I don't think I've ever seen a pit mat at the lake, but its possible that I may have seen just not noticed them.
I have a couple of A1 size self sealing cutting mats side by side on my home workbench if that counts. They have a grid of printed measured squares for quick measurements in 2 directions and have a protractor for angled cuts, can be cut on, glued on, and pinned to, are firm enough to be a flat surface for building, yet soft enough not to damage most materials if knocked/dropped.
I'm not sure if you have the same building standards in the USofA, but here our standard kitchen countertops are 620mm deep and A1 is 594x841 so in landscape format they pretty much cover the full depth of a counter perfectly up to where it starts rounding over, 2 in landscape are 5.5 feet wide which is as much as you can comfortably use if your sitting or standing without walking around.
While they are flexible they are too stiff to roll up, and I would guess they are about 5lbs each so pretty heavy to take to the lake. I never considered a pit mat for the lake, and was curious as to the purpose of pit mats when I saw videos of pro car guys at the track, and figured it was a sponsorship thing to get a big sponsor logo in their pit, but if it is to make screws easier to find I have that need taken care of as my charging case has a soldering station built into the removable lid, and that has little lidded compartments and magnetic trays in it.
Paul Upton-Taylor, Greased Weasel Racing.
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