IKEA ACCIDENTALLY Made The BEST Glass Mousepad?! | IKEA VARMBLIXT Review

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You read that right! IKEA by complete accident released the best glass mousepad I've ever used! However IKEA didn't actually release a glass mousepad, they released the VARMBLIXT, a serving tray that with a little tinkering can be turned into a glass mousepad that preforms INSANELY well!
And the best part, it only cost $35.00 CAD. On top of the insane price the performance of IKEA accidental glass mousepad is SO good I've been maining it for almost a month and a half now, and believe me when I say this glass pad is a LOT more than meets the eye! You definitely don't wanna miss this one so enjoy the video and if you end up testing the VARMBLIXT yourself be sure to let me know down in the comments what you think of it!
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⏲ Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:49 - Pricing
01:07 - Packaging & Unboxing
01:40 - What about those handles?
02:39 - Dimensions
02:45 - Build Quality & QC
03:59 - Edges
04:31 - Base Grips
04:58 - Surfaces
06:07 - Performance
08:29 - Arm / Arm Sleeve Usage
09:25 - Skate Wear
09:55 - Effects of Pet Hair, Dust Etc
11:01 - Cleaning
11:20 - Disclaimer
12:37 - IKEA's other Glass Options
13:14 - Final Thoughts
14:52 - Outro
15:08 - End
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@mel0nFPS 7 месяцев назад

If you're having trouble understanding my very fast Canadian talk please enable subtitles, I manually made some for you all 💜

@Plain--Jane 7 месяцев назад

I don't necessarily need them, but props, proper subtitles are a godsend

@POLANDXX7 6 месяцев назад

how do you get it in canada? it isnt on the canadian ikea website, but its on the american one

@mel0nFPS 6 месяцев назад

@@POLANDXX7 IKEA discontinued it up here about 4 days after I made this video, you can still find local stock at some locations but due to the spike in popularity they're quite hard to come by sadly.

@19Daantje98 6 месяцев назад

It was only when I read this comment that I noticed you we're talking so quickly, and I'm Dutch so no native English speaker

@edwardjamesjr1 6 месяцев назад

Lol, same same. Didn’t notice it was fast until I read this!

@th3Kun 8 месяцев назад

Ikea be wondering why this product is suddenly selling so well

@undersleeping7752 9 месяцев назад

I used a plastic cutting board as a mousepad for literal years, people underestimate how good these things are

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

Funny you mention cutting boards, I'm testing a few right now to see if they're usable haha. Some of them are surprisingly good!

@huntrayisabeast16 9 месяцев назад

Same

@undersleeping7752 8 месяцев назад

@@mel0nFPS hell yea

@loadstone5149 8 месяцев назад

@@mel0nFPS which ones actually work or not? I've just bought one and it doesn't seem to work

@mel0nFPS 8 месяцев назад

@@loadstone5149 I'm waiting for a couple to be delivered, I'll have a video on what ones work as soon as I can test them!

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

Alright well IKEA is straight up trolling, turns out the entire VARMBLIXT lineup has been discontinued by IKEA... The tray has been taken down from the CA website and appears to be taken down in other regions. There is some in-store stock currently but since demand spiked so much they are very hard to find sadly. I'll be going back to IKEA soon so see if I can find something similar but in the mean time getting their glasspad is tricky... Shout out to IKEA for trolling the **** outta everyone 💀

@cezn 9 месяцев назад

Bro, they had one online stock left in my country's IKEA. I'm buying it straight away! Thank you!

@_Smile_Today 9 месяцев назад

Sounds about right for ikea, whenever items that get popular for repurposing they discontinue it and either make changes or never release it again and drives the second hand and resale market

@cezn 9 месяцев назад

i just wake up and got email from ikea, the product is out of stock 💔 ive been few times ordering ikea online never like this 😔

@lumbologo2497 9 месяцев назад

I went to ikea and one of the last ones!

@electrospud9230 9 месяцев назад

yep, that lineup in the ikea store is now a lamp/light line 😂😂

@BIackSkillX 9 месяцев назад

IKEA, make XXL serving plate please!

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

Omg yes! We need a giant serving tray like the Superglide XXL!

