Glass Mat Carpet Protector 110x90cm - $84.99 Delivered @ Aerostralia via Amazon AU

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Switching from plastic to glass mat was one of the best buys in my life!
Highly recommended for those who are annoyed about crappy office plastic mat protectors that constantly crack on their carpets.

Herman Miller Aeron chair + glass mat = zen

Like a lot of folks I was like "NO WAY" I am putting glass under my chair, but after having this for awhile, I can safely say this will be the last time I buy a chair mat. I've dropped all sorts of heavy objects on it and its never cracked. One of my other incorrect assumptions was that it was going to be be heavy asf. Nope, it was actually very easy to carry.

I even considered getting pool glass from Bunnings, but when I saw it in person, it was about three times heavier than these glass mats.
I've now ditched all my plastic carpet protectors at home and in the office for this one.

Overall 10/10 buy and I don't say that lightly.

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    • noshopping on 21/03/2025 - 16:06
      +6

      yep, for those who constantly have to replace their plastic mats, or the chair digs into the carpet and you can't move it properly, you'll understand. :P

    • iguana on 21/03/2025 - 17:28
      +23

      Like one of your poor man's watches?

      • 191919 on 21/03/2025 - 17:42
        +7

        demolition

        • DingoBlue on 21/03/2025 - 18:29
          +4

          They’re not knock offs they’re hOmAGeS

      • Trishool on 21/03/2025 - 21:03
        +1

        Daayyyaauuumm son!!!! 🫨

      • LolwutMikka on 21/03/2025 - 23:52
        +1

        Have had many compliments about my $40 addiesdive thank you very much

  • Gibbo99 on 21/03/2025 - 16:08
    +19

    Sounds suss - far too much enthusiasm!

    • noshopping on 21/03/2025 - 16:09
      +19

      yeh that's because I am. It's one of those things that saved me a lot of headaches. Check my post history, I'm not some seller. I mean realistically, you should find other sellers that sell this with the same spec and thickness and buy it if it's cheaper. Just saying overall, SWITCH TO GLASS MATS!! coz plastic SUCKS and everyone is still using PLASTIC in this day and age.

      • seamonkey on 21/03/2025 - 18:00
        +18

        Doubles down on the enthusiasm. Respect. 👍

        • Surtr on 21/03/2025 - 20:06
          +1

          Challenge for you @noshopping, can you possibly try to be more enthusiastic?

    • Trishool on 21/03/2025 - 21:04

      To put your mind at ease, he gets a kick back from each purchase

  • chuneeperformance on 21/03/2025 - 16:09
    +1

    Ok got concrete slab floors - need to be solid other wise flex causes micro cracks over time.

    • noshopping on 21/03/2025 - 16:12
      +7

      You probably don't need this if you're using it on a hard surface like concrete or hard floors. It's only a pain people with medium to deep carpet know. haha

      • krisspy on 21/03/2025 - 16:42
        +8

        You can get scooter sized wheels for chairs. It's like getting 35" beadlock tyres for your land cruiser

        • sharkyoz on 21/03/2025 - 18:15
          +2

          also get rollerblade wheels, I use em. Was sceptical at first but…good

          • phor8 on 21/03/2025 - 23:48

            @sharkyoz: yes they are very smooth, not so smooth over the toes though

    • SoTightEcoLPI on 21/03/2025 - 21:28

      Use rubber castors from amazon for concrete or hardwood

  • kranoath on 21/03/2025 - 16:12
    +1

    Why?

  • tophern on 21/03/2025 - 16:19
    +25

    looking at camels price history this was 79.99 until feb then it shot up to 99.99 now on special for 84.99, 5 bucks more than it used to be.

