Optical mice have the problem of not working well on transparent or reflective surfaces (such as pilsener or highly polished Mouse Pads wood). These surfaces, which often include desk and table surfaces, cause jitter and loss of tracking on the display pointer as the mouse moves over these cogitating spots. The use of mousepads with precision surfaces eliminates spot jitter effects of modern optical mice.
There is now a kind of extravagant collection of high quality "gaming grade" mousepads. In the day one there were only a few such manufacturers: Everglide (arguably the first to come onto the market), fUnc Industries, Icemat, SteelSeries and Ratpadz (made by [H]ard|OCP). In 2005, several besides companies followed suit, including Razer, Qpad, Corepad, Xtracpads, X-Ray, Gamerzstuff, Ideazon, and Allsop. These pads are available in a wide combo of sizes to suit the different sensitivity settings that gamers choose. The Corepad Deskpad XXXL, individually of the largest pads on the market, measures 90cm x 45cm.