There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
Only... there... isn't anything that fits these corner style desks and the chair space they offer. Most under-desk mats cap out a 48" square. Those that go larger are something like 48"x60", or 48"x72", or 37"x72". So if you have a desk whose w/d measurements are 51"x51"... it's either deal with a local rug merchant for a custom cut carpet... or just make do with a variety of different floor coverings.
Then I saw the AKRacing Gaming Chair Mat... which is 39" in diameter. Then I read that AKRacing makes all of their own gear in house...
Which got me to wondering... what would it take to get a 52"x52" version of AKRacing's chair mat?
Something that could actually go under the legions of pre-existing corner desks and support both the desk and the chair...
Am I the only person who just... doesn't understand why this market isn't already being addressed?