hi everyone Abby here and welcome back to my channel or welcome if you're new
today i'm going to be reviewing the little lemon take form yoga mat 5 millimeter but
before i get started make sure to hit that subscribe button so you can stay tuned to
all my new videos dropping weekly and so you can help the channel grow so i have this in the color
dusky lavender white wisteria purple so this currently goes for 119
and this is the current we made too much sale price the original price was 148 dollars but it
does come in other colors and it starts at 138 if you get a solid color like black for example now i
don't know if you guys have noticed but lululemon has been increasing the prices of the yoga mats
over the last two years or so and this time last year guys this exact same yoga mat was 128
and now it's gone up to 148 so that's something i really don't like and if you do want to get this
yoga mat or another yoga mat i would definitely recommend trying to grab one on the we made too
much sale price because the regular prices are a bit too high in my opinion and i have gone ahead
and put some links in the description to curry you know we made too much sale prices for yoga mats
so right now i have it in a lulemen yoga strap if you guys are interested in how to use this or
any information on it i've done a full review on that which you can find
in the top right or in the description below so now i'm going to show you guys all around the mat
i'm going to show you the top and the bottom side as well i'm just going to roll it out for you guys
all right guys so this is what it looks like at the top here and there are a couple of grooves
going along the mat it's a little bit hard to see on this color and that's one thing i want to let
you guys know if you are going to be getting this mat to basically have the grooves the grooves are
more visible in the solid colors like the black than they are in the marble print so something
to keep in mind and just for your reference guys the lululemon logo on this mat is right here in
the middle now i'm going to flip it over and show you the back so this is the back side of the mat
and one thing to keep in mind is that this is a one-sided yoga mat you know you're only supposed
to practice on this side not on this side this side is supposed to be the grippy side at the
bottom that kind of keeps you in place but i want to show you guys this is that wisteria purple
color here on the underside of the mat now i'm going to go into some highlights about this yoga
mat so it is made for yoga but i think it's also great for home workouts calisthenics stretching
and i personally don't do hot yoga guys but this is supposed to be able to handle it it weighs
4.9 pounds the dimensions of this yoga mat are 26 inches by 71 inches and lululemon says it's five
millimeter stick but guys like it's not really i'm going to show you that soon it has a polyethylene
top layer that absorbs moisture and it's grippy it has fsc rubber guys which basically means that
it's sourced in a way that's more environmental than the traditional yoga mats it's also a
one-sided yoga mat and it contains latex all right guys so i'm going to talk about the grooves on the
mat so coming up closer to the mat here you can see the grooves a little bit better here
and it does have this kind of like wave-like pattern as well going along the sides here when
i'm on this mat i hardly feel these grooves guys like you can feel it a little bit but honestly it
looks a lot more groove than it is it's very minimal that's something that i feel like is
a bit gimmicky with this mat and honestly i don't really feel them or see them much i will say this
kind of wave pattern is kind of easier to feel but i mean that's not super helpful you really want to
be able to feel these grooves all right guys so now i'm going to do my little water sweat test
to show you guys how this mat looks when it does get a little bit wet or sweaty i have some water
right here i'm going to put some of my fingers and you guys can kind of watch the effect on the mat
as you guys can see this one this specific color is very noticeable when it does get wet
in my experience you know it dries a little bit
slow so as you guys could see it is seeping into the mat it is taking a little bit of
time i do find the reversible matte and the arise mat to dry a little bit faster
i'm nearing the end of my review now it's probably been more than 25 minutes and if you guys could
see right here there's still that moisture i showed you guys from my water sweat test
so that it does take a long time to dry off and
most of lululemon's yoga mats like the reversible mat for example they have like an antimicrobial
coating or something built into the map but i didn't see that listed anywhere on the tag or on
the website so i can't tell you guys that this does have that which to me is a bit concerning
because it's something that's going to be absorbing moisture so keep that in mind i
am five foot eight i'm gonna lie on this mat now so you guys can see what it will look like so my
head is touching the top of the mat and my feet are at the bottom there's about an inch left over
here so this is where the mat lands on me guys just so you can have a reference if it'll work
for you depending on your height so here's the tag for anybody interested in this information here
all right guys so the first con about this mat that i've noticed is the smell when you get it it
smells very very strong like car tires like it's just very rubbery and the smell gave me a headache
um i definitely had to air this out for a full week guys another thing is the thickness
so lululemon says this is a five millimeter mat but that is false um i'm going to show you guys
a comparison so i've gone ahead and grabbed a couple of yoga mats so here i have the
lululemon arise matte the lululemon take form yoga mat and then the lululemon reversible mat
five millimeters so all of these mats are supposed to be five millimeters but
this mat is noticeably thinner from both of these so here we can see there's a huge
difference in thickness this one is noticeably thinner the take form than the reversible mat
and then here we can also see there is a big difference this is five millimeters
this is not as you can see comparing other lululemon yoga mats so i don't like that
because that's like false advertising for me because i definitely do notice the difference
when i'm doing certain positions you know on my knees i definitely think more into the floor on
this mat than on the arise mat or the reversible mat so i don't like that because you know i i
definitely want that padding from my knees most of you out there buying five millimeter mats want the
extra padding as well so when you are practicing on this mat guys it makes this annoying squeak
sound sounds like sneakers are like pressing across a gymnasium floor so now i'm going to
do some mountain climbers on this mat to try to you know get you guys to hear the squeaking sound
if you're someone who's going to be practicing on like hard wood or laminate or tile the mat will
move around as you're using it this bottom layer does not grip as well as it should
if you're trying to do certain yoga poses where you're like bouncing on your head i
mean i can't do those guys but if you're someone who's doing something like that something in
particular where you need the mat to stay safe and it moves around that's dangerous
because you could fall if you're someone who's just going to use this for calisthenics like
stretching it's not as big of a deal but you are going to find it annoying that it moves around
the last con i'm talking about is the grippiness i don't know if it's the introduction of the grooves
or the patterns whatever or if you're just using a different type of material but when you try to
do certain poses the mat is not very grippy if you were trying to do something you know and
you're putting your weight here your fingers start slipping and as you guys could see like the mat
is not gripping me all right guys so just showing you some examples of the durability here so there
is scratches right here more over here scratches extremely easily and if you even put like weights
on it or even if i just have the indent from my bracelet touching this it leaves a mark
all right guys so considering the price the quality the color the functionality
and the durability of this mat i would go ahead and give this a 4.8 out of 10
and i do give it a thumbs down honestly guys i cannot recommend this to you because personally
i don't think this is worth an extra 40 dollars compared to the reversible mat or the arise mat
so if you guys are interested in getting the lululemon reversal mat or a rise mat which i
do recommend i've gone ahead and left the links down in the description for you to use if you
guys are interested in seeing my reviews on those mats i have done them you can find them
in the description below thanks for watching guys and make sure to like comment and subscribe bye
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