Kitchen Sink Mat - Pebble Design

2/6/2009

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

2.0

Watch for staining, and hot pots

By grrrlgeek

from chicago

About Me High-end Shopper

Pros

Easy to customize
Fun
Protects sink well

Cons

Bits of food get stuck
PVC-may give off toxins
PVC-melting point 80 deg
PVC-not recyclable
Stains VERY easily

Best Uses

Comments about Stacks and Stacks Sink Mat - Pebble Style:

The Good: Can be custom fit since you can punch out the "pebbles" where you need to. It works pretty well without punching any out too. It does keep the stainless steel sink from getting scratched, even with the spaces between the pebbles, though they can catch food bits.\nThe Bad: be careful with anything that might even remotely stain--even really watered down tomato sauce will stain, and can't be removed, even with bleach (see pic). The graphite and amber (the Circo mats also come in amber) may not show it as much. Also, since it's not silicon, it can melt if you accidentally put a hot pot on it (the melting point of PVC is 80 deg f.) \nThe Ugly: Since it's PVC, most recycling companies won't take it. The most toxic plasticizers are no longer used in PVC in the US and EU, but these probably aren't made here.\n\nOverall cute and works well enough, but if I'd realized it was PVC beforehand, I don't think I'd have bought it. The Circo mats are made of the same stuff.