The Yoga Mat That Keeps Me Stable, No Matter How Sweaty I Get
One of my least favorite things about so-called sticky mats is their pilling with wear. Sometimes, I’d leave a class with bits of foam adhered to my sweaty skin. This isn’t the case with the durable natural rubber on the Harmony Mat. In fact, one of the guide’s testers tried to scratch and chip bits of the Jade mat away with their nails to no avail.
Jones, whose mats go through heavy use during packed classes, said that while she has tried using other mats over the years, the “durability, longevity, and functionality of the Jade Harmony mat is the best for our studio.”
I flip my mat over after roughly twelve months of daily use (some days that’s just 15 minutes, to be fair) for the best grip and integrity, and I replace the mat with a new one after two to three years, saving the old one for guests or camping. But I could probably go for longer (and some Wirecutter staffers have); the major difference with wear is that the mat is a bit more stretchy and has slightly less grip where my feet and hands touch in downward dog.
The Harmony Mat’s durability doesn’t just give my investment more mileage, it’s also more environmentally sustainable. The longer I can get use out of my mat, the lower its impact per use — and the fewer mats that I’ll end up disposing in my lifetime. (Though yoga mats are notoriously hard to recycle, JadeYoga has some suggestions for how to put old mats to work.)
