Ratpadz are really good if you have the old-fashioned ball mouse, yes. They are a lot better than your standard cloth pad. However, you'd probably be better off saving that money and buying an optical mouse. I like it a lot better, and you never have to clean dirt off of the rollers since there aren't any. You don't even need a mouse pad with an optical, assuming you have a surface with a pattern to it, like a wood desk.