Customer Reviews for Staples - Hard Floor Chair Mat, 46" x 60'' - Clear
Customer Rating
5
2nd one I bought
on February 5, 2014
Posted by: Paula K.
This works for our computer in our home. It stays where it is supposed better than other I have used. I liked it so much I bought another one for under my exercise work bench and it works wonderfully there also. Then put it under my exercise bike because we had new carpet put down to keep the bike up off the carpet in case of any rust and is also great for that. Don't have to mess with other objects like rugs to keep them in place and covered for protection under the exercise equipment.
I had bought some of these mats before at Staples a few years ago and they were great. These are a very cheap excuse for a chair mat. The plastic is so thin that the chair will not roll on it. I am not happy at all with these. They probably would work on a hard surface but not on even thin carpeting.
This flat pile carpet chair mat with lip lasts a long time is durable and holds up with my chair rolling over it day after day. I would recommend this product. The price is reasonable and given the length of time that it lasts works out to just pennies a day for the cost. It doesn't ruin the carpeting or floor underneath and the chair slides smoothly and cleanly across the mat. It is so flat that you don't trip on it when walking from the carpet to the mat. It's definitely worth buying.
I passed up on the matts in the store because they were out of heavy duty ones. I ordered the heavy duty one on the web site. It was a big one and fit my space perfectly. I bought a very expensive chair at the store (the red Sealy one). It's the only red chair in the store and you've probably seen it. The chair has two rollers on each leg and they are each very thin (1/2in). When measured together they span around 2 in. It makes a good solid contact with the matt but the matt dents under the weight of me and the chair. I'm 250lbs but 6'3". I think if the matt was really built heavy duty it would take my weight. As it is now the indentations of the rollers have made points that the chair gets stuck in and becomes very hard to move the chair. Simply put the matt needs to be thicker if it is to be called a heavy duty matt. I said I would recommend this but only with a warning it may indent.
Does exactly what the description says. Protects hardwood floors. I use my chair 6-8 hours a day and have not seen any damage to the floor or to the mat. Mat is also thin enough that if you do roll off the edge you do not have to carry the chair back onto the mat you can just roll right back onto the mat. I looked at other sizes but this size seemed to be the best. It fit between the legs of my computer desk actually the legs hold the mat in place ;) and it is long enough that you can slide back from the keyboard and not go off the edge. If the mat was any shorter you would slide off the edge.
It's true it's just a chair mat but all chair mats are not created equal. I bought the store brand instead of the competition to save a few bucks. After all isn't that what "shopping" is all about ? So I got what I paid for its does it's job keeping the wheels of my chair rolling that's the purpose of a chair mat. With the Staples coupon it was definitely worth what I paid and I don't feel bad about my purchase. In retrospect I should have got a larger one guess ya don't know how far ya want to roll until you do. All in all I'm satisfied
It's smaller than I expected it to be which is OK for my use (under the cat box)but I'm not sure I would like it at a desk. And it has the grippers for carpet but still "moves" a lot across the carpet. I have to pick up one end and reposition it at least once a week. But the price was right for what I'm using it for! If I write 400 characters I get 5 bonus points but I'm not sure what the points are for?? Guess I'll go for it anyway because I'm getting real close on number of characters. - oh well!