Artisan Hien (Black/XL) [FX-Hi-SF-XL-B] FX Soft (Japan Import)

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This is a top tier mouse pad with not much to complain about other than if you find the textured surface irritating. The characteristic of satin is its fine texture. Among the products of ARTISAN, that fine texture is best felt on this surface. He's been reviewing gaming peripherals for almost a decade and has reviewed hundreds of mice, keyboards, controllers and other gaming peripherals. Artisan is a mousepad manufacturer from Japan. Their mousepads are known to be the endgame of mousepads. They build their mousepads with high-quality fabrics. The weaves are tight and precise which makes the quality control spectacular.

I have had this mousepad for about a week now and its the best mousepad I have ever had. Recommend 100% Some people do find the texture too much for their skin or that it snags on sleeves, I didn’t find that an issue at all, I love the texture. StitchingNotice | Please according to your own decision and at your own responsibility. We do not assume any responsibility. Notice: Use of undefined constant nj_recomend_eng - assumed 'nj_recomend_eng' in /var/www/html/cs-hien-eng.html on line 155 The underside of the pad does a good job maintaining a strong grip on my wooden desk and white ikea desk equally as well. Coming from a Logitech/Steelseries Limbo this pad is a whole other class, the poron base is amazing, the stitched edges aren't raised and the glide is perfect paired with corepadz! 10/10

I found the Soft Hien plenty fast, but not insanely fast like the SkyPad 3.0 for example. There was still plenty of stopping power to play tactile shooters like CS:GO and Valorant. The Artisan Hien is essentially the Zero’s counterpart in the japanese company’s mouse pad lineup. Artisan’s reputation is well known in producing some of the best mousepads for gaming, the Hien is no exception to this. If you love gaming and esports, you have come to the right place! At MaxGaming we are constantly in pursuit of the latest in gaming and scouring the market to be able to offer you the absolute best. I think this is the perfect mousepad for gamers that want to get out of the muddy control mouse pad world, but don’t want to go all the way to glass level speed. Consistency The Artisan Hien is a mouse pad to consider if you don’t know if you want to go super fast but know you don’t like control pads.The gaming peripheral market has been truly shaken up lately with extremely good gaming mice, headsets, and budget mechanical keyboards. While those changes were indeed splendid, the biggest, most notable change happened in the gaming mousepad industry with the rise in popularity of Artisan mousepads.

Athletes do not miss small differences of 0.1 mm, 0.1 g. Characteristics of table tennis racquet rubber are diverse.　The athlete chooses a rubber of characteristics suited to him and exchanges.A good practice to maintain the speed of your Hien is to clean it regularly with a microfiber cloth and rotate the mousepad around so you break in the entire surface of the pad without creating slow spots. Artisan Hien is the 2nd most popular mousepad. Well-constructed mousepad. Has a little bit of rough texture. If you’re not sure about more speed or more control, we would suggest the Hien. It will be your endgame mousepad. The glide is also not influenced by humidity or perspiration. Plug'n'play kind of mousepad. So is the Artisan Hien mousepad experience worth it? My answer is ABSOLUTELY! Owning an Artisan is a truly enlightening experience since you can see how high the standards can be pushed for the mousepad industry. The Hien held up very well over the 30 hours I played with the pad. I don’t expect the Hien to degrade much over time as long as you clean it. Artisan mousepads have 3 different levels of firmness when it comes to each model. They are Mid, Soft, and Extra Soft. These 3 give different feelings when using the mousepad. Some things to consider with this is firmness & speed + stopping power. For example, Xsoft has more cushion which gives more control and stopping power. The mid-mousepad is thinner and harder which improves speed.

Furthermore, it is the world's first and only multi-hardness in the world. Even on the same surface, it opelability changes clearly depending on the hardness of the intermediate layer. The Kou is a medium speed pad with a large X-Y differential, the Y-axis is much faster than the X-axis on this mousepad. Finger tip grippers might like this aspect of the mouse pad, but I think it’s more a niche pad. Raiden The Raiden pad is the speed demon of the family. This pad is even faster Hien’s mid-speed. For the folks that really want that glass-pad experience. Classic vs FX

Until this point the Artisan Hien mid gaming mousepad has received unending praises, but here is where the narrative changes a bit. The pad comes with three softness levels, XSOFT being the slowest, SOFT is the midrange and MID with the fastest overall speed.