JML Magic Carpet > Reviews (9)

I have been looking for a mat for inside my French doors. They lead straight into my kitchen and as my house is all open plan I was fed up sitting in my lounge and being able to see muddy foot (and paw) prints. I have a no shoes rule when anybody comes in the front door but when we walk in from the garden the floor tended to get messy particularly when Mark has mown the lawn. I had fancied a JML Magic Carpet for ages but was put of by the price, £19.99.
I bought my JML Magic Carpet mat from my local Netto where they were being sold for £14.99.

The mat comes with just a card wrapper around the middle of it so you can feel the mat before buying. JML make a claim on the wrapper that they are trying to be more environmentally aware and reducing their packaging, and donate a percentage of their profits to the World Land Trust, www.worldlandtrust.org, but they don’t actually state what percentage that is.

The wrapper is brightly coloured with different pictures of the Magic Carpet in Various places around the home. They claim that their mat will be “hard wearing, trap dirt like magic, protect any type of floor, is made from ultra absorbent fibre and dries quickly. The wrapper also informs the customer that the mat can be washed in the washing machine on a 40 wash.

JML Magic carpets come in several colour choices, blue, green, red, heather and an orangey brown. I opted for the heather as it was the one that went with my colour scheme. I bought the large size which is 60 x 90cm’s.

As I mentioned I chose the heather mat, it is mostly plain in colour with 2 stripes running down each side. These are in a slightly lighter shade and outlined in black. The JML mat has a non slip backing which is really very good. Once in place it just doesn’t move.
The mat has a soft fuzzy feel to it, when you walk on it its almost like a soft varelco.

I placed my mat by the French doors, at first it was curled where it had been in the wrapper but it only took a matter of minuets before it was nice and flat.

The biggest test for my mat was when Mark cut the grass. Usually after he’s done this it ends up all over the kitchen but I was pleased to say this time it didn’t. The mat actually does seem to grip the dirt on your shoes and hang on to it. I noticed when we had the hose out to pressure wash the patio that the kitchen floor remained virtually dry. When we’ve had the hose out in the past despite wiping our shoes we still get wet foot prints across the kitchen floor.

The JML Magic Carpet is ideal for a doorway that leads straight from the garden. It picks up the dirt and keeps it on the mat. Im impressed with it! I’ve also had to wash my mat after one of my little fur balls was sick on it! I am pleased to say that the JML mat washes up perfectly and did, as it claimed, dry quickly.

All in all I’m very pleased with my Magic Carpet. It lives up to all its claims very well. It would make an ideal bath mat being so absorbent and non slip. In fact this mat would suit elderly people or those a bit unsteady on their feet, very well too. My old Great Grandma had loads of mats all over her carpet so it didn’t get dirty. This sort of mat would have prevented several trip ups for her.

I would recommend the JML Magic Carpet, it is well worth the full asking price.