Customer Reviews for Staples - Hard Floor Chair Mat, 46" x 60'' - Clear
Customer Rating
3
Not Exactly as Expected
on August 15, 2011
Posted by: Paula K.
The description on-line lead me to believe this was a heavy duty mat for use on a thick carpet but it is no better at resisting divots from the wheels of a rolling chair than my old flimsier mat. [...]
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!
The mat has shallow teeth and does not cling to the carpet as it should. The office chair feet sink into the mat and the chair is VERY hard to roll across the mat. Then the mat has little valleys where the chair has been. Very flimsy construction. [...] For the price it should be four times the quality.
Chairmat Models 20236-CC 20362-CC Pegs/cleats measure less than 2/16" and are not long enough for high piled carpet. Mat slides around. (3) Products over six days arrived labeled either 20236 and 20362 omitting the suffix "-CC" on each mat delivered. Customer Service led me to believe that the suffix "-CC" did not describe length of peg/cleats. Hours spent trying to order a chair mat with peg/cleats greater than 3/16" and eventually refunded both orders.
I use two mats to cover areas in my art studio where I paint and do mixed media pieces. The room had been newly carpeted when I purchased my condo and I did not want to rip up the carpet to put down flooring. The room looks excellent since the mats are clear and show the carpet colour. Now I don't have to worry about paint spills as they are easily wiped up. I will likely purchase one more mat to use where I store my mobility scooter as that area is also carpeted. This way the carpet will stay nice and the scooter which I use all year around is now not a worry to me when the wheels are wet/snow covered since I can easily mop up the wetness and salt residue. These mats are the perfect solution to help me keep the carpets looking their best!