Introduction

I would like to thank Sharkoon for providing the review sample.

Sharkoon offers a lot of different hardware. Their offerings include a wide range of external enclosures, cables, modding accessories, power supplies among other things.

This is how Sharkoon presents itself on their website:

“We do not follow any trends – we set them“

This is the claim the brand Sharkoon stands for with its products in the areas of gaming, modding, and storage solutions.

In the year 2006 we have been able to extend our portfolio by including new, fascinating products. Special thanks go to our developers who always commit their entire skills and inspiration for meeting even the markets most extravagant requirements by developing innovative products. So Sharkoon shows that unique design, convincing performance and affordable prices are not a contradiction in terms.

In these days high expectations and requirements are made to the acoustic performance of a modern computer. With the practically noise-free operation of its numerous ‘Silent’ products Sharkoon meets the growing demand in this field with, for example, a range of power supply units and a line of low-noise high-performance CPU and system coolers.

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Closer Examination

The Sharkoon 1337 gaming mat XL comes packaged in the same see through roll as its smaller variant we reviewed here. Such packaging is the only plausible way to protect and ship a cloth pad.


The mouse pad is constructed the same way as its smaller brother. With black, high density foam, to keep the pad in place and a cloth surface. The foam has a very rough texture to further add friction between the surface and the mouse pad.


Once unpacked, its sheer size became aparent. It is 444 mm x 355 mm big. This results in a total area of 1576,2 cm². Sharkoon has also decided to place a logo on the bottom left corner instead of their website URL. This looks a lot nicer and also raises the awarness of the brand much better.

Surface

The pad was tested with laser and optical mice. While some may still used an old fashion mouse ball, it will certainly not be in a gaming environment where mice and mouse pads have become an important asset. The follwowing mice were used to test the Sharkoon 1337 XL Gaming Mat:

• Logitech MX Revolution,
• Sharkoon Rush Laser Mouse
• Logitech MX518

The Logitech MX Revolution is one of the most advanced mice out there, but is not nessecarily considered a gaming mouse. The Sharkoon Rush Laser Mouse on the other hand is geared towards gamers and offers a variable DPI setting between 400 and 2000dpi. The Logitech MX518 is one of the most successful optical gaming mice and is still commonly used today as the weapon of choice.


The surface of the 1337 Gaming Mat is made out of very fine cloth, which shimmers a bit when looked at from an angle. There is no feelable roughness on the surface when moved over with ones fingertips.

All three mice did not have any problems on the mouse pad. There was no noticable friction between the mice and the pad, making the movement as easy as possible. The Sharkoon Rush performed well no matter what DPI setting was used. At 400dpi the user is forced to move the mouse fast and far to gain a noticable movement on the screen, while a setting of 2000dpi results in a far movement on screen, while very little distance is needed on the mouse pad. Both variants worked perfectly fine and were quite comfortable.