Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

BUYER BEWARE!!! The slipperiness will NOT go away!! I ***HATE*** THIS MAT!!!!! I'd give it negative five stars if I could. IT IS SOOOOO SLIPPERY!!!! I bought this mat in July 2018. I practice on it daily, even doing hot yoga twice a week. I've done the salt treatment FIVE times, put it out in the direct sun with and without salt. I've used coarse sea salt and fine sea salt. NOTHING has helped even a little. I've tried two different mat towels and both slid on the mat, despite misting my mat to help it stick. Nope. I got a pair of grippy yoga gloves and socks; halfway through a class and they were sliding on the mat. I used a Manduka Pro mat provided by my workout studio for four year and loved it. So I took the reviews cautioning on slipperiness with a grain of salt. (I should have taken it with a bajillion grains of salt because that's how much salt I've used trying to make this mat not slippery.) This is not the same Manduka Pro mat that I used for four years. I don't know if the style, material, etc. was changed, discontinued, or something else but this mat is HORRIBLE and extremely UNSAFE!!! I can't even do a downdog - one of the most basic, repeated yoga poses - without my hands sliding forward. I got a Gaiam mat for $5 at a discount store for my daughter that works better than this Manduka Pro. I'm baffled that others have been able to "break-in" their mat with salt treatments and practice. HOW!?!?!?!? They must be different mats and not the Pro. Or the reviewers work for Manduka. Or they're lying. I was bad-mouthing this mat three weeks after I got it, after salting and practicing seemed to do NOTHING to help the slipperiness. Why would you pay this much for a mat and then make it infuriating to break in for safe use??? Even if I break in this mat next week, I've still been bashing it to everyone because a mat should NOT take almost 9 MONTHS to break in. DO NOT BUY THIS MAT!!! Do not waste your money and time - it's not worth it. Try cheaper versions that you can return. Also, Manduka's "lifetime guarantee" only applies to defects - not effectiveness. Don't be tricked like I was!! Google 'manduka pro mat breaking in" and you will read that this is a wide-spread common problem with these Manduka Pro mates. If you're still not convinced to not buy this mat, at least sleep on it. Don't think your Manduka Pro will be the exception to all the negative reviews like I did. I HATE THIS MAT. Literally the ONLY good thing about the mat is the color. But I'd take a doo-doo brown mat that isn't slippery any day over this POS. Whenever someone compliments the color of my mat, I'm sure to tell them how slippery and ineffective it is. I try to never miss an opportunity to warn yogis about my super slippery Manduka Pro. One slip could cause an injury. Continuous slippage will ruin your yoga practice. Do not take a chance and subject yourself to the dangers of this slick mat!! Do not compromise your practice. It's just not worth it.