    • iamcerberus on 21/03/2025 - 16:43
      +2

      still says 79.99 in their "store" (scroll down to find) - until you click the link

      • NanoDuke on 21/03/2025 - 16:50

        Can you get it for $79.99? When you click further it takes you Amazon product page where it is $84.99

        • iamcerberus on 21/03/2025 - 17:11
          +3

          no, i was reinforcing tophern's comment.
          the store hasn't bothered to increase the price in their pics to coincide with the new price that has 'gone on sale' for a reduced price ($5 more than prev)

  • eug on 21/03/2025 - 16:20
    +3

    I had a plastic Ikea floor mat for years. It worked fine but when I had to move it to put in a new desk…. it left a floor mat's worth of sticky glue residue on the floor which took ages to clean off. Turns out you're meant to … air your floor mat "at regular intervals for ventilation" as stated on the Ikea website.

    I switched to one of these glass ones and they've been great. I did have problems with it sliding on my floating floorboard floor so I added a bit of silicone double sided tape and it has been great since.

    • noshopping on 21/03/2025 - 16:22

      Thanks for the tip. This is the only 'con' I can think about with having these mats, it does slide, just like the plastic ones. Going to try that idea you posted.

    • vaskothefrog on 21/03/2025 - 17:54
      +2

      Ikea site just states that you should lift it at regular intervals to prevent a vacuum from forming, nothing about residue or glue. I also own one and don't know what glue you're referring to.

      • SpainKing on 21/03/2025 - 18:03
        +1

        My guess is, it's probably from a long forgotten spill of some drinks or other sticky liquid that dried under the floor mat which bonded the mat to the floor somewhat

        • eug on 21/03/2025 - 18:32
          +1

          Nope, absolutely nothing was spilled. The tacky coating on the bottom came off. Ikea might have fixed it by now, or maybe it just takes many years and Queensland humidity to happen.

          • thisusernameistaken on 21/03/2025 - 19:15
            +1

            @eug: Probably the QLD humidity… I've had the glue from laptop hinges come apart due to our humidity. I wouldn't be surprised if the coating from a mat came off

      • eug on 21/03/2025 - 18:31

        Ikea site just states that you should lift it at regular intervals to prevent a vacuum from forming, nothing about residue or glue.

        I think that's what happens when Ikea dumbs down reasons. If you think about it, once you lay the mat flat, it's flat against the floor. All the air has already been pushed out. How would a further vacuum form within a "regular interval", and how would that affect the floor?

        I also own one and don't know what glue you're referring to.

        You know how the bottom of the mat feels a little tacky so it doesn't slip? That's the coating on mine that came off and stuck to the floor. I had mine on the floor for many years so that could be why. They might have also fixed it by now. It's the same problem as this other person had.

  • y2k on 21/03/2025 - 16:26
    +1

    I want to believe. Would love to put it under my kids' chairs (our apartment by laws require us to have carpet even in the dinin area) but I read one reviewer who said it is easy to stub your toe on the edges.

    • tenpercent on 21/03/2025 - 17:29
      +4

      our apartment by laws require us to have carpet even in the dinin area

      Now that's real special.

      On par with WA's Marketing of Potatoes Act 1946 which makes it illegal for anyone to sell, deliver, purchase, or take delivery of more than 50 kilograms of potatoes unless they are a member of the Potato Corporation or an authorized agent.

    • Alley Cat on 21/03/2025 - 18:00

      You can probably get an exception with the owner's corp if you raise it under health reasons. The requirement of carpeting is actually to do with sound-proofing. I replaced my carpet with vinyl flooring with no issues, once the committee got the spec of the underlay that satisfied the noise requirements.

    • eug on 21/03/2025 - 18:20

      I wish my apartment had those bylaws. My upstairs neighbour removed their carpet and I can hear anything they drop onto the floor, or when they run some sort of machine (dryer maybe).

      • WatchNerd on 21/03/2025 - 18:33
        +1

        You still have a right to live in peace & quiet so you could go down that path. They would then have to fix the issue like putting large mats or hallway runners down to stop the noise transferring through the floor.

