Belkin Standard 8-Inch by 9-Inch Computer Mouse Pad with Neoprene Backing and Jersey Surface (Black) (F8E089-BLK)

Size is right, lays nice and flat, texture is perfect but OMG the smell! I bought 3 of them and these things smell like concentrated ashtray or burning factory or maybe smouldering tire dump. Contaminates any tote bag we put them in. Makes any office smell like a smoker works there. If you are a chain smoker you wont notice a thing, this mouse pad will work great for you. If not, dont use them yourself, give them as gifts to your enemies. We have them outside on the porch with dryer sheets between them hoping this stench gasses off pretty quickly or they are going in the bin on the next trash day.

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Its a black mouse pad. $3. What could possibly be controversial about such a basic and inexpensive product? OK, so, thinking that, I didnt bother to read the reviews. In the famous words of Julia Roberts ("Pretty Woman") -- "BIG MISTAKE. HUGE!" I took it to my office and opened the bag sitting at my desk. The smell was so bad I almost gagged. I sprayed it with room spray that has Febreze in it which was so futile it was almost funny. I put it back in the bag, taped it, put it in another bag and the smell lingered in my office for the rest of the day. I took it home, rested it between the screen and window and let it sit there. After a day it was a little better but not much. THEN I read the reviews. OK, so Ill try washing it with dish soap a couple of times before chucking it but this has taken WAY too much time and WAY too much effort for a damn mousepad. Lesson learned: ALWAYS READ THE REVIEWS! If Id seen the reviews before I ordered this stinky thing I would have saved myself a lot of trouble. Oh, yeah, and $3. UPDATE: A day later Ive washed this wretched thing in lemon dish soap, soaked it in baking soda (which gets rid of bad smells in microfiber and most anything else) and washed it in lemon dish soap a second time and propped it to dry in my dishwasher. Now my dishwasher smells, my hands smell and this gross thing is in the trash where it should have gone the day I received it. If it cost more that $3 Id return it but Ive wasted way too much time already. FINAL RECOMMENDATION: DO NOT BUY!

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Ok, this just smells beyond awful. I removed it from the packaging yesterday and it literally smells like the dirt floor of a barn that has been infused with animal feces. Im actually worried my coworkers will think the odor is emanating from my feet or god forbid my mouth. If it were not so cheap I would absolutely request a refund. I imagine the odor will dissipate at some point, as is generally the case with various other chemically treated garbage Ive been lured into purchasing at super low prices from Amazon. I am considering washing it in the office sink and hanging it to dry. Yeah, that sounds like a good idea...exactly what I want to do with my time. Thanks!

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Writing 1 star not because it doesnt work- but because it reaks and the current ratings are deceitful. I purchased this mouse in a hurry- it was well rated (4/5 stars) and had thousands of purchases. I wish I would have stopped for ONE MINUTE to read reviews... the new smell is HORRIBLE. Gives me a headache. It still reaks, but then again, Ive only had it for a day. Im gonna have to try washing it and see if that helps. I hope more people giving a one star can help bring it does to 3 stars or something where buyers can tell something might be off...

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My mouse often lost track of itself on this (I have a Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse ), and this mousepad was quickly replaced by a 3M Precise Mouse Pad with Repositionable Adhesive Backing, Battery Saving Design, 8.5 in x 7 in (MP200PS) for a number of reasons. First, though it was attractive and had a good weight to it, this mouse pad reeked awfully, and the odor of it was quite unpallatable for several weeks, but I persisted, thinking, oh this too shall pass. Second, though, my mouse pretty consistently lost track of where it was. My mouse can track itself on most anything, but it had a lot of trouble tracking on this surface. This problem was pretty consistent throughout the mousepads tenure. Overall, with both of these major cons persisting, after two months, I got the 3M Mousepad, and I couldnt be happier I did.

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This pad stinks. Literally smells like burnt plastic. Aside form that, it doesnt work. It causes my mouse to stall continuously. I cant move the mouse more than 2 inches without the cursor stopping. I didnt realize there were no returns. Do not buy.

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