After the rubberized silicon surface was incorporated onto the surface of the prepare Mousepads roller ball mouse, the popular fabric-surface mousepad was found to be the most appropriate. It helped keep the rubberized roller-ball surface cleaner and with more appropriate tracking, speed and accuracy than just a desk surface, which collected dirt and slowed the mouse's motion.

There is now a fairly extensive combo of high essence "gaming grade" mousepads. In the beginning 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 further companies followed suit, including Razer, Qpad, Corepad, Xtracpads, X-Ray, Gamerzstuff, Ideazon, and Allsop. These pads are available in a commodious departure of sizes to suit the different sensitivity settings that gamers choose. The Corepad Deskpad XXXL, odd of the largest pads on the market, measures 90cm x 45cm.