Stalwart
Just like the dog on our hard-laminate floor, the mouse skitters across the surface, making lots of noise, and not being at all sedate. OK, an explanation: This mouse pad has a hard surface rather than the typical fabric upper surface. As you move the mouse across the surface, the mouse feet make noise - not much, but in my very quiet environment, it is noticeable, and is almost as irritating as chalk on a chalkboard. (But who, that uses computers, even remembers chalkboards?) Also, apparently because the surface is slightly reflective, the mouse cursor accelerates across the screen rather more quickly than I would expect. That is easily solved by turning down the mouse sensitivity in the Windows settings. I quit using it, and purchased a pad with a fabric upper surface. Im sure I will need to replace the fabric-surface pad more often that the hard-surface pad, but I will live with that.