My battle with a self-rolling carpet pad

Every time I turned around, it curled back into a tube. I swear it was laughing at me.

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Good grief, those things are a menace. I had one that refused to flatten until I left heavy books on it for days. It's all about the roll memory, just like David said. Once it relaxes, it usually stays put.

david_young4d ago

I get what you mean about it laughing, but I always figured those pads curl up because of the way they're made. The material has memory, so it wants to go back to how it was rolled in the store. I've had one that never laid flat until I weighted it down for a week. It's more stubborn than mean.

nelson.tessa4d ago

Used to think it was just cheap materials or bad design. Your point about the memory in how it's rolled actually makes a lot of sense. My old mat was a nightmare that always tried to trip me, and I never connected it to the store packaging. You've convinced me it's not personal, just physics being stubborn.