# What kind of mat do you use...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-mat-do-you-use/447917>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 3, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-mat-do-you-use/447917 "2008-05-03T19:35:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-mat-do-you-use/447917/1 "2008-05-03T19:35:15Z")

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beneath your computer chair to protect your rug?

Would you recommend one? I’d like to get a mat that will last. I saw a bammboo  
one at…

[http://www.solutions.com/jump.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&itemID=9906](http://www.solutions.com/jump.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&itemID=9906)

…and it seems kinda nice. Plastic ones seem to break easily according to one of my neighbors.

I’m absolutely open to suggestions, though.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-mat-do-you-use/447917/2 "2008-05-03T20:12:08Z")

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I made my own chair pad out of 3/4-inch MDF and cheap-ass indoor-outdoor carpeting. Works great.

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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-mat-do-you-use/447917/3 "2008-05-03T20:28:15Z")

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[QUOTE=KneadToKnow]  
I made my own chair pad out of 3/4-inch MDF and cheap-ass indoor-outdoor carpeting. Works great.  
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What’s MDF?

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-mat-do-you-use/447917/4 "2008-05-03T20:35:53Z")

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[Medium-density fiberboard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_density_fiberboard).

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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-mat-do-you-use/447917/5 "2008-05-03T20:39:54Z")

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Oops. Medium Density Fibreboard?