This is not a bamboo cutting board or a chopping block so don't expect it to be 1" or more thick. It is a bamboo slider design to allow you to slide your mixer around your counter with no effort what so ever. If it was thick and heavy it would defeat the purpose. It is light weight bamboo and only a 1/4" thick. It is not big bulky or intrusive. It looks great under my mixer. The most important thing to know is that does exactly what you are buying it for. To be able to slide your mixer with ease. You no longer will have to lift your mixer off the counter to reposition it. I have the 7 qt bowl lift pro mixer and I can move/push it around my counter using 1 finger. My mixer is candy apple red and looks great sitting on the bamboo slider. You see the red base of the mixer with a small trim of wood around it. I highly recommend it. You will not be disappointed. That is unless you are expecting to receive a cutting board..Update 6/29/23..After using my mixer several times on the slider I am still very pleased with it. The only thing I would like to mention is that I bought the 7 qt mixer to make large batches of dough. I use approx.14 cups of flour in my dough. With a dough ball this size the front part of mixer/slider will slightly move side to side while kneading the dough. It doesn't move around the counter. It stays put. It is just the front of the slider will slightly slide side to side because of the large mass of the dough ball it is kneading. It still recommend it and would by it again..