@rennokaz 8 месяцев назад

Why do you need a bigger mouse pad? It is already huge.

@343JustMe 8 месяцев назад

@@rennokazit's not as big as a desk mat. I prefer having a desk pad cause they often have great breadth and length, vertically you have a ton of apace

@qdaniele97 8 месяцев назад

@@343JustMetry with some IKEA glass coffee tables 😅

@Axeiaa 7 месяцев назад

Just search for "Ikea glass top" there's sizes like: 108x50cm, 160x48cm, 159x50cm. They're to protect the top of drawer units from mark but hey they could double as a desk protector and mousepad I suppose. Tip: You'll probably still want a deskpad under your keyboard to dampen the sound when you type.

@LogPileGaming 9 месяцев назад

It's crazy to me that IKEA have accidentally created the best pad (in your opinion) when compared to companies that specialise in glass pads 😂 great video man

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

You gotta review this thing too!

@dustfake2634 8 месяцев назад

Trueeee

@Alphoric 7 месяцев назад

Well it’s just a sheet of glass, it shouldn’t be crazy to you that a sheet of glass behaves like a sheet of glass

@lerros8008 5 месяцев назад

They're shit, nothing more than ripping wallet

@wilazn 9 месяцев назад

Makes you wonder the profit margins gaming glass mouse pad companies have when their pads are 3-4 times more expensive than IKEA mass producing these glass surfaces 😂 Also I just checked IKEA site and it looks like it's available for delivery for me in NY, USA.

@daysuki61 9 месяцев назад

there are taobao glasspads for 15$, i ordered one last week (i hope i dont get a pipe bomb in the mail)

@Ottoni174 9 месяцев назад

tbh you can google tempered glass companies near you and order a piece of frosted glass in the size you want and you will get a glassmousepad like this

@rennokaz 8 месяцев назад

Yep, IKEA has some great manufacturing and logistics processes implemented and can mass produce much cheaper with high volumes. Also other mouse pads usually paint the underside and some have logo printed, added feet etc. This adds to the cost. So it might not be that big of a margin

@byte2848 8 месяцев назад

@@rennokaz It also doesn't help that glass mousepads are a much more narrow market compared to serving trays, so there's an inevitable "niche" tax.

@matheusfaria7230 8 месяцев назад

@@daysuki61 BAHAHAHAHAH

@RemedieX 8 месяцев назад

Leave it to Ikea to make an amazing mousepad and accidentally expose how much of a ripoff mousepad companies are chatging ridiculous prices for a piece of glass lol

@bobbymoss6160 8 месяцев назад

They're not ripping people off, most people are just suckers for marketing.

@RemedieX 8 месяцев назад

@@bobbymoss6160 Sucker for marketing, but also getting ripped off. I've been using a piece of glass I got from goodwill just fine to play at GM level in OW as DPS and high ranks in other games. Meanwhile, lower ranks out there spending hundreds for an Atlas or some other glass mousepad that's way overpriced and I've heard them justify it so many times because they really believe they weren't ripped lol

@mu4784 8 месяцев назад

I assume it would be cheaper for IKEA due to their overall product and shipping pipeline being quite matured and large-scale, but yeah just speculation :P@@bobbymoss6160

@neon-kitty 7 месяцев назад

Some of that may just be down to IKEA producing in much larger volumes than your average glass mousepad producer probably does.

@aaaaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 7 месяцев назад

@@neon-kitty nah, the cost of this glass is like a dollar

@p1ksel. 7 месяцев назад

4:25 the reason they rounded the edges is because the easiest way to break glass is to hit it's edge so rounding them eliminates this problem

@mel0nFPS 7 месяцев назад

Ahh that makes a lot of sense! Didn’t even think of that ngl 😅

@davidmartensson273 7 месяцев назад

And since most of the edges are open, and its something your supposed to carry around, you probably do not want any sharp edges ;)

@SkateEvan1 9 месяцев назад

It is kind of sad that this can perform to this level while only being $40 but all of these specialist companies are charging $100+ for theirs

@Arithmophobia 9 месяцев назад

Ikea is also a much larger company and can outsource production and buy massive amounts of them for less. +it’s also smaller

@SkateEvan1 9 месяцев назад

@@Arithmophobia yes this is true but it’s also $60 dollars less and in some cases $80 less. That’s an insane difference in price. You could buy 2 artisans with the money saved alone.