        • eug on 21/03/2025 - 18:59
          +2

          I thought about it but it wasn't too bad for 2-3 years so I ignored it. Then they got a kid in the past few months who keeps dropping things on the floor when playing, then a week or two ago got some sort of machine that I can hear running clearly.

          I imagine they probably have enough on their hands at the moment with the new kid so I'll give it a while and see how it goes!

  • Thiefsie on 21/03/2025 - 16:33

    Safe for loop pile concrete? Feel like pressure points could get you… but… hmmmm

    They mention rug in the description but… hmmm.

    If they had some sort of guarantee I'd go for it. Then again they are backed by Amazon.

    • kiitos on 21/03/2025 - 21:51

      Safe for loop pile concrete?

      I presume you mean carpet, or maybe you have some very exotic concrete.

      But I too feel skeptical about how glass could take 5 points of weight when sitting on something soft like carpet.

      Like in the X-Files, I want to believe.

      • Thiefsie on 21/03/2025 - 21:57

        lolol yes carpet. Freudian slip I guess!

      • noshopping on 22/03/2025 - 00:33

        I had the exact same thought, but after using these, I come to realize glass is very very strong.
        Example: Here's a guy trying to kick his car glass window and it doesn't break easily like you often see in the movies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdNBv3J6ZYs

  • swifty7 on 21/03/2025 - 16:46
    +2

    This was one of my best purchases ever! I use this for my home desk setup on carpet, and i placed a bunnings carpet tile (1x1m) on top of it and there is zero sliding around. It is super strong and solid. I could not recommend this enough!!

    • CrazySurfaNZ on 21/03/2025 - 17:03

      is the carpet tile because it's TOO slippery on just the glass?

      • swifty7 on 21/03/2025 - 19:21

        It is quite slippery with the wheels, not noisy, but you can slide around a fair bit, when you try to get up, not while sitting, it's still. I also like the feel of the carpet tile if i'm not wearing socks, or it's cold. The carpet tile was i think $30 or less and works great!

        https://www.bunnings.com.au/standard-carpets-1000-x-1000mm-c…

    • andresampras on 21/03/2025 - 18:44

      Would also like to know what the extra carpet tile is for

      • swifty7 on 21/03/2025 - 19:22
        +1

        Sorry, not sure how to reply so you and the other person see it above, so copying and pasting. It is quite slippery with the wheels, not noisy, but you can slide around a fair bit, when you try to get up, not while sitting, it's still. I also like the feel of the carpet tile if i'm not wearing socks, or it's cold. The carpet tile was i think $30 or less and works great!

        https://www.bunnings.com.au/standard-carpets-1000-x-1000mm-c…

        • andresampras on 21/03/2025 - 21:47
          +1

          I see but then aren’t you cancelling out the benefit of the glass mat, if your chair is on carpet again?

          • sssx on 21/03/2025 - 22:34

            @andresampras: Looks like carpet suitable for chairs, like in an office - never had a problem with chairs on the carpet in the offices I've worked in.

  • bamzero on 21/03/2025 - 16:49

    I've looked at these before but have been wary as I have rather thick pile carpet in the room. My rollerblade replacement wheels aren't getting best use on carpet though.
    Have been considering just ripping the carpet out and replacing with direct stick floorboards, probably a better idea in the long run.

  • gaosong2101 on 21/03/2025 - 17:02
    +3

    I bought one for $79.99 in June last year, and can recommend it. After nearly a year of use, I have zero worries about whether it will get scattered or cracked. My chair scrolls so much more smoothly on it compared to my previous plastic mat which doesn't work great on thick carpets and the wheels sink in and crack the mat.

  • John K on 21/03/2025 - 17:14
    +1

    Been using it for just under a year. Works well.

