Coloured roll up boards (vinyl/silicone/mouse pad)

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Sir_Chjaka

I'm currently looking at putting together a half reasonable tournament set, nothing spectacular as it's main use will be as a travel set.  In fact, unless I bequeath it to my 'yet to be conceived' offspring, it will, in all likelyhood, never see the inside of a tournament hall

Being a bit of an equipment fetishist and roll up boards being relatively cheap (as am I) and easy to store, I thought I'd indulge myself in a bit of a selection i.e. vinyl, silicone & mouse pad in a range of colours.  I'm not a huge fan of the classic green and white boards, they're alright and you can rabbit on all day about contrast but a dash of variety is the theme of the day and blue and white my preferred option.

This is where I've hit a snag; the range of roll up boards in the UK is limited at best and useless at worst.  Coloured vinyl boards are common enough but the mouse pad and silicone limit me to green/white if you can find them in stock at all (chess.co.uk are the only vendor I have found but alas even they're out of stock at the moment).  Even eBay and Amazon have struck out as far as I can tell.

So, to cut an unnecessarily long question short, if anyone can recommend a UK or European based company (as long as the shipping's not too steep - please see the reference to me being cheap above) that stock a decent range of these elusive items it would be very much appreciated.

P.S. Out of interest, these are the bits and bobs I've settled on so far:

http://www.regencychess.co.uk/conqueror-weighted-staunton-chess-pieces-4-inches-plastic-p-1071.html

http://www.regencychess.co.uk/blue-fabric-chess-set-carry-bag-with-shoulder-strap-p-1095.html

http://shop.chess.co.uk/Mousepad-Chess-Mat-55mm-Squares-p/cb04243.htm

http://shop.chess.co.uk/Deluxe-Silicone-Chess-Mat-55mm-Squares-p/cb05554.htm

http://www.regencychess.co.uk/dgt-960-compact-digital-chess-clock-red-black-p-975.html

 

 

9kick9

My choice is the Silicon green/white board. It will lay perfectly flat every time unless you somehow abuse it. The other vinyl boards are made in China & are CRUD IMO as they do not lay perfectly flat. The USA made vinyl boards are much better. A Mousepad board made in China has a rubber stink you can not get rid of. You can smell the strong oder of rubber while playing.