Buying Home Mats

A friend and I are starting to train extra in my garage, and I want to look into some home mats. Ive heard the min space is 10'x10'. So I looked around at Dollamur, Zebra (super expensive), and Tiffin and found the cheapest (money is a big issue, not a lot of it :P) 10x10 space is a tiffin wrestling home use mat for $375. But dolllamur (who I think is a better brand) has a 5x10 flexi-roll mat for $229. Which should I go with? Should I suck it up and train on smaller mats for cheaper cost or spend the extra $145 and go with the bigger space? Also if you guys know of any other cheap mats that you think are better, feel free to let me know cause I'm open for all suggestions! Thanks!

I'll never buy Tiffin mats every again, they're incompetent and the worst customer service I've delt with in a long time. Sent mats all different sizes (they didn't even go though quality control before shipped) and they where months late. Screwed up the order and took forever to send the right ones.

i have tiffin mats , ordered some extra pieces they sent the wrong color , had to drive down there to get them to get it right , but overall a pretty good mat , i have 2" thick mats and a total of 12' x 14' ,
for those looking for puzzle mats instead i suggest Cageside mma which has 1'' think puzzle mats 10 x 10 total space per set

this might interest you,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehb7tfvrXe8

Also dont forget craigslist, I got a $426 mat for $70.

Also check out ebay, I got my Dollamur rollups 10 X 10 for $300 with shipping. Its two 5 X 10's couple years back.

Honestly Rener rarely has anything to say worth videoing, and I would never normally subject anyone to his condescending ramblings, but about home made mats he is truly in his element: http://youtu.be/ehb7tfvrXe8

Thanks Chris, I've heard similar things about tiffin which is why I was leary of getting them lol and honestly I'm a huge Gracie Academy fan, and have seen the mat making video and considered it but I need something less permanent. Totally gonna go with that idea when I can open my own school though!

We used Dollamur roll up mats before we got space at the TKD school. Great mats, and they put up with being rolled up and moved between my basement and my buddy's garage week after week. When the pole barn is built I'm going with Dollamur for the grappling area.

Getrung.com has a 10x10 tatami puzzle mats for $249 or $299.We used the for yeas before we got our dollumar mats.Now we use them for crossfit and we drop kettle bells and bumper weights and they are still holding strong. I think theyare 5 yrs old.

We have used Dollamur flexi-rolls for many years in our university club and now in our regular gym. They have been a great investment.

I own three 5' x 10' x 2" thick mats from Global USA, Inc.. At the time I purchased them they were $165 per mat. They have velcro on the edges and connect together making a nice 15' x 10' mat area at my house. They are marketed as gymnastics mats and if you drip A LOT of sweat they can get slippery, but I only experienced that once when a guy nicknamed Cachoeira (Waterfall) was rolling at my place and he literally sweat everywhere. Otherwise they have been great! :cool:

BTW, each mat is made up of 3 sections so they fold easily and are simple to store or transport.

http://www.resilite.com/Departments/...-Use-Mats.aspx

This company will sell one piece 10x10 wrestling mats after wrestling season is over pretty cheap. Gotta get a lot of powder off them as they are normally reconditioned mats. They normally run about 560 or so, but after wrestling season is over, they sometimes run a special for about 300 - 350 shipped.

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Originally Posted by Josh Passini

Getrung.com has a 10x10 tatami puzzle mats for $249 or $299.We used the for yeas before we got our dollumar mats.Now we use them for crossfit and we drop kettle bells and bumper weights and they are still holding strong. I think theyare 5 yrs old.

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These seem awfully cheap, I know the quality isn't the same as like Dollamur but you recommend these? Im just comparing a $240 mat to a $450 mat