Customer Reviews for Staples - Carpet Chair Mat with Lip, 45" x 53'', Flat-Pile - Clear
Customer Rating
5
I would buy this product again
on July 24, 2013
Posted by: Paula K.
I bought this mat to be used under my task chair at my office where I work up to twelve hours a day and sometimes 6 days a week. I have only been using it for a few weeks. No wear is discernible yet. My chair has five legs and has carpet casters. The chair moves very smoothly over the mat and easily moves back onto the mat when I go beyond its coverage. The mat is 46" by 60" which is the largest I could find. I could have used a 50" by 70" if it were available. My work station is surrounded by my desk a lateral file cabinet and credenza and a paper shredder. I constantly move throughout the day in all four directions. Before I had this mat my chair rode directly on the landlord's wall to wall industrial carpeting and the carpet was wearing thin.
Brought the chair pad home. Seemed OK but then I realized that not having a beveled edge is really important. If chair travels beyond the pad wheels can not negotiate the straight lip in order to get back onto pad. Have to lift the wheels over. Quite a pain in the neck. Also wheels make a fairly deep depression in the pad and chair does not roll easily. Should have purchased a better quality pad however store display only had strait edges in all price ranges. Will keep this one for a while but definitely will have to upgrade sometime in the future.
This is a near duplicate to one I purchased 6 years ago and which began cracking. It cracked where my front chair roller resided most of the time when I worked at my desk. No I'm not heavy - 170 lbs.
I bought this mat to replace a similar one that disintegrated after about five years. I should have bought one with little pegs on the bottom to prevent it from sliding around on the carpet. Now I have to adjust it every day after it has shifted around. My mistake. It does the job allowing my chair to move easily over the carpet.