Did you iron the bathroom mat? It's my guess, but you might want to 😊
The mat is soft (I think they call it a velour texture) spongy and a medium-thick density to the memory foam. It doesn't feel like others I've had where they feel plasticky inside when standing on it, it is spongy-like a memory foam should feel when stepping on it. And the weight, it feels heavier, not lightweight or cheap weight feeling like I've had before also. This one is not the smallest one this seller is offering but larger, a 24 x 36" so it will be a bit heavier than the smaller ones, even a contour mat if they offered that (but they don't for any of the offered colors in the ad, which is odd, as I would've bought it also.) The color is more of a violet burgundy versus a maroon blood red or a brownish red burgundy, and when you swipe across the mat you either get a lighter or darker violet shade of burgundy. The non-slip material is fine on linoleum flooring, sticks like most decent ones, as I've had ones that feel like they have a powder underneath them and slide around, not this one though. The non-slip material's texture is a bit sticky which is what you want—providing you have the proper vinyl flooring. I see many others who complain on the feedback (not just here but on many sites) however, I think what the problem is, is because I see they either have debris on their bathroom floors -or- it's a laminate (plastic) wood grain-look flooring, or a very smooth actual wood flooring. The smoother the flooring the less catch a majority of non-slip material will not attach, adhere or stick to the flooring, that's imo IF I know anything about the texture of a material against another. Also, the mat having a darker gray backing seems like a better idea than white, as likely the typical white on bath mat's backsides are usually white, and won't be dirty looking as quick as a white back would get since that side is on the floor. As to taking the bath mat out of the packaging, it looked just like anyone else's here that complains or doesn't, and again, not just on this site. The trick or the answer to that problem is just to simply put it on an IRONING BOARD and iron it, on BOTH sides to get the creases or bends out of the material, BUT you need to put down two full-size pieces of paper towels before you start ironing ANYWHERE on either side of the mat. I put my iron on med-high heat (I think the cotton setting) and used the highest steam, which shows as three asterisks (***) on my brand iron's temperature dial. Right out of packaging I poked a hole in the mat's transparent plastic, opened carefully with scissors with a little swipe and slide of the scissors (not cutting) it was out of its packaging and on my ironing board -with- my iron already heated up and with water in it (for the steam gusts I was going to give it). When I satrted to iron the mat I repeatedly and constantly moved my hot iron. Do not let the iron sit on the material for more than 2-3 seconds or you will risk melting the colored fabric -or- the non-slip material on the other side of the mat. That said, I did both sides WITH the paper towel so I DID NOT have the iron's surface directly melting the fabric on either side. I moved the paper towel as I went along until I seen no creases or folds and on the edge's on the mat to iron them down I just put the paper towel a bit over the edges of the mat. NO PART of the hot iron touched the mat directly. This took 10 minutes from the unpackaging to being all done, and another 5 minutes to take out/put way my iron and ironing board. The ending result for 15 minutes of my time and money I spent, you can see the results with the photos I've provided on my feedback. I just got the mat today, it was the 24 x 36" size and the tape measurements are shown as well, which are pretty accurate in comparison to the advertisement here. I have ZERO complaints, and I'm pretty finicky and meticulous. All looks good to me and is of a good quality bathroom mat. Hope this helps and clears up some fuss in the negative feedbacks. Read more
