FACKELMANN Flexible Cutting Mats, Set of 4, Multi-Purpose Chopping Board, Rectangle Cutting Board, Pack of 4 Colour Coded for Food Types, Dishwasher Safe, 38x30.5x.2cm, Blue Red Yellow & Green

Great value for money. Decent size, bigger than most, which is what I wanted. A cutting mat the size of a table mat is of no use to me. They are quite thin, but again, this is fine by me. But it means they won’t last too long with my very sharp knives. The surface is already scored, which if you are very hygiene conscious, would be off putting. But that’s why I bought a 4 pack! I’d rather throw one away when they get too bad, which you tend not to do with wooden boards. And glass just dulls your blades. I hand wash them as I don’t have a dishwasher, so don’t know if they would warp if you do use one. Will be buying again.

These chopping boards won't solve all your kitchen problems or make you a gourmet cook. But for the price, they are an excellent addition to your kitchen tool kit. I would never have these as my *only* chopping boards, but they do make an excellent compliment to my existing ones. They're very handy, for example, for setting down atop your veg-covered chopping board and chopping your meat on them, thus avoiding cross-contamination. They're also good to lay down for slicing bread or other crumbly items, because then you can pick the board up, give it a quick rinse, rather than needing to wipe down a heavy board or your counters. They are flexible and lightweight so you can pick up your chopped food and pour it right into your pan. Because they're lightweight, you will end up with knife gouges in them. I haven't managed to cut through them at any stage, as another reviewer mentioned, and I do use them quite often. You will want to be aware of these gouges when you're washing up, though, as they can trap food particles. A careful washing in hot water should resolve that with no issues. They are dishwasher safe, but they're a bit tall for mine, so I end up washing them by hand most times.

If I had written this review when I had just got the mats I would have said they were flimsy and rubbish - HOWEVER , having used then in my B & B for a few months I am so happy with them....they are BRILLIANT. In fact I have a couple of the hard catering ones and I now much prefer the lightweight ones. My reasons - they are light and flexible so you can take them to your pot and ben then and just push your meat or veg off them and straight into the pan with out any spillage; they are durable - of course they mark like any other board but I have used mine non stop for months and they will last me for ages eg on the cooked meat one I even use an electric knife and it stands up to this no bother; AND they can go ing the dishwasher so they are nice and hygienically cleaned after every use. Excellent !

Good because they are thin and bendy, so easy to store and wash. Not good because they are thin and bendy, so your knife can easily cut though. Depends what you want them for.

This is a set of very thin, flexible chopping mats for use in the kitchen, colour coded for vegetables, poultry, other meat and fish. They can be put in the dishwasher, and are hard to mark with a knife. There are basically two kinds of chopping boards -- the kind that are beautiful, and the kind that are functional. Massive hardwood boards look great on the sideboard, but you can't put them in the dishwasher, and they are hard to get really clean any other way. Plastic chopping boards of various kinds are usually quite thick, and sometimes patterned with a texture that is a little like wood. Although initially much easier to keep clean, they tend to scar, and so are just as likely as wooden ones to be holding food traces. For this reason, commercial kitchens have been using colour-coded boards for a long time, so that the meat board is never used for vegetables, etc. Even so, once boards have begun to scar and refuse to get clean, they ought to be replaced. These mats go one stage further -- recognising that you will never cut right the way through one, even with a scalpel, they are made thin and flexible. You can roll them up to store them, allowing the surface to be really quite big -- almost as big as an A3 sheet for these mats -- and you can flex them round things for the dishwasher. The surface is a lot harder than most of the plastic mats we've used, though not so hard that it blunts the knife. Nonetheless, they will scar eventually. At this cost-point, though, it shouldn't be too much of a wrench to dispose of them and replace them. All in all, these are the most functional chopping mats or boards we've ever had, and we are no longer using the collection of other boards we had before.

On photo- amazon mat is dark blue..light one- our old mat. Rewiev: Not goot cutting mats. I can say "useless". Before we use a mats we purchased from Tesco. Dont know a name..but shame they hadnt it in stock anymore. So we finally ordered this cutting mats from amazon. I still have old mats so i can compare them and write why this amazon mat useless 1) mats very thin..VERY..when i have it in my hand and shake..it like a paper. 2) as mats very thin it not comfy to cut products..same feelings like without mat at all.. 3) mat not stay on one place and very slippery so again not comfy. So finally i can give 1* only for a price..good we not lost a lot of money with such useless thing. Our old one was not more expensive but much better..basically its a piece of plastic. Would i advice this item to friends: deffinetly NO!

The mats are pretty thin - much thinner than the boards I was replacing - but work fine, in that the knives leave marks but don't cut through. Dishwasher deals with them well, so overall good, and will see how long they survive.

These chopping mats are pretty good. They seem pretty thin but strong. I have done some chopping on them and i havent noticed any scratches yet. Easy to pick up with chopped meat or veggies on to transfer to wok or pan. Very easy to clean. Much better than my old plastic one that got warped and scratched and would move all over the place. Would recommend them to anyone. 5 Stars.