Customer Reviews for Staples - Carpet Chair Mat with Lip, 45" x 53'', Medium-Pile - Clear
Customer Rating
2
Lasts about a year with regular use
on April 26, 2016
Posted by: Paula K.
This will be about the 6th time I have bought this type of mat from Staples in the last 7 0r 8 year4s. I only weigh about 185 lbs. yet the wheels of my Staples chair make a dent in the plastic. After a year or so the plastic cracks and the shards can be very dangerous especially if working without shoes. If it lasts less than a year I get a free one under warranty but usually it lasts 13-15 months and I need to pay for a new one. Unfortunately there's no alternative.
Bought these as they were reasonably priced. No Staples store close to our location so we could not check them out in a store before buying. The plastic is fairly light weight and dents easily with just the weight of an empty office chair. Used this in a location where the employee only works a few hours a couple times a week and the chair has made dents in this chair mat anyway. The carpet is a very low pile so I think the non-skid tabs on the bottom are actually holding the plastic up off of the carpet enough to help make the dents deeper. Overall I think they are holding up ok but will probably look to a different style/brand with harder plastic in the future.
After just a few days of use in my home my 5 desk chair wheels are leaving very visible imprints in the plastic mat (I weight well under 200 pounds). This time I specifically bought the thicker and more expensive mat hoping it would perform better and last longer; but I doubt it will last longer than the thin mat which only made it for a couple of years before cracking through.