"For anyone unfamiliar with the name, QPAD's legacy is surprisingly weighty. Founded in the early 90s by Christer Körnbäck, the brand grew from a hobbyist effort into one of Europe's first specialised gaming gear companies. They were ahead of the curve on multiple fronts: the world's first pro-grade laser gaming mouse (the 5K) in 2009, the world's first USB mechanical keyboard with full N-Key Rollover (the MK-85) in 2011, and a headset - the QH-90 - whose design would later evolve into the massively popular HyperX Cloud. Not a bad track record, eh?"
"Then things went quiet. Not dead - just quiet enough that the world of peripherals more or less moved on without them. Through the mid-2010s and early 2020s they continued to put out gear. These were solid, well-made devices, but they didn't break ground in the way the brand once had. In a market dominated by Razer, Logitech G, SteelSeries and later HyperX, QPAD simply faded into the background."
QPAD was a prominent European gaming gear company in the 1990s and early 2000s, known for pioneering products such as the 5K laser mouse, the MK-85 USB mechanical keyboard with full N-Key Rollover, and the QH-90 headset whose design evolved into the HyperX Cloud. The brand slowed through the mid-2010s as Razer, Logitech G, SteelSeries and HyperX rose to dominance. QPAD continued releasing solid peripherals but lacked major innovation. The company is relaunching with rebuilt keyboards, mice, microphones and mousepads and an exclusive UK retail partnership with Currys, led by industry veterans including former HyperX product architect Baron Lee.
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