Anyone tried glass chair mats? Vitrazza? (1 Viewer)

[Sam Posten]

I recently heard an ad on Sirius XM for a glass chair mat maker and am investigating them now. Use will be office chairs over carpet in my office. I have a vinyl matt in there now that has started to shred. The maker claims 1000pound weight limit so I’d hope theirs will last longer than the 5years I got out of this one. Not saying the ad company just yet but will confirm later.

Anyone have one? How well does it work? Does it get all scuffed up?

 

[Sam Posten]

Guess that's a no. May try one of these out and will report back.

 

[Dave Upton]

I am intrigued --- but I haven't made the switch. Vinyl chair mats are awful.

 

[DaveF]

Don’t know anything about them. Looks interesting. Plastic mats, as said, die too soon and prone to curling. But you’re going to have even more of an edge to roll off of if you move your chair too far.

The best upgrade is to use a hard flooring for your office. But that’s definitely a pain and much more expensive than even a $400 mat.

 

[John Dirk]

I found an old piece of press board from a construction site years ago and it worked wonderfully in this role for a long time. When we moved it got discarded and I now wish I had it back. DaveF is right. Wood of any sort beats all of the alternatives.

 

[Sam Posten]

Yeah, I'd have to have something, wood or glass floating over the floor. There is no way I am tearing up the nice carpet in here. If I was to design my home again tho I would definitely put hardwood in the office bumpout off my master bedroom.


New desk by Sam Posten III, on Flickr

 

[Sam Posten]

So I finally got my Vitrazza 48x42 floor mat. It was partly a Christmas gift from my parents waiting for me to have spare cash to pay the rest of the way, and I waited since then to get it. I wish I hadn't. It is FANTASTIC. I slide on this thing like a happy hockey puck. No idea how well it will hold up long term but even if it gets riddled with scratches I bet it handles better and longer than a plastic pad. Thumbs up.

 

[JQuintana]

I also hate the plastic ones but wow, $665+ for a chair mat is out of my league.

 

[Sam Posten]

Not sure why JQ thought it was that expensive, it was under $250 shipped. And it's worth every penny. Months later still not a scratch on it, used every day.