Nekmit Leather Desk Blotter (17" × 12")

A laptop-sized PU leather blotter, not a full-desk mat. Seventeen by twelve inches covers a laptop, a keyboard, or a defined writing area on a larger desk, with a felt base that keeps it put. It ships flat rather than rolled, so there is no packing curl to flatten out first.

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Pros

✓ Ships and sits flat — no packing curl to weight down for days, which is the recurring annoyance with rolled full-desk mats
✓ Non-slip felt bottom that is safe on wood and glass
✓ 17" × 12" suits a small desk, a shelf, or a defined writing spot on a big one, without covering surfaces you want to see
✓ Thick enough that a pen doesn't emboss it — reviewers who write by hand call the surface smooth and mark-free
✓ Textured water-resistant PU wipes clean
✓ Cheapest of the three desk pads we carry

Cons

– 17 × 12 inches is small: a keyboard and a mouse will not both fit. If you want the desk covered, the Gallaway or the Vine Creations are the ones to look at
– No stitched perimeter, unlike the Gallaway. On PU pads that seam is what keeps the leather from lifting off the base after a year or two of daily use
– 4.4★ across 2,045 ratings — the lowest rated and least reviewed of our three desk pads
– Plain black, one side, no extras. It does exactly one thing

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Nekmit Leather Desk Blotter (17" × 12")

Protecting one spot rather than the whole desk — and it arrives flat

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