I'm just going to give an honest view in the hopes that this helps you: Bought this for my mom because she does exercises every night on a yoga mat. Her old one was all torn from constant use and what not. This one was hard out of the box. Not like concrete hard, but the mat had zero give. Through use it's starting to soften up and she's been using it a couple months. It's not super super soft but it's not as hard as before. I'm not sure what else to say but I hope this was helpful if you want to buy it. She likes it.