The materials of yoga mats are generally divided into rubber foam, TPE foam, PVC foam, EVA, latex pad, NBR pad and so on.
Yoga mat has the advantages of uniform surface particles, full bubbles, soft feel, non-toxic, tasteless, non-slip, strong resilience and strong tear resistance, and is an ideal choice for yoga practitioners. In addition, the yoga mat can effectively block the ground cold, has strong grip, and has outstanding resilience, smoothness, anti-skid and human skin affinity. But also some other fitness exercises can be carried out on it, which is suitable for children to use as bedding and camping mats.
TPE pad is the most environmentally friendly.
TPE is the top grade of yoga mat, which contains no chloride and metal elements and is antistatic. Each floor mat is about 1200g, which is about 300g lighter than PVC foam floor mats and is more suitable for carrying out. Generally, the thickness is 6mm-8mm.
Features: Soft, docile, strong grip-safer on any ground. Compared with the yoga mat made of PVC, it is about 300 grams lighter and more convenient to carry around.
Reminder: The price of yoga mats made of TPE is on the high side.
The advantages of TPE mats are light weight, easy to carry and clean, excellent skid resistance under dry and humid conditions, and no smell if the TPE material of the mat is of high purity. Most PVC foam cushions still have some flavor because of technology and cost, which can't be removed. Even if some products have no taste, it does not mean that their ingredients have changed or some harmful substances do not exist, unless they have passed the inspection of export product standards.
PVC is cheap and of good quality.
Pvc foam (the weight of yoga mat with 96% pvc content is about 1500g) PVC is the name of a chemical raw material. However, pvc does not have soft, non-slip and cushioning functions before foaming. After foaming, finished products such as yoga mats and anti-skid mats can be produced.
Features: PVC materials are affordable and can be bought everywhere, with guaranteed quality and high cost performance.
Reminder: Avoid buying inferior yoga mats made of secondary materials.
Cloth mats are hard to buy.
Sometimes, in yoga class, we will see some people using brightly colored yoga mats, which look like Arabic flying carpets. It is said that this is an Indian yoga mat.