Product Description

A comfortable cushioned mat that provides cushion for bones, joints and pressure points with textured surface for secure footing and hand placement. Also, this mat is enviromentally friendly since it is made of 100% natural rubber!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #142760 in Sports & Outdoors
• Color: Purple
• Brand: Gaiam
• Model: 600-5302SMPU
• Released on: 2006-09-05

Features

• 100% natural rubber mat
• Wellness
• Low impact
• Extra cushioning

Customer Reviews

TErrible Mat- not worth the money
I recently bought the Gaiam 4mm Eco Conscious Rubber Yoga mat in ORANGE COLOR because i want to practice my yoga on a environmentally friendly high quality mat. After receiving this mat, i am EXTREMELY disappointed. I feel cheated. They claim that it is 4mm, but i measured it to be 2mm between the bumps and maximum 3mm on the bumps. The mat is very flimsy,stretchy and slippery. After 1 use it looks like it is rubbing apart.

Gaiam claims that it is a natural rubber mat, but it sure does not feel like a natural rubber mat. I have used a natural rubber mat at my studio, but it is completly different that this mat. Even my instructor questions whether this is actually a natural rubber mat, since it feels so different than the high quality natural rubber mat at the studio. If i wanted a cheap mat, I would have just bought one of the low quality PVC mats. I should have spent the extra $5-$10 and bought a mat from a company that is know for their quality. Dont make the same mistake i made!

Disintegrated after a week of use!
I agree with the first reviewer on all points. I do, however, think this is a natural rubber mat, but it has undergone some special processing to make it very smooth.

Not only did I slip around on this mat, but after a week of use it actually began to disintegrate under my feet. Each time I used it, more and more rubber came off until it got to the point that I had a purple pile of rubber bits on the floor after each practice.

In Gaiam's defense, I sent them an email explaining what had happened. They sent me a new mat (a different kind, which I thought was interesting) and I've liked it much better. It's organic cotton and natural rubber and feels nothing like this one. [...]