Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I understand that you are likely reading this review to influence your decision about buying this mat. So, let's get that out of the way. Great product, great price, covers considerably more real estate than, well, any other I looked at. Great no slip surface, comfortable, great for my 1 year old , who finds sliding in the tub somewhere between being left alone with ravenous Velociraptors, and someone trying to take his cookie. Now, with regards to the negative reviews, there are a couple of things I feel that I should clarify. If youre ar all like me, then you read no less than 10 reviews on either extreme of the star rating system. Number 1: The smell. There are many reviews going on about a "revolting chemical, smell" that people had tried everything from a week outside to bleach and household cleaners to cure. I'm not really sure what rock these folks have been living under, but they apparently have never encountered vinyl in the whole of their sheltered existence on this planet. That is all it is, people. Vinyl. And not even a particularly strong or far traveling smell either. Number 2: The suction. Now, this may sound mean, but if you can't get this mat to stick, you are either considerably below normal intelligence, have an alarmingly poor ability to problem solve, or you tried to make it stick to a finished tub, which the product description clearly implies it will not do. You see all those circles on the mat? Well, each and every one corresponds to a suction cup on the opposite side. There are 199 suction cups. I counted. Third: Mold. If you have something that regularly gets wet in small, poorly ventilated spaces like the ones that exist between the material between the suction cups and the surface of the tub, and you just leave it there, it will likely grow mold. This is obvious to me, as well as a few others who had the wherewithal and good sense to simply hang it up after use. If this is an issue for you, you may want to try the newly opened Merlin ' s Magic Megamall that just opened in your respective hometown, because you clearly seem to be laboring under the misapprehention that bathroom accessories under $20 should, in fact, all be magically capable of repelling mold, despite your best efforts to replicate it's natural environment. Be reasonable. And stop giving bad reviews for attributes that are either your fault, or unavoidable due to the conditions the product is intended to operate in. I hope this has been helpful.