It's hard to overstate how much I like this mat. Pretty much none of the other options out there work well for medium-high pile carpet, regardless of what they put in the product description. The roll up plastic/vinyl options your chair will sink in and make divets, the acrylic / hard plastic / glass ones eventually crack or shatter, and the real tempered glass ones are super expensive / insanely heavy and are a pain to reposition when they inevitably shift around. This thing is lightweight, no risk of shattering, chair glides smoothly, and it's cheap. My favorite thing about it is how easy it is to reposition when it shifts out of place over time (which WILL happen on carpet eventually). Other options have so much friction on the carpet that they're impossible to slide back into place if there's any weight on them (my desk sits on top of this so I can have it flush to the wall). With this one you just roll up the slats to the edge of the desk, then you can lift and shove back into place with ease. Brilliant. Read more
Looks excellent. Very high quality. Read more
Excellent product so far. Durability seems to be on par, I have it on carpet and an office chair no signs of abnormal wear after a few weeks of use. Read more
I bought one of these bamboo mats from Amazon two years ago to protect the floor and carpet next to my desktop PC at home. I previously used an acrylic plastic floor mat that only lasted one year before splitting and generally falling apart. I'm delighted at how well this bamboo mat has held up. There's some minor discoloration in the area of the mat where my chair's wheels are constantly in contact, but it's purely superficial. I expect to get at least a few more years' service from this bamboo mat and I'm very satisfied with my purchase. EDIT - February 28, 2017: I first ordered one of these Anji Mountain bamboo chair mats from Amazon in 2012. It held up surprisingly well, much better than my previous hard plastic mats which invariably cracked within a few months. After 4.5 years of steady use, my original mat was showing so much wear that I decided to replace it. Even though I ordered the same model and color mat, I noticed the new one was a lighter (natural) color. I attributed this to a normal variation in the bamboo. Of more concern, I noticed the finish on my old bamboo mat, even after 4.5 years of use, was much smoother and polished-feeling than the new mat. In addition to a new mat, I bought a new office chair and some fairly expensive replacement wheels which were guaranteed not to mar wood or other surfaces. After only three weeks use, I noticed splinters and cracks in the new bamboo chair mat. It took over two years for my original mat to develop such damage. Thinking the rollerblade type wheels might be the problem, I switched over to the cheap plastic caster wheels which came with the chair. Within only hours, the new bamboo mat was covered with indentations caused by the plastic wheels. I can only assume the bamboo used in this new mat is softer than in my original mat because it’s certainly not holding up remotely as well as the one I bought in 2012. At the rate this new bamboo mat is being damaged, I shudder to think what it would look like after even one year’s use. I wish I’d kept the shipping box my new mat came in so I could easily return this item. Read more
I saw this roll-up chair mat at a nearby Staples and I was so upset they sell it in a tan colour but not this dark cherry colour, so I found it on Amazon. It's more expensive on Amazon by ~$14 than at the Staple store though, I think maybe matching the price would be a little more appropriate. (Regular plastic mats at this size should be cheaper at around $45) To start, the package came on time and was secure in a long, tube like packaged box and wrapped inside with a bag over it. Upon opening it, I can very well tell how nice the quality of the material is, thick, strong, had a nice smell of fresh wood and slight rubber, and overall looked beautiful. Yes, it works perfectly fine on thick carpet but it would be more ideal for a thin type of carpet. Just by how it's designed on the bottom, it seems like it's perfectly fine to use on hard wood too with the cloth and rubber circles on the bottom of the mat. My overall review is positive with fast shipping, quality material, beautiful colour, and universal use on carpet or hardwood floors. One of the cons I experienced was the package being a little water damaged and that there was a bump scratched into the mat before I even got to use it. I opened it and I saw the bump. I'm kind of upset with it but I was thinking about how that eventually my office chair will scratch it up anyway so I just decided to ignore it. I wouldn't mind a refund since it's a pretty big bump but even if not, I'll still keep it. Picture 1: The mat I saw at Staples but in a different colour and a price at about $79.99 at 44" x 52" (with lip). Pictures 2 & 3: The mat I got yesterday with the damage/indent. I'm not super happy about it but it's fine I suppose. Read more
Tried this out on a friends suggestion and reading about plastic floor mats that seem to always crack after a while. This bamboo floor mat seems to be very durable and looks nice also. It is about 1/8 inch thick, so you want to get it big so that you don't roll off the edge while seated and moving; Although the edge thickness is rounded, so my chair rolls easily over the edge with out much of a bump or resistance. I also replaced the stupid hard plastic rollers on my chair with softer rubber/silicon type wheels. Much smoother. The old hard plastic rollers scratch up the hardwood floor a lot. The bamboo matt is in sections which unroll flat, but the section are barely noticeable when the chair rolls over them. Read more
