It's a puzzling question....
September 8, 2010 6:39 AM Subscribe
What's the best under-$20 puzzle mat on the market?
My mother loves puzzles and hates mess. She has requested a puzzle mat for her birthday. To the uninitiated (which I blissfully was until two days ago), this is a mat on which one can do a puzzle and/or use to roll up their unfinished puzzle and stow it away for later puzzle-working leisure rather than leaving a mess on the dining room table.
I've been looking at the customer reviews on Amazon and see a lot of complaints about mats that won't lie smooth and attract a lot of lint. Is there a mat out there that's worth the money, or should I just make one using felt or foam rubber, velcro, and my trusty pinking shears?
My mother loves puzzles and hates mess. She has requested a puzzle mat for her birthday. To the uninitiated (which I blissfully was until two days ago), this is a mat on which one can do a puzzle and/or use to roll up their unfinished puzzle and stow it away for later puzzle-working leisure rather than leaving a mess on the dining room table.
I've been looking at the customer reviews on Amazon and see a lot of complaints about mats that won't lie smooth and attract a lot of lint. Is there a mat out there that's worth the money, or should I just make one using felt or foam rubber, velcro, and my trusty pinking shears?
I work for one of Bits and Pieces' main competitors, and my boss would never let me hear the end of it if I didn't take the opportunity to sell you on one of the puzzle mats we carry.
I'm not going to do that, though; the mat at Bits & Pieces looks much nicer than anything we have. I'd say go for it.
posted by Merzbau at 8:54 AM on September 8, 2010
I'm not going to do that, though; the mat at Bits & Pieces looks much nicer than anything we have. I'd say go for it.
posted by Merzbau at 8:54 AM on September 8, 2010
Response by poster: It does look good, but it turns out the company doesn't ship to Canada.
posted by orange swan at 8:58 PM on September 9, 2010
posted by orange swan at 8:58 PM on September 9, 2010
Best answer: Not even from their Canadian site?
posted by routergirl at 6:38 AM on September 10, 2010
posted by routergirl at 6:38 AM on September 10, 2010
Response by poster: Routergirl, you are awesome! I just came back to this thread to get the name of the product you recommended so I could Google it and find out if it was available in Canada, but you've saved me the trouble. I've ordered the "World's Best Puzzle Roll-Up System" from the Canadian site.
posted by orange swan at 9:02 PM on September 13, 2010
posted by orange swan at 9:02 PM on September 13, 2010
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posted by routergirl at 7:01 AM on September 8, 2010