Love that mat. I don't use it only for exercising. It is great with everything. I use t as a sleeping mat when my one year old daughter cries at night in her room (We don't have bed to me or wife to sleep in there, just rocking chair and ottoman and baby's crib and dressers of course) I take it out from under her crib, unfold it in a second, put bed sheet on it, pillow and blanket and sleep in the room next to my daughter. I found it very useful when I have to work under car, I also use blanket on bottom and top of the mat and lay on it when I work underneath the car, then simply fold it. I also hang it on the closet door, when I don't use it or will use it soon. I also fold it one side and lean it on wall and have it as a floor sofa when watching movies, more convenient and better to clean popcorn or chip mess from than from the couch. Material is very firm and smooth in hands and also soft in touch. It's cools me down after exercise because of that cool feeling of the material. I really like this mat and I'm really satisfied with lots of variety of uses of it, and for that price I can get few more of these and have an entire room covered with mats for more space to exercise at.