Customer Reviews for Staples - Carpet Chair Mat with Lip, 45" x 53'', Flat-Pile - Clear
Customer Rating
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Couldn't be worse
on March 12, 2014
Posted by: Paula K.
The plastic is too flexible and even on a short berber carpet the chair sinks in. This totally defeats the purpose of having a mat in the first place. I recommend this only for commercial grade carpets. Ive had this mat for less than a week and hope to return it for a pricier model but one that does the intended job.
My local Staples store did not have the 36" x 48" hard floor chair mat by Rubbermaid in stock but were most helpful in ordering it for me. The order was placed on Friday afternoon and arrived via UPS on Monday. I unpacked it put it in place and put some heavy books on top of it to help get the it to lay flat. Within less than an hour it had conformed to the floor and was ready for me and my chair. Since we had just spent money installing beautiful new wood floors in my home office I wanted something that would offer protection but still let me see the wood. It works great.
These newer mats are made of lighter weight material. Yes you can see through them but your chair wheels sink into the mat creating a divot. It's not very easy to roll your chair around once that happens.
For the price a Great chair mat. I use it on a thicker carpet and that will give it less life On flat pile carpets should be very durable. Improved securing method. No more dagger points on bottom of mat. They use alternet rows of rectanguler cleats. Great idea.
I had a chair mat that wasn't as thick as this one and it didn't hold up and it always moved and it eventually cracked but this mat is made so well and its thicker and it stays where it supposed to stay.This is top quality and I can see that I will get many years of service from this purchase.
We were looking for a mat to go under our swivel chair but did not want one that would cover our wood floors since this is a separate area of our living room it shouldn't look too much like an office. This worked great and was exactly what is was described it would be. The chair slides on it but not so much that when you push back you roll half way across the room. The color is clear enough that you see the wood floors through it but from far away you almost don't notice it. I would recommend 100%.