Went and saw the Macpadd site. Some claims are actually not true. For example :
1/ the green dimention of a aluminium slab? making aluminium is one of the most energy intensive manufacturing processes, grey energy of Al is of the charts. Recycled Al is on the otherhand rather good for the environement, it's recylable@ 100% and uses much much less energy that the initial melting process (actually electrolysis from Bauxite, i digress... 😛 )
If they are using recycle Al then yes, but i doubt it. I'm an architect, and we're specialized in Eco friendly constructions, and BOY IS IT HARD to get recycled AL in our products. not impossible but very very difficult. recyling an aiplane where AL is in large quantities is easy, getting AL for the household garbage? near impossible. get the picture?
I would like to see where they get their Al slabs from.
2/ It's fit for usage in an sterile environment? thats a hard one! it's a bit of touch and go. Aluminium does have some properties that a lab needs for soem applications. chemically neutral yes, if the layer is intact. Oxydized Al is non reactive to most things, then again, u're in a lab... with acids and stuff...) aaahh that's why they don't have it in labs 😛. Anyways that's not the point, my point is tha back side, they just glued a bit of antislip lattice ( i think it's some sort of neoprene, the sort u put on your litchen floor) That's not resistant to bacteria, suite the contrary. Like the site says....
I wonder what Apple would think of their name plastered all over this site? linked to visibly a bad customer service?
sad really because I've had a Aluminium mouse pad, which i made myself, and it works rather well. I use a slab,30x30cm, of artificial stone with a teflon finish for the moment.