@leo-ub6nb 9 месяцев назад

When you create a “specialized” market, the prices are usually higher. Just like how things are marketed to gamers, i.e. “gaming” mouse, “gaming” chair, “gamer” energy drink, etc. There probably isn’t any difference in how IKEA’s product is made, compared to a gaming glass pad. It’s just these gaming oriented companies are marketing it to a specific audience and not as a general product. We all then fall for it, or at least the majority do, and boom! You got yourself an expensive product, that is cheap to make and you have somewhat high yields in profit. I say “somewhat” because if they are only marketing it to a specific market, it’s audience reach will be much lower and out of that audience, not everyone is going to get one from them. So, high profit, but low sale volumes.

@wilville3752 9 месяцев назад

i got mine for 8 canadian or 5 american

@neochirp 8 месяцев назад

because that's how easy it is to milk you fools

@Nathan-vu7fg 9 месяцев назад

Hello to anyone reading this right now, if you're considering this as a mousepad please know that skypads are going for $45 US on Amazon right now. If IKEA is out of stock or you're skeptical of trying this skypad may be a simpler solution for a pretty similar cost

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

Yo thanks for the heads up! I've been meaning to pickup a 3.0!

@rennokaz 8 месяцев назад

I can can confirm it works excellent with Logitech G502x. Not being too quick or too slow. Very consistent and not getting sticky. 1/4 price of other similar sized glass mouse pads... it is a steal.

@Mightythunder0987 8 месяцев назад

Works well with my GPro wireless too

@programaths 8 месяцев назад

It's a glass 🙃

@tim_means_heart 9 месяцев назад

I've been thinking of making my own glasspad these days and the timing of this video is perfect! The IKEA control pad was already great and now we get a good cheap "glasspad". They'll soon turn into a mousepad company haha

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

Not IKEA becoming the best mousepad company completely by accident 😅

@videblu 8 месяцев назад

next week: "now obviously IKEA didn't _intend_ for this to be used as an intercontinental misiIe..."

@JessicaFEREM 9 месяцев назад

I wouldn't be supried if they would release a serving tray and just marketed it as gaming mousepad as well as a serving tray. ikea is the home of "modding your furniture to fit your needs"

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

I actually emailed their product team to see if they could release this pad as part of the LÅNESPELARE line, hopefully they do it 🤞

@wilville3752 9 месяцев назад

@@mel0nFPSdoing gods work. Btw does any paint work on it. I was thinking of asking my dad to let me use some of his automotive paint for his old car as it would look “sick as fuck”

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

@@wilville3752 Any spray paint that works on glass should be ok (most of them do), make sure to paint the non-textured side!

@wilville3752 9 месяцев назад

@@mel0nFPSwould semigloss work

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

@wilville3752 i assume so!

@PandaMoniumHUN 8 месяцев назад

This is insane. I was just looking to pick up a pad that looks good on a wooden desk and is priced reasonably and then you publish this video. It is currently discounted to $10 in my country, so I'm definitely picking one up as soon as possible. Thank you for the video!

@animox6303 6 месяцев назад

Can you give an update? How is itt

@jonathantran5821 9 месяцев назад

Love this DIY mousepad content! So innovative and creative. Would be awesome to see this continue.

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

Oh I'll be heading back to IKEA soon to see what other weird mousepads I can find 😂

@andybuddy 9 месяцев назад

I literally got one a week ago and love it. I haven't painted it and just laid it on my desk mat directly and haven't really had any issues with sliding, just cause the friction is so low. I have had one-off mouse jumps, but I think that's dust on my sensor more than the pad itself. It's been a great way for me to try out glass mouse pads on a budget! Also it's going out of stock soon since they're discontinuing the series that this item is a part of, so get it soon~

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for your info! I'm glad to hear the build quality seems to be standard across all the batches from what I've heard!

