The Staples Carpet Berbercmat Chair Mat I recently bought and was asked to review is a total disappointment. It is a chair mat and it looks and a like a chair mat. That's where the good news ends. At 180 lbs I don't consider myself inordinately heavy. This mat is on tight Berber carpeting and the mat is so soft the wheels and on my chair sink into the "plastic" (or whatever the Berber mat is made of) making it difficult for me to roll my chair around on it. This happens after sitting for minutes not hours. I have a bad back and don't want my chair to "stick" to my chair mat. That's exactly what this mat does the wheels compress the mat which keeps them from rolling causing my whole body to be stopped when I try to move and that's painful. 😣 It may be a great mat for a solid floor. ANYTHING with ANY give to it will make the chair "stick" unless you weigh a lot less (no clue how much 150 130 110 ... ?). 👎
There is only one problem with the chair mat. It doesn't stay in place. It seems to "walk" in whatever direction we vacate the chair from. I have to constantly push it back to the proper position.
I purchased this to replace one that I have had for 20+ years that had cracked in numerous spots. This appears to be exactly the same as the one replaced so hopefully it lasts as long. It does indent where the wheels are and I have to push to get it out of the dents but I don't roll around a lot. I just swivel my chair to get out. The chair basically remains in the same position. So this works for me. If you roll around you may find this annoying. I do not find that it moves around like some other reviewers have stated. The delivery was fast (received the day after I ordered it). It also came flat which was great. The only issue I had was there was a lot if tape stuck to it holding on the shipping label the carrier label the purchase receipt bar code etc.