Jade Harmony Professional 3/16-Inch Yoga Mat
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Equipment Details
Manufacturer: Jade YogaBrand: Jade Yoga
Model: Harmony Professional
Product features:
- Premium 3/16-inch yoga mat made with open-cell, natural rubber
- Offers terrific slip-resistance even with perspiration on the mat
- Produces exceptional resilience and incomparable cushioning
- Made with no PVC or ozone-depleting substances
- Washes easily with soap and water; comes in 68- and 74-inch lengths
Sports reviews of Jade Harmony Professional 3/16-Inch Yoga Mat
Customer Review: Best deal I have found
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I've been using this mat for 5 months now. This is what I have found.
PROS:
-Very Sticky: traction is only a problem when absolutely drenched in sweat
-Lays Very flat: it only rolls off the floor a tiny amount when laid flat
-Excellent cushioning: I have found it adequate for nearly everything, surprising for a 3/16 mat
-Biodegradable: made of natural rubber
CONS:
-Heavy: not the heaviest mat out there by far, but it could be lighter
-Stretchy: you can push little hills up with you hands and feet allowing your hands and feet to move a little. I haven't found this to be a big problem, but it could be improved.
-Noticeable smell: real rubber = real rubber smell
-Dirty: the mat has a tendency to absorb sweat and collect small skin & dust particles. Cheap, plastic mats seem to be better in this regard.
Neutral but worthwhile points:
-Price: the main competitor to this mat is the Manduka BlackMatPRO 71", which ranges from $80 and up.
-Be sure to buy an extra large mat bag or strap for this mat, it is a bit unwieldy without it.
-YogaAccessories (TM) Black OM Cotton Yoga Mat Bag This has worked well for me, but the mat is so sticky that sliding it into the bag can be difficult; a strap might be a better choice.
Notes (edit):
This mat works great with cheaper mat towels.
I sweat a lot during my yoga practices, so I recently bought a mat towel to protect my mat from a daily gallon of sweat. I looked at non-slip towels (Yogitoes Skidless Premium Mat-Size Yoga Towel), but decided I would try a more basic towel to see how it worked. I ended up buying Gaiam Thirsty Yoga Towel (Smokey Purple). I am quite pleased with how well it sticks to this mat, wet or dry it doesn't budge off the mat at all. My feet are a somewhat different story, but I am pleased to say that with this mat you do not need a pricey mat towel with silicon grips.
Some advice about cleaning.
This mat has to be soaked to get clean. I wash mine in a top loading washing machine. Use the delicates setting because it usually doesn't churn the water as vigorously (the churning doesn't help very much and it just wears against the mat). Try to wrap the mat as wide in the tumbler as possible to avoid the agitator in the center. I haven't tried using soap, but it seems like a bad idea to me. I use the hottest water setting. Drying is the hard part, the mat is like a sponge and it holds a lot of water. To make matters worse, the manufacturer strongly advises against leaving the mat in direct sunlight. It takes days to dry fully, and when the mat seems dry it may still have water deep inside that will squeeze out of it during practice.
Description of Jade Harmony Professional 3/16-Inch Yoga Mat
Jade Yoga's most popular premium mat, the Jade Harmony Professional 3/16-inch mat offers a perfect balance of traction and cushion. Jade mats are made with open-cell, natural rubber, which is well known for offering terrific slip-resistance. As a result, you no longer have to worry about slipping on your practice mat--even if it gets wet with perspiration. Jade mats also offer exceptional resilience, unmatched compression-set resistance, and incomparable cushioning, so you'll stay comfortable with every pose. And because natural rubber is a renewable resource tapped from rubber trees, the company's mats contain no PVC or ozone-depleting substances. Jade mats--which are made in the U.S. in compliance with all U.S. environmental and labor laws--are perfect for the yogi concerned about the Earth. Jade Yoga also plants a tree for every mat sold in partnership with Trees for the Future.The Harmony Professional comes in 68- and 74-inch lengths and is available in a variety of colors. The Jade can be hand washed with mild soap and warm water, and then hung or laid flat to dry out of direct sunlight.
About Jade Yoga
In a way, Jade Yoga began long before launching its first purple and blue Harmony yoga mats in 2002. Jade Yoga grew out of Jade Industries, a company that had been making non-slip natural rubber rug pads for area rugs since the early 1970s. For many years, Jade Industries also sold rug pads to select yogis in the area for use as yoga mats. As the story goes, rug mats first attracted the attention of yogis after B.K.S. Iyengar--who was in the U.S. doing a yoga demonstration on an oriental rug--asked a student to remove the rug after slipping repeatedly. Under the rug sat a rug mat, and the first yoga mat was born. Unfortunately, most yoga companies started making mats of cheap, imitation plastic or PVC instead--annoyingly slippery surfaces that were close to useless for many practices. Jade Yoga began in earnest in 2000 after it was approached by a savvy yogi who described the problem with these plastic and PVC mats. As Jade Industries were already making natural rubber rug pads, the company approached the problem from that angle and developed the Harmony, the first natural rubber yoga mat. Located in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, Jade Yoga has a number of products in the pipeline that align with the company's vision of producing high-quality products in an way.
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