Crane Fitness Mat

EDITOR’S NOTES:

• We originally published this review in December of 2020. Aldi has continued to sell the mat each year since then. We’ve updated this post for January 2026.
• You can find a 1-year progress report and 5-year progress report at the end of the post.

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As amazing as the holidays can be, there’s a chance your bathroom scale will scold you afterward. That’s why the most popular New Year’s resolution usually involves fitness.

Aldi sells many different fitness products to start the new year, from equipment to exercise surfaces. The Crane Fitness Mat (Product Code 91411) falls into the second category, serving as a place for the likes of gymnastics, aerobics, or Pilates.

The Fitness Mat is an Aldi Find, meaning it’s only in stores for a limited time. In 2026, the mat cost $19.99, which is on the lower end of prices for mats in this general size on Amazon. The mat has sold for that same price going back to 2020, with the exception of 2021 when it briefly went up to $22.99.

The mats come in different colors each year. In 2020, our resident gymnast asked for purple. In 2026, they come in beige, black, and green.

The mat measures 74.8 inches long, 31.5 inches wide, and about 0.6 inches deep. That gives you about 6.2 feet of space front to back and 2.6 feet of space side to side. Most other mats I saw online were 71 inches or so long and 24 inches wide, so the Aldi mat has a little more surface area than the average. (The Aldi mat is about the same level of thickness as other mats I’ve seen.)

The mat comes with the following:

• The mat itself
• A storage and carry strap
• An exercise chart

I don’t see any indication of a warranty or after-sales support. The mat is made in China but otherwise doesn’t say who manufactures it.

A warning about the exercise chart: it’s the inside of the paper tube the mat comes with, so if you get too excited tearing off the tube, you’ll destroy the chart. (An eager someone in our home might have started to do what you see in the picture above.) Fortunately, exercises for a mat are easy enough to come by online, but if you like the idea of using the chart that came with the mat, make sure you carefully pull it open along the seam when you first unpack it.

That’s about the only unexpected part I found. Otherwise, the mat unrolls easily, and it rolls back up easily. Like just about any mat that comes rolled up, it has a bit of a curl when you unpack it, but because it’s rolled up with the top facing out the curl is down when you place the mat on the floor and it smooths out easily.

Our resident gymnast tried it and liked it. The surface has a slight ribbing to it so it’s easy to get a grip on both carpet and hardwood, with ample thickness to keep the ground soft, and a bottom with enough tread that it seems to stay in place well.

The Verdict:

If you’re looking for an all-purpose mat for exercising, this is a good one at a good price. At over 6 feet long and over 2 1/2 feet wide, it’s larger than the average mats out there, and it’s soft and versatile.

UPDATE (December 2021): You can watch our 1-year progress report video below.

UPDATE (January 2026): We’ve had this fitness mat now for five years. It’s showing its age, to be sure, but we still have people who use it in the house regularly for stretching and other forms of exercise.