Advantages over aluminum pads (Ironclad, eXactMat):
+ Soft
+ Material grade = warm on the skin
+ No wear mouse feet
Advantage over Plastikpads (Ricochet, Destructor, 9 HD):
+ Not so severe wear mouse feet
+ Little or no sweating, because it is not made of plastic but of substance
General advantages of the pad:
+ Very large
+ Very very reasonable compared to the other pads
+ Stands in precision the other pads in every way
+ Easily transportable (rolled up) -> perfect for LANs
+ Very good sliding
+ Good precision
Otherwise I could actually find any criticisms. Some complain that the pad needs a little longer to iron out the waves caused by the round packaging. More than a week that has not taken me and the waves were not annoying or not really noticeable.
Therefore, I give an absolute buy recommendation for the pad. My initial skepticism that Stoffpads stop formally the mouse was completely revised.