Purchased this mat to protect the wood floor at my house. Works PERFECTLY. This is smooth on both sides so is gentle on the floor . . . the size is right for moving back and forth and side to side while never leaving the mat. Would definitely buy again.
I purposely waited over a year to review this product in order to determine how it stood up to daily use. Some plastics will break down and crack. I'm happy to say this product shows no signs of wear and tear yet. No cracking.
I have a plush carpet in my home office so I bought the Staples PlushMat Chair Mat to use with my desk and office chair. The wheels of the chair rides on the mat well enough; however sitting in the chair for long periods causes deep impressions in the mat which gets the wheels stuck. It’s somewhat annoying having to rock the chair back and forth to get out of the ruts but it would be harder to roll the chair on the carpet itself without the mat. Anyway as I said it works well enough depending on the deepness or plush of your carpet but I wish the mat was thicker to minimize the deep impressions/ruts. Ultimately I’d tentatively recommend that mat depending on how thick your carpet is.
The matt looks like it does in the photos. The size was as expected. However it is so soft that my chair makes indentions so I sort of get stuck in a spot.