It does keep me from getting wrist pain. But I had to speed up the mouse speed in order to keep it on the pad. My old cheaper pad controlled the mouse much better.
This is the perfect mouse pad for what I was wanting. It is slightly smaller than your average pad. I use it on a smaller desk type tray instead of a desk and it fits perfect. It is also a standard rectangular shape. The pad has a good weight and sticks to it's surface so it does not move around. The wrist rest if great. It is gel which usually means it will not remember your shape and other users can use is comfortably. This is also easy to clean.