  • joshk on 21/03/2025 - 17:23
    +3

    I bought two of the Bunnings pool fences and they were the best chair mats I have ever owned:

    Pros:
    - Rigid and holds plenty of weight
    - Looks great
    - Increidbly smooth - chair will glide like no other floor mat
    - Great for thicker carpets where plastic mats flex

    Cons:
    - When something hard hits a corner or edge it will explode into a million tiny glass slivers that will take hours to clean up. A few months later you will still be getting stray glass shards in your feet.

    5/10

    • andresampras on 21/03/2025 - 18:45
      +1

      M Night, is that you?

    • noshopping on 21/03/2025 - 18:59
      +1

      That was one other reason why I avoided glass pool fences, as it is specifically designed for that and not as a chair mat. I would assume the glass chair mat edges are more rounded to ensure the edges don't crack easily, at least on mine it appears more rounded than those Bunnings pool fences which are designed to be more elegant and thus the edges are more straight. They are also much thicker, so the edges are perhaps more vulnerable (just a guess/assumption)

  • ausmisc on 21/03/2025 - 17:25
    +1

    Yeah glad I got one of these for my carpeted office space. Big improvement over the mat thing I had previously.

  • mko75 on 21/03/2025 - 17:25
    +2

    I've got hardwood jarrah flooring and used to have a plastic material mat which was supposed to stop the scratches but nope - dirt and sand got underneath and scratched the varnished floor anyway.

    Now I've gone away from a mat protector altogether and fixed the issue at the source - the hard plastic wheels that are on most office chairs. You can buy replacement chair wheels they resemble the wheels on a rollerblade which have a softer rubber finish and are narrower and rounded at the point of contact with the floor. This has stopped any further scratching and I don't have to deal with uneven floor surfaces that a mat gives.

  • Hugh G Rection on 21/03/2025 - 17:29
    +1

    whats the wait limit on this?
    im 100kg and i have a heavy executive office chair. surely this is going to crack on me.

    • tenpercent on 21/03/2025 - 17:32
      +3

      whats the wait

      For me it says "FREE delivery Friday, 28 March" but it might be different depending where you live.

      • Salmando on 21/03/2025 - 18:10
        +2

        You're so funny and helpful

    • CaptainJack on 21/03/2025 - 18:24
      +2

      Have a look on the page, it says 450 kg. I'm not that heavy but yeah my brain is not convinced.

    • noshopping on 21/03/2025 - 18:53
      +2

      You'll be fine. My wife sits on my lap sometimes, with a heavy premium chair holding us and the glass holds up without issues. It's hits to the edges you need to be careful about.

  • Caped Baldy on 21/03/2025 - 17:29
    +6

    If you've got carpet, you should get bigger wheels like these.

    https://www.amazon.com.au/wheels-replacement-casters-hardwoo…

    • Treepod on 21/03/2025 - 18:00

      I've changed two chairs at home over to similar wheels and have no issues on both thick carpet and wooden floors.

      • JPNx on 21/03/2025 - 21:05

        Doesnt in anyway cut into the carpet or leave marks etc? I ran normal chair wheels on carpet before and it rather squashed the carpet.

    • perthhunter on 21/03/2025 - 18:23

      Agreed.. I've done the same. So much better than using mats.

    • xeion on 21/03/2025 - 19:20
      +1

      Where are you guys buying these without spending $80 for a set?

      I need to sort out two chairs and trying to work out if mat or wheels is the way to go.

  • hj0809 on 21/03/2025 - 17:29

    One for the forums, no?

  • browser on 21/03/2025 - 17:47

    crappy office plastic mat protectors that constantly crack on their carpets

    Probably using the wrong type of mat.

    There's the smooth type for hard floor, and spiked for carpet.

    Using the smooth ones for carpet is going to crack due to lack of support. Using the spiked ones for hard floor won't be good either.

  • SS625 on 21/03/2025 - 18:08

    does it work on really soft thick carpet?

    • apsilon on 21/03/2025 - 19:09

      This is what I'm wondering. I think when they say carpet they mean commercial carpet tiles or a rug on on hard floor, not thick soft carpet. I can't see how the chair wheels wouldn't be pressure points and cause the glass to shatter.

