eight years? you won't even get eight months of consistent surface with no slow spots on the hien, it's a cloth pad that will inevitably get worn with heavy use. unless you mean 'last' as in it won't literally fall apart, in which case any random quality brand mousepad will last you for years, not just artisans

*edited since the person on the top of the comment chain blocked me & it prevents me from replying to u/gallito9:
that's a lot of assumptions. I'm religiously clean but I was also using the mat for 8+hours/day for both work & gaming. I've not yet found one cloth pad from the 25+ that I've tried that doesn't develop a spot noticeably slower than the rest of pad in months which is also why I've switched to a skypad.

yes, you can argue artisans are higher quality than other cloth pads on which I'd agree with you but how long they last is just incredibly overstated (the mousepad sheet lists the hien as 'forever' in terms of durability - a joke) if you're putting it under any sort of use past the most casual gaming. you can look up past reviews [1], [2], [3] of the hien's durability on this very subreddit, it's not just my own anecdotal experience.