Sesame's Elmo Bath Mat 'splish Splash'

 (55 customer reviews)

We have this bath mat in the Elmo design. It's not too great. The mat itself is pretty slippery, not too much traction on it. The worst thing is the horrible smell it gives off. It smells like a skunk. I know when it comes to certain plastic products, they have this certain chemical smell that goes away shortly after you remove it from the packaging. This is NOTHING like that. It smells so bad and it's so strong. My whole bathroom smells like there is a skunk living in it.

*UPDATE: My daughter slipped on this mat. There is no traction on this mat. The little Elmos are the only pieces that are made of no-slip rubber. As you can see in the photos, the Elmos are pretty far apart, especially for baby feet. Not a good mat at all.

This bath mat does a great job doing what it's supposed to do. It sticks well and prevents slips. It's also a nice size. Takes up about 2/3 of the tub. BUT... It REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAKS!!! I bought it about about a week ago and have soaked it in bleach OVERNIGHT. It STILL reeeeaks!!! It fills the bathroom with it's odor. And it's not that new plastic smell that I actually like. I don't know what this smell is, but if I had realized how bad it was, I would've passed it up.

This bath mat looks good. But the purpose of a bath mat is to prevent slips. As soon as this gets wet, it becomes as slippery as the tub floor, if not more slippery. It is unsafe. I am surprised the company is even allowed to sell it. It should be pulled from the market.