@ZacharyN369 8 месяцев назад

And it’s gone lol

@mt.sefuri3909 8 месяцев назад

I used to work at Ikea and there are so many sections for different departments. If I were still working there and working in the diningware section, I would be really confused as to why the product would be selling out so quick and kids are fondling with the tray

@jomarcentermjm 7 месяцев назад

Isnt ikea have a department that check internet trends like from pinterest? And if a certain product get populat they are going to give a heads up to all of their branches?

@kevinwelsh7490 7 месяцев назад

there are not many things that you can put a mouse down on. this guy is performing a service for the world by grabbing random things from IKEA clearance center. what a hero. what a spectacular video, not too short, not too long. (well not too short anyway)

@L1PiD 8 месяцев назад

Yup! Bought the "VARMBLIXT glass shelf 90 frosted glass/white". Just came in today and it works like a dream as a really long mousepad. Your video clanged my gaming experience ! Much love

@_Khalmyr_ 9 месяцев назад

Insanely goated video, this is the kind of cool stuff that makes the hobby fun

@Impecable.. 8 месяцев назад

I feel like if we could find a large enough version of like a matte/frosted glass screen protector for iPads/tablets it’d be amazing since it has adhesive on the back and is only like 0.5mm thick

@tessiepinkman 7 месяцев назад

Varmblixt = Warm lightning (as in lightning from the sky). Swede here! Just wanted to add that little knowledge if that was something people wanted to know.

@metallicfyre 7 месяцев назад

I went to IKEA looking for the glasspad and it has been reincarnated as an LED pendant lamp

@zec4800 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for making this vid, I got it recommended and I ended up buying one it’s been great. Definitely check the box before you buy even the store staff recommended doing so. That dust you mentioned was all over mine at first I thought I scratched it or something but yeah it’s just dust. For anyone buying make sure you got some microfibres to clean and isopropyl alcohol. Great vid ❤

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

Let me know if y'all wanna see me go back to IKEA to fine some other weird mousepads!

@xanny57 9 месяцев назад

I'd definitely be interested! Glass pads usually are really expensive and having options that aren't priced at like $100 could bring some people to give it a try. Also, how and with what paint did you paint the back of yours?

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

Hey! I just sprayed the glossy side with spray paint! Be sure to use painters tape on the opposite side to make sure no paint bleeds onto the surface layer!

@L1PiD 8 месяцев назад

Yes Please !

@kensg 8 месяцев назад

I wanted to see you paint and install the rubber feet on the item in question.. that would have made a great video! And then do the testing 🎉

@johnpaullangston 6 месяцев назад

I found this nice to listen to. Where m from in the UK we talk really fast so this sounded natural

@Hyperion9700 9 месяцев назад

Honestly this makes sense to me a lot because last time I checked "Glass is Glass" so it makes perfect sense a 35usd pane feels the same / better than a 100usd plus pane.

@RitzyBusiness 9 месяцев назад

That is incorrect, I've owned both the skypad 3.0 and game sense sonar, not only do they have measurably different friction, they feel completely different in practice. So while glass is technically glass, the surface changes it's dynamics considerably into completely different experiences. Thats not a shot at this IKEA hack, glass pads don't need to be as expensive as they are. And some pads do feel similar to each other.

@twntsvn 9 месяцев назад

This is ordinary business practice, upcharging products because they're labeled "gaming" "professional" etc.

@Hyperion9700 8 месяцев назад

@@RitzyBusiness thank you for improving my understanding of Glass pads ! I feel my original comment was ignorant ! I hope to test for myself one day and experience the differences !

@ChrisWijtmans 7 месяцев назад

glass is not glass there are so many different compositions and structures.

@mk500 7 месяцев назад

Yes please try other IKEA glass pieces to see if they work.

@maozedowner5915 9 месяцев назад

Definitely wanted to see more Ikea stuff being tested as mouse pads! The size on this one is too small I'll be running our of mouse space all the time on this.

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

I'll be heading back to my local IKEA soon to find some other mousepads! Stay tuned!

@michaelkaliski7651 7 месяцев назад

The ability to easily remove and replace the handles is deliberate in a product intended for food serving. It makes thorough cleaning possible.

@curvingfyre6810 8 месяцев назад

Personally, I actually use an xp-pen drawing tablet. Built for smooth gliding, and cleans super easy, plus it has programmable buttons on one side, and sometimes, I even draw on it

@Dominik-iv6ek 8 месяцев назад

Black Lanespelare 36x44 is the end game mousepad. I have it since almost a year and it's just better with every day. It's crazy.

