I remember having one of these when they first came out. It was a nice mouse pad, with a nice, grippy back side that stuck to the desk well.These new one's are horrible!The back of the pad has NO gripping power whatsoever. When you try to move the mouse on the pad the pad simply slides all over the desk. The grip between the mouse and the pad is far greater than the grip between the pad and the desk.Stay away. It's quite useless.