Customer Reviews for Staples - Carpet Chair Mat, 46" x 60'', Flat-Pile - Clear
Customer Rating
1
Doesn't Work
on August 22, 2011
Posted by: Paula K.
We just installed good quality home carpeting. The mat slides as the chair is rolled. I ended up putting roofing nails through the mat and carpet into the wood sub-floor. There are deep dents in the mat where my chair wheels have been. I suspect in time the mat will break at the nail points or where my chair wheels have dented it.
When I first saw the mat the quality and heavy thickness seemed perfect to use on my plush 1" pile carpet. But after one use I discovered that the mat is not sturdy enough to prevent my office chair wheels from sinking into the mat when I'm sitting down. This renders my chair completely stuck in plastic sink holes so my chair will not roll on its wheels. Bummer. In general however I would say that the mat would be a very nice quality mat for low to medium pile carpets but not high pile.
Why do you buy a mat? So chair's rollers won't press into carpet and chair will roll easily. Neither happens with this mat. The castors will dig into the mat and chair will not roll. If you don't get up and move the chair periodically it will dent through the mat into the carpet. I weigh 165 lbs so nothing out of ordinary there.
We have it on thick carpet and it is too soft the edge curl up when you roll near an edge. Also the teeth aren't large enough to bite into the carpet so it slides around.