MandukaEko Yogamatte – für Damen und Herren, stark, langlebig, rutschfester Griff, 5 mm dick, 180 cm

After 3 months of exploration and indecision about should I buy Jade, Liforme, Infinity by DesignLab or Calyana it was Manduka EKO that finally prevailed. Time will tell how good that decision was but for now I can only tell I am very happy with my purchase. Grip is amazing and only thing I’ve noticed that people use to downvote this mat is smell...Well, this is natural rubber so it smells like one when you receive it but not so terrible and it really reduces with each day. I would say it will be gone after week or two completely (I do spray it with 50/50 water/vinegar mixture so maybe that does the trick). Anyhow.. I am 174cm tall and this mat is perfect size for me. Weight also doesn’t bother me because I will not travel miles to my yoga studio and for that half an hour walk it’s fine. But that’s already personal preference...like everything else is, right?! :) At the end-I love mine <3

Reviewing on behalf of a friend (who ordered through our account!) and she says it's brilliant! She did say lots of yoga specific things but all I can remember is that she said the other old ladies in her class were totally jealous of her swish mat! Sorry, not the most helpful review ever but she has now had it for several months so it's obviously wearing well as she yogas three times a week! (pretty sure yoga isn't a verb but you know what I mean)The only downsize apparently it's weight but as she drives to yoga sessions that's not a problem.

This is one of my favorite mats. It's light enough to transport to and from classes, but thick and heavy enough to feel durable and support your joints during practice. I am very happy that it is eco friendly as well.This mat is quite grippy. I have a manduka pro series mat that is very thick and heavy, which I only use at home. I've had that mat for years, but found it has always been a bit slippery for me as soon as I sweat at all. I tend to sweat a bit more than the average person, however, so a hand towel is an easy fix though. At present, my eKo Lite seems to grip better for me compared to my other Manduka pro, lululemon, and various other yoga mats I've tried.As for the smell some people have mentioned, I found that faded within a few days of airing it out. Every yoga mat I've ever had, which is at least 5 before this, have had a smell to start so this didn't surprise me. I've been using it at least 2-3 weekly for a few months and it doesn't smell at all now.Assuming it stands the test of time in terms of wear, this mat will become my go to!

When my old mat started literally falling apart, I started researching for a new mat. I wanted a mat that would give me more stability (less slipping), especially when my hands and feet were sweaty. I settled on the Manduka Pro, but it was slippy. Luckily wonderful Amazon were able to sort out a return and I settled this time on the Manduka eKo. It is a revelation. Poses I have been doing in yoga for years are an entirely different experience where I can focus on the pose rather than an entire focus on keeping my hands and feet from slipping. Before I sent back the Pro, I was using grippy gloves and socks in an attempt to work with it. The freedom of being able to return to bare hands and feet is a great relief. I do use a small Manduka grippy towel with it just because I have it and have got used to using it when doing downward dog under my hands but it's not necessary. No extra padding is required for Pilates class roll ups and the beautiful colour makes me feel I am about to dive into a peaceful lagoon.Highly recommended.

I've purposefully left it quite a while to review this product as I wanted to break it in and test it out before giving a fair review. Quite frankly this is the best yoga mat I have ever bought.When it arrived it did have that "yoga mat" smell but after a couple of days of airing this soon disappeared. It's a robust mat, comfortable, definitely non-slip and after plenty of sweaty, hard core yoga and Pilates sessions holds its own in comparison to other mats I've had in the past.I genuinely love using this. I bought the blue which looks great and I've even had comments about how good it looks and feels. I am one very happy customer.

This mat has been unpleasant from the start. I have had this mat for less than a year with weekly sessions so use is less than 5o occasions (hour and half sessions). It is quite hard to work on and had an overpowering chemical rubber smell which did improve after several months. I did persevere because the mat was expensive. However after about 40 uses it started to wear out - photos attached and the manufacturers are not interested.

I used to buy the £20-30 mats on amazon as they kept falling apart.This one is money well spent. Some of the features I love about it:- amazing grip on both side, which means no sliding, ever!- doesn't deform easily but still easy to roll up and store- very easy to clean (damp cloth is more than enough)Some minor drawbacks that I can completely live with- slight rubber odour (left my mat spread for a week and it almost disappeared)- heavier than cheaper options (I only use it at home so no worry here either)

In general, I love this mat, very grippy and thin. It really enables me to hold longer and more stable in warrior poses and high lunge. The downside of this is that it makes some transitions rigid and jerky. I agree that it smells rubbery. It's been almost two weeks since i got it and started using it for practice, the smell is still here. The smell gets especially unpleasant when I do child poses... apart from those times, the smell does not bother me that much. I guess I'll need to take it out more often whenever the weather gets better, so that the smell can vanish.