Customer Reviews

Graco Splat Mat

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

This splat mat is nice and large to protect your floors. My 16 month old can throw food far enough to still get the floor dirty, but in general this mat catches most of the mess (and there's a lot of THAT with a toddler learning to feed herself). The major plus for this mat is that you can toss it into the washing machine. I'm planning to buy a few extra mats so we can just throw the dirty ones into the laundry. The mat also cleans up well with a sponge. It's also thin enough to take along on trips. The minus to the mat is that if you have a highchair with wheels often the mat wrinkles up if you are trying to move or turn the chair. I wish it had more "grip" on the bottom to hold it steady. Overall a good product, and definitely worth having.

This item protects your floor from the activities of baby in a high chair, or when baby is playing on the floor.

Obviously, if you have a ceramic tile, laminate, or vinyl floor where you will be feeding baby, this product may be unnecessary.

However, if you have carpet, especially light colored, this item is essential. It is basically impermeable by liquids, and cleans easily.

A few words of warning: When baby gets older, 3 feet by 4 feet may not be enough area to protect against baby's launching of unwanted food. Also, the mat is not as thick as the product description makes it sound. It will get wrinkled and creased with constant use, so its appearance may be diminished. With this type of product, that seems like a small tradeoff to me.

I GOT HIS SPALT MAT AS A GIFT AND HAVE JUST NOW STARTED TO USE IT. WE HAVE WHITE BERBER CARPET AND IT HAS SAVED US FROM A FEW STAIN INCIDENTS BUT THE MAT WRINKLES UP UNDER THE HIGH CHAIR TOO EASILY AND I'VE ALREADY MELTED IT WHEN IT GOT CAUGHT UNDER MY VACUUM BY ACCIDENT! BUT IT IS VERY EASY TO WASH (MACHINE WASH IN COLD AND HANG DRY IN THE BATHROOM) I DONT THINK MY DINING ROOM IS LARGE ENOUGH FOR IT THOUGH AS IT REALLY DOES TAKE UP A LOT OF SPACE! IF YOU HAVE THE GRACO TOT-LOC TABLE HIGH CHAIR, THIS WOULD BE GREAT FOR YOU!

Why spend the money? Only neccessary if you are feeding over carpet. Vinyl floor wipes well. Go to the dollar store and spen a buck on a large vinyl tablecloth or shower curtain. Chose your color, size, style, etc. and only spend a buck. These are usually much bigger than the splat mats and work just as well. Can match your tablecloth or home decor if you wish. Just eye candy in the store, you really do not need everything they sell. Save the cash for important items.

This has really saved our carpets and floors, but the material is somewhat thin and has a tendendcy to fold over and wrinkle up. This can cause a few minor tripping accidents if left that way.

Overall it does what is claims, but it could be a little thicker material.

The colors are nice and it wipes clean, but it's just not big enough. Most kids will miss the mat when they toss a spoon or a dish. I can use it later to protect my dining table from crayon marks when she get big enough to sit a color, so there are alternate uses.

I recently purchased a splat mat for my 11 month old son. I brought it home and realized that it was much too small. Also, the material was very flimsy. Here's what I did. I returned the mat the very next day. Then I headed over to [another store] and purchased a circular vinyl table cloth. It only cost me [$] and it works great! It covers a larger area to protect my tile against the inevitable spills. It's heavier so it doesn't bunch up when my son's high chair gets moved around. Finally, I was able to find a pattern that went with the decor in my kitchen.

too small - food travels further than 3'x4' - easy clean up but a pain to straighten out on carpet - bunches up - if i knew this was a shower curtain i would've gone to the dollar store and save myself 7 bucks

This product works great with any high chair and makes clean up a breeze. The mat itself is very large and durable. Very good price for such a great product.

I pulled this thing out of the package and just rolled my eyes- it's half a shower curtain with an ugly design on it! Save yourself the money. Go buy (as many others have suggested) a heavy duty vinyl shower curtain or tablecloth- not only will you save money, but you get to choose something other than the Miami Vice pastels!