SlipDaddys started with an opinion we couldn't shake: slipmats are underrated. The mat that comes free with a deck is thin and a little sad, and everyone just lives with it. We couldn't. We wanted good gear, the kind you can feel. Proper felt with weight to it, cut right, the kind that grips your record and warms up under the needle while the afternoon sorts itself out. Nobody was making it the way we wanted, so we started making it ourselves. Out the back, near the grill, obviously.
Here's the bit most people miss. A good mat earns its keep even when nothing's playing. The deck sits in the corner doing its quiet thing, and whatever's on the platter sets the mood of the room, same as the record you leave face-out on the shelf. Which is why we reckon having a few to swap in and out isn't indulgent, it's essential. One for summer. One for late nights. One because it made you laugh in the checkout. Change the mat, change the room.
Then there are the Daddys. Chinese Unc, Viet Dad, Golf Dad, BBQ Dad, little 3D-printed blokes who ride the record while it spins. They each spin a bit different, and that's the point. They're built from the dads and uncles we actually know, the ones who flip the record at dinner and line their spinners up on the windowsill like little trophies.
Nothing here is trying to reinvent the turntable. We cut the mats and print the dads ourselves, we check everything before it goes in the box, and if it wouldn't sit right on our own platter, it doesn't ship. That's the whole quality policy. It fits on a coaster.
Got a question, or just want to talk records? Flick us a line and we'll get back to you when the snags come off the grill.
Keep it spinning. Mats off to dad.