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Here's the mousepad laid out on my desk. It's an attractive, yet simple-looking just off-black piece of steel, coated with a clouded glass covering. This is great for the trendy, modern and minimalist look which is becoming extremely popular today (hence the popularity of Lian Li/Coolermaster/SST cases). As I mentioned earlier, it measures in at 12 inches wide by 10 inches deep, and it's about 1/8 inch tall, just like the old Icemat. On the bottom right of the pad is the Icemat logo, which is covered by the cloudy glass, so it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb. It contains the web address "www.icemat.com", which as you may have guessed, is the official website of the Icemat 
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I was not able to photograph it very well, but the texture of the pad is not perfectly flat like the Steelpad. It's not a rough surface by any means, just barely enough to give you a little traction as you move your mouse across the pad.
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On the flip side of this pad we find the 6 rubber feet which are permanently stuck to the bottom, to provide grip to your desk surface. Not much else to say about these.
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Here's the shot of the MX700 mouse with the included Padsurfers installed. The Padsurfers are pieces of Teflon tape included with the Black Icemat, and it's enough to cover your mouse's feet twice. This provides improved gliding on the Icemat, or any other mousepad for that matter.
Now that I've shown you this mousepad inside-and-out, let's put it up to my testing, shall we?
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