GIOVARA Clear Chair Mat for Low-Medium Pile Carpet Floors, 75x120cm (2.5'x4'), Rectangular, High Impact Strength, Non-Slip, Non-Recycling Material

Bit faffy at first with unrolling in a hot bath of water but it does the job

I bought the first one to protect the carpet when I started working from home.After two years daily use, it started to crack and catch the wheels of the chair, but underneath the carpet was pristine, so I bought another.It needs to be unrolled from the packaging and weighted down for a few hours before use, otherwise it will curl up, but this is easier in a warm room like a bathroom.It would be nice if it lasted a year or two longer, but still reasonably good value for the use it has had, and it has protected the carpet underneath.

This is softer than expected so deforms under the weight of the chair and hence leaves marks on the carpet still but not as bad as without it.

The product looks and feels sturdy enough for the task. I do though feel that a more environmentally way should be found to unroll the product.You are sent instructions from the seller to soften the mat in a bath of hot water for 10 minutes. That is so that you can unroll it. It is packed into a 125x125mm box which means that it rolled very tightly. An alternative is to use a hairdryer to warm it.I opted for the latter, feeling it a waste of water to fill a bath. It took about 15 minutes of intermittent use to achieve a flat mat. It would have been a shorter time but to get enough heat you need to hold the dryer close to the mat and then it overheats and cuts out.

Good mat, haven't tripped over it once yet! Helpful advice from the sller to put in warm water to flatten it out, and after that, does its job well.

Very sturdy and durable. No cracking. Used for long periods daily.The nobbles on the back ensure it stays put where you place it.However, despite using various methods of coaxing it to lay flat - including hanging on my heated towel rail over night, running hot water over it and heating with a hair dryer, these have all failed to get the mat laying flat.I've had it in place approx 6 weeks now (in a warm room) and it is still curling at two edges. I've thrown a rug over one edge so I don't trip over chair mat as I walk across the room.Thoroughly recommend for its durability but very annoying that it won't lay completely flat.

Fantastic item well worth buying

As others have said and as the supplier advises, it does take a while to flatten down. I rested ours by the radiator - we don't have a bath! Now we have stopped the ridges in our new carpet from the office chair. I suspect it will last for years as it is very tough.