  • CaptainJack on 21/03/2025 - 18:19

    I absolutely can't stand my plastic mat, keeps getting bunched up and out of position. Have been meaning to ask for suggestions. Maybe this is the way to go. Glass doesn't seem that intuitive though.

  • 87percent on 21/03/2025 - 18:20

    How the hell would they ship this to you without breaking? I bought some picture frames from Amazon, and 3x they came broken

    • noshopping on 21/03/2025 - 18:49
      +1

      Not sure if its changed since i bought it awhile ago but mine came with cardboard box, inside there is about 1.52cm? thick foam that protects the entire glass piece. If they handle it normally, should be OK, if you got careless couriers that throw this box, it will probably crack. Its a risk but Amazon returns are very good.

  • donniedarko3000 on 21/03/2025 - 18:46

    i use one of these glass ones from amazon on my carpet in my full time wfh office. its great to be honest and worth it. My toddler has dropped a fee things on it and no issues.

  • andresampras on 21/03/2025 - 18:55

    Correct me if I'm wrong but having used plastic mats (which have their flaws no doubt), wouldn't a glass mat be TOO smooth? I'd have thought the more controlled roll on a textured surface would be nicer?

    • VFM on 21/03/2025 - 19:06
      +1

      If your carpet is thick, the wheels will create indentations on plastic mats and you won't be able to roll the chair.

      The glass mat solves this.

      As for smoothness, I find it not very different from plastic mats on hardwood floors. (It might depend on the wheels too.)

      • andresampras on 21/03/2025 - 19:17

        thanks but surely using any flat mat on thick carpet will ruin (by way of flattening) that section of carpet?

        Wouldn't the type with spikes be better for thick carpet

  • lawyerz on 21/03/2025 - 20:45

    Size seems a little on the smaller side.

  • DeepDreamer on 21/03/2025 - 21:03

    I've looked into glass mats, and I was concerned about the chair not staying still. Doesn't it just slowly roll to whatever the lowest point is?

    • eug on 21/03/2025 - 21:08

      Wouldn't your floor be reasonably level?
      It wouldn't be much different to a tiled or concrete floor really. Or even floorboards. There's a lot of friction in the chair's wheel axles.

  • BillyCool on 21/03/2025 - 22:32

    I'll vouch against crappy cheap plastic mats off places like Amazon, they break within a year of use but at the same time I can vouch for plastic mats from Desky (not affiliated) for anyone not convinced with glass. About the same price as this glass mat, high quality, arrive flat so you don't have to deal with unfolding nonsense and have a 5-year warranty.

  • Breadfan-1 on 21/03/2025 - 23:04

    I have been using a 1m X 1m 10mm black gym tile from Bunnings on medium pile carpet. all the other plastic Matt's would break or if they had hooks as backing, pull out threads of my loop carpet. I guess this item is pretty good, or I suggest gym Matt is on a budget. Not the cheap foam, but rather the black heavy duty rubber used for gym weight/racks.

    • noshopping on 22/03/2025 - 00:23

      I had tried that before I bought glass, but I had two issues. First, it was annoying and hard to move the chair because gym mats are softer than hard plastic. Other reason was the gym mats would slide and move over time and you would eventually end up having a few chair legs sitting on carpet and a few sitting on the mat. With plastic mat, it was easy to slide the legs back onto the mat because it's thickness was only a few MM, whereas with a gym mat it was a huge effort since it's about 1-1.5cm thick. Third, it's not a big deal but the plastic smell took a few weeks to go away. With glass, it has all the good characteristics of hard plastic, with the added benefit of being much tougher.

  • Ezuku on 22/03/2025 - 00:55

    There's also a more expensive one on Amazon that's not on sale if you want a larger one (110 x 139 for 160).

    Do I need bumpers with these? Won't the chair roll off the edge a bit?

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