@eirin099 9 месяцев назад

the bestå shelves come with transparent frosted glass windows that are abt 60x64cm or something; also got one that is tinted dark, not sure if that one is frosted or not much more expensive but if its as flat and consistent as this it could be a good choice for a larger pad

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

I'm gonna go to IKEA and look at other glass options since the tray is being discontinued, I'll make another video when I can get over there!

@corso8944 9 месяцев назад

could you drop a link? i cant seem to find it but could be because of my location

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

@@corso8944 I just went to find the link for you and it's gone! I think they discontinued it :(

@xuapril32 8 месяцев назад

Before this video I did not even know glass mousepads were a market to this degree. Now I want this glass mousepad...

@user-jw4bs8ry1y 9 месяцев назад

Bought today after watching your video! I regularly use a Raiden Mid by Artisan, I am a competitive Apex Legends player, with several hours of gameplay and Kovaak. Just recently I was considering purchasing a glass pad but I was hesitant, given the excessive prices on a product that I wasn't sure I would like, given its particularity. I've already had the opportunity to try the glass "tray-pad" I bought from Ikea today and I have no words: certainly faster than the Raiden Mid, but with a control that I would never have expected given the greater speed. I never thought I'd say it, but I much prefer it to the Raiden Mid and it makes me laugh to think that Ikea didn't market it as a real gaming pad, it would have been a crazy success! Paid exactly half because last pieces, I'll take at least a spare pair! It will definitely become my main pad, I've tried a lot of pad but this Ikea tray is marvelous. Still speachless. Thanks so much for the video!

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for the detailed feedback about the pad! I'm glad you're enjoying it!

@diogy4351 7 месяцев назад

any updates?

@user-jw4bs8ry1y 7 месяцев назад

@@diogy4351 used for three weeks, no scratch or damage at all! I've done a lot of damage with this but I need to say a thing: as all the glass pad, don't buy it if you don't have a perfect mouse control with your normal pad, like shaky aim. If you do, you won't benefit at all but get worse, cause there is lot of speed and less control compare even to a very fast cloth pad like the Raiden, might not fit your needs. If you need other infos, feel free to comment back and i'll answer asap!

@w1ndex 8 месяцев назад

For glass pads, I'd recommend using UHMW(ultra high molecular weight) polyethelyene. CS Hyde makes a sheet with acrylic adhesive backing, I use that with a hand held sheet metal powerpunch to make dots. They last for months and stay consistent. PTFE will wear down and get flat spots after a while and it will leave a residue on the mousepad. UHMW polyethylene has a similar coefficient of friction to PTFE but it's about 3 times harder.

@mikep5854 8 месяцев назад

Which product from cs Hyde? What thickness? Like a film or a solid sheet?

@jjazzy3985 9 месяцев назад

I loved the video, but it would have been nice to see some footage of it actually being used in game. Looking forward to hopefully more Ikea mousepad videos in the future!

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

I usually have some kind of gameplay B-roll but I didn't have time to record any for this video haha. I'll be sure to include more gameplay in future videos! Thanks for the feedback 💜

@7ropz 9 месяцев назад

Reminds me back in the day of the 2001 Steelseries Icemat! when I was a teenager , playing counter-strike 1.6 mousepads were very fun and inovative!

@volundrfrey896 7 месяцев назад

One thing you have to give ikea is that their QC is on point, being Swedish I own and has owned a lot of stuff from there and I can't remember ever having a QC related issue with their stuff.

@yunthi 7 месяцев назад

the white powder is probably acrylic dust. its commonly used in storage of glass so there is a small gap between the sheets to make em easier to separate. otherwise the sheets sortof become massive suction cups.

@mel0nFPS 7 месяцев назад

Interesting, had no idea this was a thing, thanks for the info!

@dannyS1k 9 месяцев назад

Love the content. Been binge watching your vids as I do have a passion for moding gaming mice and gaming mice in general. . Hopefully I can get my hand on one of these to try it out. Keep up the good work!

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! Glad you've been enjoying the content!

