AKEOIL Silicone Soldering Mat for Electronics Repair, 17.7 x 11.8 in

I love this heat resistant pad for organizing small electronics projects and soldering quickly and safely without damaging your work surface or losing any components. I have a bad habit of tinkering on the glass dining room table and forgetting to turn off the fan, so if I lose my tweezer grip on a tiny screw/nut, infinitesimally thin wire filament, or micro-component, my only tracking clue may be the direction of the few bouncing clicks or if the piece reached the edge, a thorough reflection hunt with a very bright flashlight. This heat pad probably works better for me just to minimize component bounce and to enclosed dropped items from sliding off to the side. Plus pulling it out of my office is a reminder to flip off the ceiling fan. The pad is big enough to hold various projects (graphics card, drone, raspberry pi/esp32 projects...) in the center space and a number of separate components on the surrounding little cavities. There is no chance I will ever fill all of the nooks, but my old system was to either use little ramekins for every removed screw or to use an old ferrerro rocher plastic tray to separate each removed component in order. The heat pad's compartments are a much better system and far less likely to be casually bumped off the table scattering everything. All-in-all, this is a terrific tinker work surface, whether you are soldering or not. I just wish we had enough home space to have a permanent work surface where I could leave this, a cutting pad, and a few other work areas permanently without minutes of set-up each time. Still, this pad is great and easy to store between projects. You won't regret it.

Haven’t used this item yet, but it is exactly as described. To my untrained eyes it appears to be high quality, a decent size, and definitely a great value!

I was completely shocked at how great this mat actually is! I expected it to be junk to be honest because of the price point and I was completely wrong. It's exactly as described. Everything works as it should including the parts boxes which also shut and stay shut. I saw on other similar product reviews from other sellers that people were having issues with them. I also expected it to be shipped poorly and rolled or folded with permanent creases due to other similar seller product reviews.... Nope! It was shipped flat in a large box and not folded at all. It was completely perfect! I am beyond pleased with this purchase! This seller takes pride in their product and it was shipped with care. Keep it up! I will be back to buy from this seller again 10/10!

Great silicon mat, but I do wish it was a bit bigger. It's big enough for me to work on smaller things such as microcontroller boards, and Ardunios but it's not big enough for motherboards or desktops. I put my Xbox ROG Alley for comparison of size. I do like the compartments for screws and other bits along with the lids. The one lid does occasionally pop up, but that's because it's a bit filled and it just needs to be reclosed now and again. Overall I would buy this again if it came in a bigger size.

I didn’t know I needed this tool until I saw someone else’s and now I wish I had had it all along. I’ve recently had to replace components in my Xbox and this pad made keeping track of my parts super easy. Everything stays in place and holds tons of screws. It’s really inexpensive for what you get too! The closed compartments are handy as well and the quality of the pad is noticeable. It stores super well too and holds its shape after being stored in my toolbox. Highly recommend!

As advertised

Functional as described by vendor

It's a simple heat resistant soldering pad like most of the rest out there, but it is one of the larger ones, priced cheaper than small pads, and the built in magnets have proven to be surprisingly useful at helping to keep the trimmed leads from getting scattered everywhere.

The entire thing isn't magnetic, some magnet chips are scattered inside the rubber, so it's 90% not magnetic.