Customer Reviews for Staples - Carpet Chair Mat, 46" x 60'', Medium-Pile - Clear
Customer Rating
1
Chair Mat is not sturdy
on April 23, 2014
Posted by: Paula K.
I purchased the chair mat to replace the last one I purchased at Staples. The previous one worked great. It was thicker had more holding power and allowed my chair to glide easily across it. This "Pile Carpet Chair Mat was so flimsy that the casters on my office chair made deep grooves in it and would not roll on the mat. It might work fine on hardwood floors or concrete but is worthless on carpet.
This chair mat is the perfect size for confined spaces. So if you're an executive with mega-space you can disregard this review; but you probably don't purchase your own chair mats anyway. The "grips" are just right for industrial pile carpets (i.e. low hard working) which is fairly standard in in most office environments. The grips make the mat stay put so that you don't have to worry about it shifting under your chair. The only reason I can't give this product fire stars is that it doesn't last very long. I go through at least one a year but that may be because I'm fidgety.
Not good quality at all. The tiniest person in our office uses it under her chair and it is cracking all apart in 9 months of use. If it can't hold under 100 pounds it is not a bargain!
I had ordered chair mats in past and have had no problems with my staples order. When the delivery driver finally got the mat to me much later than the promised 1 day service. He says " you may have to lay something on this to flatten it. I put 4 80 .lb pallets on it overnight and it still has a crease in it that is unbelievable. I am afraid to have it replaced as the next one may be worse. You need to find a better way to ship of find a better delivery courier to handle your packages. This was not an impressive order!
This mat says it's for medium pile carpet (3/4" thick) but the cleats on the back are just small fairly flat nubs and the mat does not stay in place. I'd only used the mat for about 2 weeks and my chair wheels already have made indentations in the mat (I only weigh 135 lbs) so now it's hard to roll the chair out of the pockets. The mat isn't very thick so the edges don't lay flat and I've tripped on them.
It was a second replacement and seems to be of much lesser quality. It is a softer plastic and does not allow my chair to roll readily when I am in it.