What is the benefit of this besides protecting floor or carpet? Is there any other benefit?
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Besides sound buffer and protection for floor/carpet, it keeps the treadmill wheels in place. I recommend purchasing the mat and strongly recommend purchasing the LifeSpan treadmill desk combination. It will change the quality of your life. As you age, the quality of life is measured by health so much more than wealth. Buy it, use it, and enjoy better health!
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The treadmill absolutely will damage your floor/carpet without a mat. It is also somewhat quieter with the mat under it. Carpet can also damage the treadmill with the fibers getting all up in the belts.
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I don' know twhy the reader is asking again, when the answer to the question has been provided, that the treadmill will damage flooring. The mat is cheap in comparison to having new flooring installed.
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I believe it allows more or less air through the vaccuum head, depending on whether you're using it on high or low pile carpet.
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I always use it the floor because i fgured that its important to have a flat surface so that the plastic spikes can really push in and stimulate circulation in the back. I find that if i lay on the floor and put my feet up on my couch it helps my low back from getting stiff. Ive never tried a bed or recliner so i really cant speak on that. It might be effective also. I hope i was helpful :-)
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We have an elliptical on our mat and it works great, it protects the carpet and prevents slippage.
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The cloth is up to soak up the oil. The bottom plastic will protect from soaking into your floor. It is very nice. I found that putting some weight on corners helps, if you use in a carport, where wind might blow up the corners.
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Depends on what you are trying to do... If you are trying to protect a carpet from getting indented, or just catch your sweat as you get a workout sure. If you are trying to reduce vibration to an apartment below, maybe not so much. I row in bare feet/socks, so the foamy/rubbery PVC is better on my feet (pleasant really) than a piece of plywood. Probably better than a 1/2 plywood for stubbed toes too, unless you round the edges and corners. The surface is non-slip, and that is working for me...not sure how much slippage you would see with plywood.
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Hello,we Have hardwood floor and found it to be just fine in protecting our son from some of his falls. He has taken some pretty bad spills on this mat and has basically dusted himself off and kept going. Our son has used this since he was about 7 months old and is now 13months old. Now that he walks it's obviously harder to keep him on the mat but that's not really the mats fault! :) hope that helps.
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Always use a floor protector for rolling office chairs, to protect the floor surface and to provide easy rolling of the chair. Flat plastic ones can be found for less than $20 at your big box discount store. For a tile floor would use a flat mat.
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If it was my hardwood floor I would get a chair mat to protect it. I don't trust any type wheels on my floor. And the wheels are hard plastic.
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A pad would be recommended. Simply because it will protect the floor as well dampen the noise. It is a very quiet machine but the extra padding will be helpful.
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I think hardwood floor would be best but you could probably use it on a carpet that isn't too plush. Don't think it would cause damage As long as it didn't slide around. I have a work out mat under mine.
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Not at all. I have tile flooring so it doesn't move or leave marks if I was to take it down, I'm unsure about carpet
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Hello, we Have hardwood floor and found it to be just fine in protecting our son from some of his falls. He has taken some pretty bad spills on this mat and has basically dusted himself off and kept going. Our son has used this since he was about 7 months old and is now 13months old. Now that he walks it's obviously harder to keep him on the mat but that's not really the mats fault! :) hope that helps.
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Warp Bros. Plast-O-Mat is good for use in protecting hardwood floors from workers' footsteps, especially just after such floors have been refinished. I doubt if it would be suitable for use on a carpet, especially for a long period of time. It's great, however, for use as an industrial type shelf and/or drawer liner. I've been using it for those purposes since 1980, when I first discovered the product.
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I have hard wood floors and no carpet so am unable to answer your question.
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I use the mats because I have a 3 x 6' run at the bottom of the cage (and a two story 'condo' at one end with ramps up and down). I have the whole set up on a scrap of linoleum, to protect the floor beneath from any spills and from smell. I use the mats to give my bunny traction to get around. They are also cooler in the summer. I used to use towels, but found he shredded them and I was afraid he might ingest them too. I hope this answers your question :-)
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Well, that's a little hard for me to answer. Our treadmill is already on a carpeted floor. I didn't seem to notice much difference in sound after. Ik got the mat to protect the carpet.