Ergonomic precision with ROCCAT Raivo - Review

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I recently replaced my ROCCAT Hiro after more than 9 months of amazing usage, with the sexy ROCCAT Raivo, and have now had a few weeks to test it in several games and situations. Let's get to it!

The Look

Most of ROCCATs creations have the black and blue theme, and the Raivo isn't an exception. With a giant ROCCAT logo, and the Raivo logo in the bottom left corner, you can't overlook that this is a ROCCAT product. The mousepad is a square with kind of rounded cornes. In the middle-bottom there is a grey bar, saying ergonomic precision, which we will get back to later.

The Raivo is 350 x 270 x 2 mm, which is quite a medium sized gaming mousepad, and a little "higher" than most. Mousepads, are typically a bit longer than they are high. I guess ROCCAT just want to be hipsters?

ROCCAT Raivo comes in threee different versions, each of them more simpler than the other. There's the Lightning Blue, Midnight Black and Stealth Black. 




There is not much more to say, as it's a very simple design, and afterall, it's the function and feeling that we really care about, as gamers. Right?

The Experience

The ROCCAT Raivo really brings you into the game with ergonomic precision. I've been using the Raivo with the ROCCAT Savu, a quite comfortable gaming mouse.
The minidots, that makes the granular surface have been designed with laser precision, to be much smaller. This results in an almost impossible smooth surface, that basicly makes no resistance at all when you glide your mouse over the mousepad.

And with the "battle-ship"-shape, that makes the most comfortable and natural rest for your wrist, ROCCAT did their best to make sure that you can avoid muscle strains og fatigue, in other words - You are pretty much as prepared as possible for the long battles.
Oh yeah, of course the mousepad also haves a non-slip back, which makes it stay in place no matter how tough and stressful your fights are.

Overall a nice experience with the Raivo. The only thing I sometimes get annoyed by, is the "stiff" material, which makes it a bit difficult to bring it with you to LAN-parties or maybe just on holiday. But if you have a bag that can fit the, not small, mousepad, or maybe just like to do the gaming at home, then this is not really a problem.

Final comment

Overall a really good mousepad, and I am really satisfied.
It's a good choice for anyone who likes a bit of space on their mousepad, and want to jump right into the action in any game with precision and speed.

The dirt resistance and non-slippery back is also worth noticing, if you like me have a cat that likes to walk around your desk while gaming. It can get really messy really fast.

ROCCAT Raivo

Design
Once again, it's time for a post, but this time it won't be a review, it will be some news from our sponsor ROCCAT. We just got a message from them with some pretty cool news!

They just finished the last touch on their new mouspad, the Raivo. The Raivo is a bit like the Sota, but with a rocksolid plate, to get the best stability when gaming. You may ask, what about the flexibility? But ROCCAT didn't compromise on that either, so you should be able to have a stabile mouspad, but it will still be easy to carry around! ROCCAT CEO René Korte said:
"Observing the feedback from ROCCAT gamers using Sota, we noticed that many wished to have a mousepad with a more steady structure. The flex-support plate inside the Raivo delivers rock solid stability without compromising its flexibility and optimal glide."
But other than the most breaking news about the stability, the Raivo got a non-slip rubber back, that makes sure you can hold stand in the most hectic warfare, without having a mousepad that suddenly disappear. The coating is easy to clean and is dirt resistant and the materials is made so they can last for eons of marthon gaming sessions!

The design of the mousepad is like the Sota, it's simple and got some sort of battle shield shape. In the bottom there's a cut, so you can rest your wrist, all made for optimal effectiveness! You can get the mousepad with three different looks Lighting Blue, Midnight Black and Stealth Black, they can all be seen in the bottom of this post.

It's ROCCAT, so of course they tested a whole bunch of different popular mouses on the Raivo, and those are just a couple of them:

  • ROCCAT™ Kone
  • ROCCAT™ Kova
  • ROCCAT™ Pyra
  • ROCCAT™ Savu
  • ROCCAT™ Lua
  • Razer™        Naga™
  • Razer™        Imperator™
  • Razer™        DeathAdder™
  • Razer™        Taipan™
  • Steelseries™ Xai
  • Steelseries™ Sensei
  • Steelseries™ Kana
  • Logitech®     MX
The mousepad will be available in North America in March 2013, and in Europe ROCCAT expect the Raivo to be on the shelves this week (week 4) with a recommended price on 29,90€.

Specifications/Features

  •  350 x 270 x 2mm – for top notch performance and comfort
  •  Micro-granular speed surface for ultra-fast gliding and precise control
  •  Integrated flex-support plate for maximum stability
  • Ergonomic battle shield shape with wrist cut-out for optimal effectiveness
  • Non-slip rubber backing
  • Dirt-resistant coating
  • Combat-tested materials
Lighting Blue

Midnight Black

Stealth Black


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