Home Workout Mat Comparison Video - Rollout, Folding and Puzzle Mats

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Home workout mats are designed to provide a comfortable and safe area to exercise that can be quickly and easily laid down, used, pulled up, and stored.

Today we'll compare three different styles of home workout mats - roll out mats, folding mats, and interlocking foam tiles covering approximately a 5x10 foot area. These options offer varying thicknesses, prices, installation and storage methods, surfaces, and levels of versatility.

Each is offered in a range of thicknesses. Home roll out mats are 1.25 inches thick. Folding mats are available in thicknesses of between 1 3/8 and 2.5 inches. Interlocking foam tiles can be as thin as 3/4 inch and as thick as 1 5/8 inches.

Today we will focus on Roll Out Wrestling MMA Mats 1-1/4 Inch x 5x10 Ft., Gym Mats 2 Inch x 5x10 Ft., and our Home BJJ Mats 1-1/2 Inch x 2x2 Ft.

Your lowest-priced option is the Home BJJ Mats, which Greatmats offers for around $3.50 per square foot. Roll Out Wrestling MMA Mats are next in line at about $4.75 per square foot. Finally, the Gym Mats 2 Inch x 5x10 Ft. come in at about $6.50 per square foot.

One major reason for the price gap is how the mats are manufactured and the convenience factor. Both the folding and the rollout mats are single mats that cover the entire 5x10 foot area but utilize different methods of installation and storage.

The Home BJJ Mats will require a little more time to install, as the modular tile system requires connecting 26 mats together to cover a 6x10 foot area. Those 26 mats will have an approximate total weight of 86 pounds and can easily be cut with a sharp utility knife to fit any space. Home BJJ Mats offer the most versatility in storage and expansion of the training surface - with its 2-foot increments.

Roll out mats are the fastest to install but may require some taping down to keep edges from curling, depending on how long the mats have been stored in the rolled-up position. They are the lightest weight - at just 22 pounds each - and can be cut with a sharp utility knife to fit as well.

Folding mats are the fastest to remove and store. A 5x10 ft by 2 inch folding mat weighs in at about 36 pounds.

Folding mats offer the most durable surface, as they are fully covered by smooth 18 oz vinyl. Roll out mats feature a smooth-textured vinyl top bonded to a cross-linked polyethylene foam base. And the puzzle mats offer a softer tatami-textured EVA foam surface.

An advantage of the softer EVA foam of the Home BJJ Mats is that it will not cause skin burns. The same cannot be said for the vinyl surfaces.

Both the interlocking mats and the folding mats are reversible, but the rollout mat is finished on the top only and has the core foam exposed on both the sides and the bottom surface.

The biggest surface advantage of the roll-out mat is its lack of seams. Folding mats will have deep creases, and it is possible for fingers or toes to cram in between these seams. Greatmats Home BJJ Mats puzzle-style interlocks fit tightly together to remove these concerns.

While all three options are designed for indoor use, folding mats are the only ones capable of being used outdoors temporarily without being easily damaged by small rocks, sticks, dry prickly turf, etc.

Each of these home workout mats is designed to absorb impact, but Greatmats Home BJJ Mats are the only ones that feature an ASTM Fall Height Rating - which provides critical fall height head protection of up to 4 feet.

All options come with a 1-year warranty.

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