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What Makes MatFresher Different

What is MatFresher? 

Today, health and sanitization are the highest priorities for gyms and exercise studios to retain staff and bring back members. Every facility needs to to invest in new cleaning protocols and alter schedules to ensure their safety.

But, it didn’t take a worldwide pandemic for MatFresher to be born. There’s always been an underlying need for more efficient and cost-effective methods for cleaning exercise and yoga mats. MatFresher began in 2018 as a proactive solution for ensuring the safety of your staff and members. This revolutionary mat cleaning machine, in development for nearly two years, is the only mat cleaning technology to eliminate microscopic threats while boosting revenue.

MatFresher - the mat cleaning machine
MatFresher – the mat cleaning machine

Cleaning should be simple – so members can focus on cleansing the mind and body, not their yoga mats. Better yet, providing staff and students with a safe way to clean should also be beneficial for your bottom line. Rather than padding the pockets of companies who produce UV bulbs, chemical wipes and sprays, providing a MatFresher at your facility can increase profits with every use.

MatFresher is Different

You may be aware of other mat cleaning machines and wonder what makes MatFresher different. Unlike machines that simply illuminate UV light, MatFresher utilizes a comprehensive, three-fold approach for effective sanitization. Here’s how we do it:

Step 1

First, MatFresher utilizes an advanced, two-sided roller system with soft brushes to gently remove the hair and topical debris that stick to sweaty mats. After all, what is sanitization without first removing unwanted particles and dirt? Other vendors recommend that users wipe down their mats before using their machines, exposing customers and staff to harmful viruses, bacteria and fungi.

MatFresher’s advanced, two-sided roller system, which gently removes hair and debris from exercise mats.

Step 2

Next, powerful, germicidal ultraviolet light is then applied to the entire mat. This step destroys up to 99.99% of the most common bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Systems that don’t meet National Sanitation Foundation International (NSF) guidelines for proper UVC light dosing, can’t come close to this level of cleaning effectiveness.

Four bulbs signifying MatFresher’s powerful germicidal ultraviolet light, which is applied to the surface of mats.

Step 3

Because UV light is not completely effective on irregular surfaces like yoga mats, MatFresher is unique in applying a third cleaning modality –  a 100% all-natural, chemical-free cleaning solution. The sanitizer is 120 times more effective than bleach and leaves mats smelling fresh. Machines relying on UV light alone simply don’t conform with guidelines published by the Centers for Disease Control. Those guidelines specify that UV light on irregular surfaces should be treated with a secondary method of disinfection.  This is especially important on materials like open cell exercise mats, where germs thrive.

MatFresher’s 100% all-natural, chemical-free solution, applied as a third sanitizing step on exercise mats.

Step 4

After completing these three sanitizing steps, MatFresher automatically rolls your mat, all in ~30 seconds! Yet again, MatFresher differs from competitors, who require users to roll their own mats to insert in the machine and again after exiting the machine, creating opportunity for reintroducing germs and rendering your cleaning efforts almost null.

A neatly-rolled and freshly sanitized exercise mat after exiting the MatFresher mat cleaning machine.

And, when it comes to the environment, there’s no comparing chemical wipes and sprays to MatFresher. Along with its sanitization measures being safer on the skin, MatFresher is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint.

Create additional Profit

Just how much can your exercise center increase profits with MatFresher? With no machine acquisition cost, a studio averaging 200 check-ins per day can earn more than $50,000 per year. On top of improving hygiene for students and staff, removing the need for manually cleaning mats, and growing confidence that safety is your top priority, a revenue boost like this is a game-changer for gyms and studios everywhere.

The MatFresher mat cleaning machine beside a chart displaying increased revenue.

Why not improve the ease and effectiveness of mat cleaning AND increase profits by bringing MatFresher to your facility? There’s no investment and no commitment, and we guarantee results. If you’re interested in learning more or to register for MatFresher, contact us today.