to win competition is the Razer Goliathus gaming surface. Their are two options available, control edition and the speed edition. The only differences are simply as their names would suggest. You can pick up both types for as little as £9.00. There are three size options available; small, medium and large. Now unless you want a new table cloth then medium is quite sufficient!

Tech Spec

  • Oversized 444mm X 355mm X 4.3mm Design
  • Standard 355mm X 254mm X 4mm Design
  • Space-efficient 270mm x 215mm x 4mm Design

The mat itself has a really nice texture to it, it's slightly more coarse than your normal cloth pad. I currently use the Roccat Taito which is a very finely woven and smooth pad. The Goliathus on the other hand is pretty much the arch enemy of the Taito with a heavily textured weave. Now dont let the fact that its coarse put you off. This mousepad is pretty awesome, it feels well manufactured and you certainly feel your money was well spent.

I originally used the Steelseries Ikari mouse on this pad at work, then the Logitech G5 and now i use a Razer Mamba. All of the mice tracked the surface beautifully. It's an awesome mouse pad for graphics, gaming and general use. Due to its comfortable bounce like most cloth pads its a welcome break for you wrists in the winter.

I've used the same pad for about two years now and it doesn't need replacing at all. Its very easy to clean, a simple lift and shake is all it needs. You can machine wash it too if you spill somthing over it, but with all cloth pads that are machine washable, i'd recommend sticking them in a pillow case to protect the edges from fraying.

Overall this is a top mousepad and i think where value for money is concerned, there is no other pad that tops it. I'll be reviewing another surface from SteelSeries later this month so if you're currently pondering over what pad to get then hold tight for a couple of weeks to read that review.

Otherwise, it's the same crack as last month. Add a comment and you might win this fantastic gaming surface!

Score

9 / 10 - Recommended by VATIC

Razer Goliathus Standard Control
Razer Goliathus Standard Speed

Add Your Comment To Win!

Competition ends, end of August

1 MaT
2010-08-02 15:36:46 Aug 2nd, 2010

 Good luck to everyone participating this month!

2010-08-02 15:48:20 Aug 2nd, 2010

 seems like a very nice mousemat, gl to everyone:)

2010-08-02 15:48:53 Aug 2nd, 2010

oversized and speed looks pretty awesome good review!

2010-08-02 15:49:05 Aug 2nd, 2010

 looks good :D

2010-08-02 15:50:38 Aug 2nd, 2010

They are so awesome, I've had one before and want another :D

2010-08-02 15:58:23 Aug 2nd, 2010

 Tidy review there MaT. I made the mistake of purchasing a Razer eXact mat, the control side is “ok” at best and the speed side is just a waste of time as it provides little to no precision, how did you find the difference between the two sides for the galiathus?

Great tip about washing it, makes me want to buy one just to stick it in the wash!! haha

7 MaT
2010-08-02 16:02:23 Aug 2nd, 2010

 you can only use one side of the goliathus, u have to buy either the control or speed version. I'd recommend the control version tho!

2010-08-02 16:03:44 Aug 2nd, 2010

 gr8 pad would like one plz :D

2010-08-02 16:11:57 Aug 2nd, 2010

never had one, might like to do so :D

2010-08-02 16:17:46 Aug 2nd, 2010

Would love to win one of theese mouses looks great and sounds great since im using a crappy NHS mouse atm :L and i cant afford one due to the new baby :(

2010-08-02 16:18:33 Aug 2nd, 2010

Sorry its a pad :P would love to still win it :)

2010-08-02 16:20:23 Aug 2nd, 2010

sexy mousemat, sexy website, sexy mat :D

13 mini
2010-08-02 16:30:33 Aug 2nd, 2010

If i win, i will be happy to do crude things at lan :D

2010-08-02 16:41:08 Aug 2nd, 2010

nice review :)

15 don
2010-08-02 16:41:28 Aug 2nd, 2010

Nice pad!

2010-08-02 16:50:21 Aug 2nd, 2010

nice review, looks good!

2010-08-02 17:57:07 Aug 2nd, 2010

 good review :)

 

would be good to win! :D

2010-08-02 18:04:17 Aug 2nd, 2010

 very nice!

wouldn't mind one of them ;)

2010-08-02 18:07:20 Aug 2nd, 2010

nice home for a mouse

2010-08-02 18:09:06 Aug 2nd, 2010

Great review!

