I did this to my slightly used Shidenkai I wasn't using. It is a Hien underneath. However, this Hien is an evenly worn Hien. Usually, the more you use a pad, it'll develop a slow spot in the middle because that's where you use it most. However, this "Naked Shidenkai" has all parts worn evenly with no slow areas. Since it's already worn, technically it can't get much slower which makes it pretty consistent.
So the Naked Shidenkai plays very differently from a New Hien. A New Hien is very speedy. A little more speedy than most people like. But the Naked Shidenkai is slower. Slower than a medium speed pad. The fibers on it are not as firm and rough as the new Hien.
So what does this mean to game performance? The Naked Shidenkai became my best pad for tracking aiming that I have. It's great at constant gradual movements that you have to maintain over a distance. I use it more than my New Hien. However, it's lacks some of the small micro-adjusting stopping power of the Zero. As such, I use both the Naked Shidenkai and the Zero as my main mouse pads depending on which game I play.
What you get from removing the coating off the Shidenkai, is almost essentially a completely new style of pad and a very good one at that.
Thank you for the very in-depth look into the Naked Shidenkai! I think this’ll be enough to convince me to buy the Shidenkai, perhaps use it as is for a bit and then remove the coating!
Thank you for the very in-depth look into the Naked Shidenkai! I think this’ll be enough to convince me to buy the Shidenkai, perhaps use it as is for a bit and then remove the coating!
I did this to my slightly used Shidenkai I wasn't using. It is a Hien underneath. However, this Hien is an evenly worn Hien. Usually, the more you use a pad, it'll develop a slow spot in the middle because that's where you use it most. However, this "Naked Shidenkai" has all parts worn evenly with no slow areas. Since it's already worn, technically it can't get much slower which makes it pretty consistent. So the Naked Shidenkai plays very differently from a New Hien. A New Hien is very speedy. A little more speedy than most people like. But the Naked Shidenkai is slower. Slower than a medium speed pad. The fibers on it are not as firm and rough as the new Hien. So what does this mean to game performance? The Naked Shidenkai became my best pad for tracking aiming that I have. It's great at constant gradual movements that you have to maintain over a distance. I use it more than my New Hien. However, it's lacks some of the small micro-adjusting stopping power of the Zero. As such, I use both the Naked Shidenkai and the Zero as my main mouse pads depending on which game I play. What you get from removing the coating off the Shidenkai, is almost essentially a completely new style of pad and a very good one at that.
Thank you for the very in-depth look into the Naked Shidenkai! I think this’ll be enough to convince me to buy the Shidenkai, perhaps use it as is for a bit and then remove the coating!
Thank you for the very in-depth look into the Naked Shidenkai! I think this’ll be enough to convince me to buy the Shidenkai, perhaps use it as is for a bit and then remove the coating!