@HikingFeral 7 месяцев назад

I just got a full sized desk pad and it's so good I can't even imagine why I would want a small glass mouse pad.

@Bertie_Ahern 7 месяцев назад

It is an exceptional surface. I have no idea how or why, but definitely worth buying if you can find one.

@nchia 8 месяцев назад

Really happy this video showed up on my feed, really interesting find! I slowed it down to 0.75x and you still sounded normal, almost 😅.

@TheMadscientist1980 7 месяцев назад

You should have put 2 base pads in the middle. I can't believe you only put one. I'm outraged beyond words. You should think long and hard about what you've done. Great video man. I subbed.

@kray3883 7 месяцев назад

You can get friction-free nylon tape that's supposed to be used for making wooden drawers slide better, but you slap a little on the bottom of your mouse and it works great.

@mel0nFPS 7 месяцев назад

I've heard scotch tape also works really well, I'll have to make a video on the tape skates in the future

@animeshagarwal1234 7 месяцев назад

thanks for the approximately 7 seconds of actual footage showing the item being reviewed

@certhass 7 месяцев назад

around 20 years ago i bought an icemat for my first razer ball mouse, then optical sensors got more common and the first ones just couldnt handle glass mousepads, then a few years ago i reactivated the icemat, and still use it today. never got another mousepad, glass ftw!

@Visstnok 8 месяцев назад

You can't expect them to meet all the demand. They're just entering the market. A small startup, if I'm not mistaken.

@chevronlily 8 месяцев назад

Damn, you got so much info into 15 minutes. You've got my sub

@jacob1121 8 месяцев назад

Varmblixt translates into hot/warm lightning, personally I think Hot Lightning is an excellent product name for a glass mousepad.

@GeneticFreak 8 месяцев назад

I used to buy frosted glass sticker usually put on shower glass walls and stick it on my desk, so I have a custom size "mousepad" Maybe you can buy a custom glass and put sticker on it yourself

@xaytana 8 месяцев назад

I'm curious what else exists in the various home goods stores, as etched glass seems to pop up here and there occasionally in a variety of products. There have to be occasional hidden gems, just like the Varmblixt tray, all over the place given how massive the home goods market is.

@mel0nFPS 8 месяцев назад

Oh more 100% exist, its just a matter of finding them 👀

@sobertillnoon 8 месяцев назад

This is a world I never thought about before this.

@KOSglory 7 месяцев назад

the VARMBLIX collection was meant to be a short term collaboration with designer Sabine Marcelis. Thats why its unfortunately discontinued. But if you have any viewers in southern Ontario Canada, The Burlington Ontario IKEA has them on sale for $5 right now in their tent sale. Cool video! never thought of using glass.

@mel0nFPS 7 месяцев назад

Good to know they still have stock, been meaning to go back and get more!

@nyatella 6 месяцев назад

ikea has some of the best glassware if you look at their vases and their glasses their glass production must be state of the art

@RAZERTAHP 8 месяцев назад

You can also buy textured 3d printer glass beds for cheap as well, comes in all kinds of shapes and sizes

@mel0nFPS 8 месяцев назад

Quite a few people recommended that! I’m looking into some possible options and I’ll do a video on any that I find work well!

@w1ndex 8 месяцев назад

Nice. I exclusively use glass mouse pads, the Cerapad KIN is atrocious. I am not a fan of the Skypad 3.0, I prefer the Skypad 2.0. The 3.0 is too thin. This cutting board looks about right, looks like it's similar to the 2.0, I'll have to get one to try out for a spare(Oh, I see your note about it being discontinued lol You can always get a sheet of frosted glass cut to spec, around 40-60 bucks or more depending on the size you want). Still have a backup Skypad 2.0 but it's nice to have multiple backups when you use a glass pad. :D

@feraacedia1825 7 месяцев назад

I randomly came across this video. Stayed because this guy is attractive and ended up watching the whole video, what a strange best mouse mat

@tartlord7061 8 месяцев назад

Great vid

@bramsanjanssan4908 7 месяцев назад

I use a large ceramic floor tile with 4 rubber bands underneath for protection of the desk and avoid the tile moving around.

