Since it launches alongside the keyboard, the be quiet! Mousepad XL is a nice addition to the overall setup. The retail box is a slim, elongated design printed with the 900 x 500mm dimensions right on the front.

The product includes a subtle woven wave-pattern texture on the top surface (faint diagonal striping under angled light) rather than flat black, with cleanly stitched edges — showing a "high-quality stitched borders" product.

A close-up of a folded corner also shows the underside has a distinct cross-hatched/ribbed texture from the top, consistent with the "3mm anti-slip rubber base" spec. A top-down scale shot places the Light Mount TKL and a mouse side by side on the pad, showing there's substantial room left over even with a full keyboard-and-mouse setup on it.

- Conclusion

The Light Mount TKL looks like exactly what it should be: the full-size Light Mount's well-regarded formula, shrunk down without cutting the parts that mattered. The triple-layer foam stack carries over unchanged, the switches got a genuine (if incremental) upgrade rather than a re-skin, hot-swap sockets and a proper metal puller mean the switch choice isn't really locked in at purchase, and IO Center works great with the product including Dynamic Lighting, macros , etc features. There is also a 3D aluminum rotating knob for controlling sound and three programmable keys that can change according to your liking via the be quiet! IO Center software.

Quick Tap is the one feature that's genuinely new rather than inherited, and it's implemented sensibly — off by default, capped at five pairs, with be quiet! proactively flagging that some competitive titles ban SOCD-style behavior rather than burying that in fine print. The retail package is complete, it includes a very nice palm rest and a keycap puller, in case you need it. The included 2.0m USB C cable has very good quality, as you might expect from a be quiet! product. The ARGB is pleasend and there are tons of adjustments depending on your taste. The typing angle also can be adjusted with the included plastic feets feet from 3, 6 or 9 degrees.

The software support is very good, and the Light Mount TKL uses the written-from-scratch IO Center software either locally or via WEB for all operating systems (Linux/MAC), even some options may be only present at the Windows build. The product is being offered with two different switches (orange/black) and up to four (4) different layouts. The orange is more oriented to silent users (near silent) while for those who need some kind of tactile feedback, the black switches can be ordered. You can use any type of 5-pin MX-style switch, so the options here are limitless.

The performance is present, the new switches are very handy to work with and the new design does pay off when you are alone in the room and wanting something more..quiet. The product has two (2) years of warranty and comes at a suggested retail price of $139.90 / €139.90 / £119.90. There's no price difference between linear and tactile variants or between regions' MSRP figures (aside from currency). The be quiet! Mousepad XL also is a good proposal at a suggested retail price of $34.90 / €34.90 / £24.90.

At the TKL market, there is a lot of competition at this price range and layout, however the be quiet! name does guarantee a solid product and if you can afford its retail price is a product you should look for.

Recommended for: anyone who liked the acoustic reputation of the original Light Mount and wants the same thing in a smaller footprint, at a fair $139.90 for a hot-swappable board with this feature set.