Customer Reviews for Staples - Carpet Chair Mat with Lip, 45" x 53'', Medium-Pile - Clear
Customer Rating
3
Chair mats durability
on April 17, 2017
Posted by: Paula K.
Chair mats are rather expensive come in various thicknesses and stiffness. They state that a mat is for a certain thickness carpet and so on. They don't seem to tell you thickness in thousands of an inch or rate durability which is of interest to me. The main problem with mats is that over time they develop cracks until chunks of plastic are cut out and make unusable. The typical desk chair wheels today are narrower which make this problem more pronounced by concentrating the weight on a smaller area. This mat seems to be not as rigid and the wheels actually leave a small depression but so far on a prior purchase after 1.5 years not crack the mats plastic. I bought two of these mats and the one my father uses on thicker carpet he claims actually creeps and changes location under the desk. I believe this is because of his carpet and the rectangular cleats under side are not sufficient to hold in place on thicker carpet. Problem is mats stated for use on thick carpets are significantly more expensive. Get what you are willing to pay for I guess!
Mat was for my desk chair and unfortunately when I sit on my chair my weight leaves depressions in the mat and then rolling becomes difficult. I'm not that heavy and neither is my desk chair. this should not be happening. Would not recommend this mats
The chair mat is great for ease of gliding my chair around my work space but after just one day I already see some deep indentations from the wheels on my chair so it makes me wonder how long before it starts cracking like the old one did. I'm just hoping it's more durable than it seems! And no I'm not a very large person to cause such depressions!