@mel0nFPS 7 месяцев назад

Ceramic tile is an interesting idea! I'll have to look into that

@iniceone818 8 месяцев назад

everything is a mousepad challenge please !!!

@--Eleni-- 9 месяцев назад

Wonder what the mouse is going to be called? PIP SKWIIK? 😋

@swecreations 8 месяцев назад

VARMBLIXT = Warm Lightning in Swedish. "Varm" is pronounced the same in English and Swedish. For "Blixt", imagine how you would pronounce the word "Blix" and the last two letters in "Sixt" and that's how you pronounce VARMBLIXT.

@b4g4b3l 5 месяцев назад

i found this thing for like 10$ Zeller 26201 Glasschneideplatte 40 x 30 cm, unfortunately dont have the ikea one to compare it, but its pretty nice and on stock

@Cutbydiego 9 месяцев назад

How does this compare to the pulsar pad?

@k_Why 8 месяцев назад

I am seriously considering getting this, but its a bit sad that literally no one else has tried to corroborate your findings yet Would love to have someone else try it as well before i go and get one

@mel0nFPS 8 месяцев назад

Check reddit! A bunch of people were talking about this & they did their own testing!

@pensacolafishin 7 месяцев назад

Steel Series Icemat paired with a Logitech Mx518 now that's some prime dial up gaming gear. Good ole glory days

@Mightythunder0987 9 месяцев назад

after this video, I had it delivered today from an IKEA fulfillment branch and it works so smoothly w my stock g pro wireless lol

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

W! Glad to hear the pad works well!

@Mightythunder0987 9 месяцев назад

@@mel0nFPS Plus the clear mousepad looks so good on my wooden desk!

@Supportik 8 месяцев назад

To be honest, a serving tray will have probably more integrity than a glass mouse pad, just because it will be moved around and is supposed to hold items, like another glass or dish.

@rrteppo 7 месяцев назад

I have run into a similar situation with trading card mats. They are designed to be tossed in a bag and beaten up so they actually have slightly higher quality than most mousepads.

@rrteppo 7 месяцев назад

I ran into an issue where my hand wore the dye out of the fabric before any issues popped up with the surface itself.

@zenthic8 8 месяцев назад

Giving me buyer’s remorse for that skypad I bought

@Gates-Tech 8 месяцев назад

i was so hyped .. in the netherland ikea stores they dont sell these.. :(

@Alexus00712 8 месяцев назад

Fun fact, the name translates into warm lightning

@PhixatesLeftNostril 8 месяцев назад

I'm sure someone else mentioned it, but my IKEA has a desk pad sized Lanespelare, in fact the keyboard i'm typing this on right now is sitting on one.

@PhixatesLeftNostril 8 месяцев назад

Yeah, it's on their site. They also have a floor protector, lol.

@_MATOMedia_ 5 месяцев назад

Found one roday on the clearance section!

@maozedowner5915 9 месяцев назад

Damn, Ikea in my country simply doesn't sell these.

@kohakkanuva3224 7 месяцев назад

With a name like that, honestly, I'm not surprised

@thelordofspyro 7 месяцев назад

i love how the VARMBLIXT is even named like some gamer device... XD

@tomogic6361 7 месяцев назад

It's annoying they don't sell this in the UK Ikea! Unless it's under a different name but can't seem to find it :(

@esc0w0 8 месяцев назад

so happy for my boy melon for blowing up

@vueport99 7 месяцев назад

The lack of holes in the glass was a cost saving decision! Cutting holes will result in one more step in production and reduce yield

@JosephRodgers-kt5nt 9 месяцев назад

could you look at the ikea malm glass top? its available in the uk in 40x48 and is only 15 british pounds?

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

Going to look at that one soon! The glass isn't the same texture but I'll see if its close!

@VirtualLusamine 8 месяцев назад

this video is crazy what the hell. IKEA sponsor this guy

@Zotac359 9 месяцев назад

Got this "glass mouse pad" but I seem to be having issues with the tracking. When doing slow movements it tracks well, but when I do a quicker flick it basically does nothing, just moves a little. Any ideas of why this might be the case? The mouse is Rival 100

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

Hey! Sounds like the sensor is spinning out, have you tried lowering your LOD, sometimes higher LOD can mess up with glass surfaces.

