Customer Reviews for Staples - Hard Floor Chair Mat, 46" x 60'' - Clear
Customer Rating
2
A bit small for my needs.
on August 22, 2011
Posted by: Paula K.
The product is a bit small for my needs and retains wheel indentations making it hard to roll my chair. Will most likely return it and find a different product.
I have never paid so much for something so filty dirty. Had to lay in grass outside & wash off 3 time before could bring in my house.!!! It was like pencil lead powder all over it ! Once clean -- It was just what I wanted.
I use this for my home office. It serves the purpose adequetly I guess. But the plastic deteriorates withing a year. With low pile carpeting it's going to do that. They have one for more money. I figured just buy a new one every year. Nothing last forever.
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.
This is my 2nd chair mat for this year...my 4th in 5 yrs...normally they last me about 1 year but this one didn't. Having read ALL the reviews on more expensive mats [really more expensive] I decided to go w/this one since it seems to last just about as long as the others. My carpet is not extremely thick nor very thin and I am of average weight [150] so the fact that the mats ALWAYS crack and eventually just give up seems to be endemic to the product! Hope they come up w/one that will last longer then 6 months!