Logitech PowerPlay Mouse Pad Review – A Particular Kind of Perfect

If it fits your needs, then it absolutely does work. If you spend a couple hours a day at your computer playing PUBG or browsing Facebook, PowerPlay isn’t going to do much good.

One of my big concerns going in was the combined thickness of the mouse pad and base. For years, I’ve been using Razer’s Sphex mousing surface, which is essentially a low-friction sheet with adhesive backing. It’s paper-thin and sticks wherever you put it, and it’s been a reliable method for years. Going to any mouse pad seemed unappealing. I’m happy to say that the PowerPlay is about as thick as a standard mouse pad, whether you go with the hard or soft mousing surface. The two combined come in at 4mm thick. The base and pad are both grippy enough that they don’t move around at all, either. The pad itself is nice and large, too, at 12.6 inches wide and 10.8 inches from top to bottom. It won’t beat a full-desk mouse pad, but it’s not bad at all.

And indeed, once I had the PowerPlay puck on the bottom of the mouse, I was charging and haven’t had to plug in since then. Charging is slow – very slow – and the mouse cycles between about 85 percent to 95 percent charge. Even when seeing heavy use, though, the mouse’s charge went up consistently, even if it was just by a little bit. Plugging the mouse into a micro USB cable charges its battery up in just a couple hours instead of the 10+ the PowerPlay takes.

And while it is possible to find spots around the edge of the pad that don’t provide charging, it takes effort to do so. During regular use of the mouse, both gaming and in productivity tasks, the mouse maintained a charge connection even in motion. It’s going to be nearly impossible to drain these mice.

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