Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

It arrived in just 2 days although I didn't have Amazon Prime. I like the blue speckled color. It had raised seam on one side as some people noted in the reviews. But I was prepared and just chopped the raised foam pieces with my nail clipper. It was an easy fix, and the seam became flat & smooth in 5 minutes I chose the size very carefully - I'm 5'3'' and didn't need the roller to be too big but made sure that it was long enough for the effective hamstring & quadriceps stretch exercise. Most of the yoga mat is 24" wide, so I knew that a 24" roller would be a little too long when you do the stretch on the mat. A 12" roller would be a little too small for my big thigh and if I wanted to put both thighs and legs on it at the same time. The 18" was the perfect length as I had expected. It is, however, not long enough if you want to use it as a yoga bolster and place it vertically under your back. I tried the thigh stretch with this foam roller, and it was very firm and pressing the right muscles. I also rolled it under my back from thoracic to lower back areas, and it felt SO GOOD. The roller is also useful to get my back ready in the position to do a bridge and to safely come down from the bridge by landing my upper back on it. This $16 foam roller was a great purchase and nice addition to my home exercise tools.