Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Despite some concerns about purchasing this due to the 'bad smell' reviews... we went ahead and bought one. The mat arrived today, and forgetting about the smell complaints, we set it up on our table and went to work. It only took 10 minutes for the whole office to notice the horrible smell. It just stinks like a paper mill (sort of sulferous), with overtones of Napthalene (moth balls). Scrubbed it with alcohol and soap water, leaving outside for a few days, and will return it if the stink hasn't left it by then! (Edited a few weeks later to say that the smell would never leave this product, so we returned it. Fiskars should be embarrassed to sell just junk. It could totally ruin any reputation they may have.)