@Zotac359 9 месяцев назад

@@mel0nFPS Thanks, this lead me to finding the fix. Used a sensor tape mod to lower the LOD.

@smitteree 8 месяцев назад

inb4, they actually where mousepads, but their mouse kept getting stuck when they went over the edge, so they made it into a serving tray.. 😆

@benlamgaminghd6290 9 месяцев назад

how would you mod the ikea glass pad to make it better, or rather more like actual professional glass pads

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

To be honest the glass is pretty much perfect, the only thing I'd say is maybe IKEA could make the glass 3mm instead of 4mm, but aside from that the glass is perfect imo.

@junilog 6 месяцев назад

I used to play on a spare cloth around 2012-2015 idk why I didn't buy a mousepad. I scrimmed TF2 a lot and some csgo and minecraft here and there

@MoonsOfEmpire 8 месяцев назад

More mousepads please

@mel0nFPS 8 месяцев назад

Working on it!

@yourboyvic 8 месяцев назад

blixt rhymes with mixed

@maartenvandenberge7116 8 месяцев назад

thats not cutting a corner as much as that it is reducing chances of fracture in both build prosses as well as thermal growth of the glass

@thomassvedin8701 8 месяцев назад

VARMBLIXT is the combination of the words Varm and Blixt. Varm means warm/hot and blixt is flash. You can translate Varmblixt to Hot flash :)

@_Khalmyr_ 9 месяцев назад

How did you painted your pad, spray paint? What cares did you have for it not to spill over the surface? 🧐

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

I just spray painted the glossy side! I didn’t do this but I’d recommend putting painters tape over the edges of the top later to prevent paint from getting on it. If you do get paint on the top later you can just scrape it off buf better to be cautions unlike me 😅

@Brurgh 7 месяцев назад

im waiting for it to "re-appear" rebranded as an IKEA Gaming Mouse Pad at x3 price!

@roseradical7212 9 месяцев назад

wondering if you may be able to take apart the frosted glass version of the GLASSVIK cabinet door (comes in 2 sizes, 60x64cm and 60x38cm) and use the glass panel from that? it's like $40 CAD and the 60x64cm size would be pretty amazing for a glass pad if the etching is as good as the VARMBLIXT

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

I’m looking into some other options from IKEA since it appears as if the Tray has been discontinued, I’ll post another video with my findings once I can go back!

@DA-qv7vf 9 месяцев назад

I just came back from ikea . The GLASSVIK does not have the same soft finish as VARMBLIXT . I did bought VARMBLIXT. It’s good !

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

@@DA-qv7vf From the product photos It looked like it had a different surface, thanks for confirming though and I'm glad you're enjoying the pad!

@DA-qv7vf 9 месяцев назад

Damn this glass feels good!

@tharmashmeric1068 8 месяцев назад

I belive that this "accident" wasn't one... but instead a genius marketing plot

@DrLIRAAAAAAA 9 месяцев назад

I wish there was an Ikea in my country so that I could try this...

@turbotore 8 месяцев назад

so unfortunate that we cant get them no more! ive searched for over an hour now and the cheapest option was some ebay retailer that would cost me 80eur in shipping alone, not to forget that the pad would also be 70eur smileW

@iceandfrost5467 8 месяцев назад

Its name is literally warm+lightning tray.

@drake5423 9 месяцев назад

What sensors have you tried on it that worked? I have an old icemat that works perfectly with logitech hero sensors, but won’t track at all with my 3060, 3310, or 3090 sensors. Please let me know!

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

I go over the mice used at 6:29! Sensors are HyperX 26K, Pixart 3389, Pixar 3395 & Razer Focus Pro 30K! I did also put a little time on the Steel Series Areox 3, Pulsar Xlit1 v1 and they all worked perfectly!

@drake5423 9 месяцев назад

@@mel0nFPS The normal or wireless Areox 3? And do you happen to have any mice with the sensors that I commented that you could test with it?

@mel0nFPS 9 месяцев назад

It was the wireless Aerox 3. Unfortunately I don’t have any mice with the listed sensors, sorry!

@wilville3752 9 месяцев назад

Hero works as well i use a modded g305 on it hit an insane 180 switch in bf4 lol