2010-08-02 18:16:03 Aug 2nd, 2010

 Nice review, good luck all

2010-08-02 18:24:53 Aug 2nd, 2010

Pretty funny.... Always wanted this mousemat since i saw it come out on the Razer website, but unfortuneatly i bought the Razer Sphex right before it was released ^^ Oh well, hopefully i'll get lucky, otherwise i'll buy one :P

23 ZooL
2010-08-02 18:38:34 Aug 2nd, 2010

nice mousepad gl everyone

2010-08-02 18:40:14 Aug 2nd, 2010

GL GL GL :D

2010-08-02 18:45:39 Aug 2nd, 2010

ul everyone zool garunteed me i would win =]

2010-08-02 18:50:08 Aug 2nd, 2010

erm worzal, zool said i would win.

FUCKING LOVE YOU ZOOOL WOOOOOOOOOOOOO

give me mousemat so i can sell and buy wow :D 

2010-08-02 21:13:45 Aug 2nd, 2010

amazing

2010-08-02 22:30:02 Aug 2nd, 2010

Sick mousemat :)

2010-08-03 02:39:30 Aug 3rd, 2010

 i'll be using this after i win it on this competition :))))))) 

2010-08-03 09:00:07 Aug 3rd, 2010

how does this mat fair vs the mantis, i need a new mousemat as mine is kind of fecked anyway, so was looking at possibly getting a new one :P

2010-08-03 17:38:50 Aug 3rd, 2010

Nice, good luck everyone participating :)

2010-08-03 17:59:06 Aug 3rd, 2010

Nice review, I use this mousepad at home and I agree with everything you have said!

2010-08-03 18:12:49 Aug 3rd, 2010

Good review and will be good to see it compared against Steelseries pads.

2010-08-03 22:28:26 Aug 3rd, 2010

Sounds great mate.  Checked previous reviews and im gonna buy a Kone thanks to it :)

35 MaT
2010-08-04 11:12:48 Aug 4th, 2010

 good luck to everyone! Keep the comments coming !

2010-08-04 13:58:06 Aug 4th, 2010

 perfect!

2010-08-04 15:33:34 Aug 4th, 2010
2010-08-04 15:34:10 Aug 4th, 2010

Cheers for the comp, sorry about the empty post, slow loading time.

2010-08-04 18:12:43 Aug 4th, 2010

Seems like a very nice mat, I could really use one since my QcK is worn out and full of shiny spots

2010-08-05 00:09:13 Aug 5th, 2010

Looks great, would love to have one ;D

41 fiJ1
2010-08-05 00:17:31 Aug 5th, 2010

 Great mouse pad used it for a while @ LAN while playing on my team mate's PC. Great review lads!

42 sg_
2010-08-05 09:49:15 Aug 5th, 2010

I hope I win, I needa newpad. GL to all as well though.

2010-08-05 16:11:06 Aug 5th, 2010

LOOKS SICK! HOPE THAT I WILL WIN NEED NEW MOUSEPAD;D

2010-08-05 16:22:28 Aug 5th, 2010

sick

2010-08-05 16:34:35 Aug 5th, 2010

proper need mouse pad :/  hopefully i win it

2010-08-05 17:57:03 Aug 5th, 2010

Looks Nice,

Great Review.

2010-08-06 02:32:15 Aug 6th, 2010

Seems like a nice pad.

48 akka
2010-08-06 10:47:56 Aug 6th, 2010

 Sick mousepad, GL everyone. 

2010-08-06 17:50:56 Aug 6th, 2010

 hehe sick!

2010-08-06 21:39:35 Aug 6th, 2010

Great Mousepad, GL everyone ;)

2010-08-07 18:32:10 Aug 7th, 2010

Awesome mouse mat, hope to win one.

2010-08-07 22:06:15 Aug 7th, 2010

sick mousepad, using it for last 2 years


2010-08-07 22:42:12 Aug 7th, 2010

winner?! nice review

2010-08-07 23:27:54 Aug 7th, 2010

great mousepad! soft and clean surface but the edges get worn easily.

2010-08-08 12:24:13 Aug 8th, 2010

i like the big one, really good mousepad

2010-08-08 15:31:48 Aug 8th, 2010

whos the winner?

2010-08-10 00:12:20 Aug 10th, 2010

 i currently have an everglide titan, and im happy with it tbh! however, there is room for change and i believe this has the potential as the material looks professionally picked!

58 FxZY
2010-08-10 15:34:29 Aug 10th, 2010

 These Mats would be the PERFECT companion for my Razer Copperhead :D

2010-08-10 18:43:05 Aug 10th, 2010

The prize draw is at the end of August "NETTO" but nice spam tactic.

60 MaT
2010-08-11 10:31:52 Aug 11th, 2010

 All spam comments are removed, and please note that the total number of comments on this post is irrelevant. The winner is picked purely from the user id's of all participants!

2010-08-14 16:29:55 Aug 14th, 2010

I have the Qpad and love it

2010-08-21 09:44:14 Aug 21st, 2010

 Looks awesome, gl to all.