Yoloha Unity Pro Cork vs Yoga Design Lab Combo: Which One Should You Buy?

The Yoloha Unity Pro Cork is $159 for 6 mm of cork and natural rubber on plant-based foam, made in the USA. The Yoga Design Lab Combo is $117 for a microfiber towel top, printed and made from recycled plastic bottles, fused to a natural rubber base 3.5 mm thick. Both are sold to people who sweat, and both brands say damp conditions improve the grip.

GearLab tested both in its March 2026 roundup, so they can be compared on one scale. The Yoloha came 10th of 19 with 66 points and the Combo 17th with 52.

GearLab’s total is weighted 35% comfort and support, 30% grip, 20% materials and 15% care and cleaning. The Yoloha leads comfort 7 to 6, grip 7 to 4 and materials 6.5 to 5. The Combo takes care and cleaning, 6 to 5.

Put through those weights, the three-point grip lead is worth about nine of the fourteen points between them. That’s the category both brands build their pitch on, and it’s where the two mats sit furthest apart.

GearLab’s separate wet and dry table has the Yoloha at 7.5 dry and 6 wet, around the middle of the 18 mats it lists. The Combo scored 4 and 4. Only the Primasole Foldable did worse dry, and only two mats did worse wet.

GearLab is blunt about the Combo. The first con it lists is slippery dry and wet grip, and its text says the towel’s grip disappointed on a mat meant for hot yoga, the first use Yoga Design Lab lists. Amazon’s review summary tallies 63 grip mentions, 38 good and 25 bad, and notes owners who say the grip fades a few minutes into class.

The Yoloha falls short of its own page too. Yoloha advertises non-slip grip in wet or dry conditions and says no towel is needed; GearLab rated it moderately grippy either way, with slick when wet among its cons.

A towel top soaks sweat up, and absorbs sweat is on GearLab’s list of the Combo’s pros. Microfiber is meant to grip once it’s damp, yet GearLab’s dry and wet scores for it came out the same.

Cork absorbs nothing. GearLab says water stays on the Yoloha’s surface, recommends misting it before class, and suggests keeping a towel nearby once sweat pools. One review on Yoloha’s site covers both outcomes in one household: the reviewer gave up a hot yoga towel, while their partner, who sweats much more, still lays one on top because the sweat pools.

The Unity Pro sits at the firm end of GearLab’s scale, rated among the steadiest mats in the roundup, with 7 for comfort and support. It doesn’t feel plush for its thickness, but a standing foot or a loaded wrist stays where you put it.

The Combo is 3.5 mm and scored 6. At that thickness there isn’t much between a knee and a hard floor. Yoga Design Lab also makes the Combo 5.5 mm thick ($131) and as a 1.5 mm Combo Flow ($83).

The Unity Pro is 72″ × 26″ against the Combo’s 70″ × 24″, and GearLab counted the Combo’s width against it. Yoloha’s line goes up to 80″ × 26″ ($179) and 84″ × 30″ ($219). Yoga Design Lab lists an XL Combo as well, sold out when we checked.

The bigger cork mat weighs 7 pounds against 4.9 (GearLab measured 7.0 and 4.6). Amazon owners already complain about the Combo’s heft, 14 of 21 weight mentions negative. The Combo comes with a carry strap; Yoloha sells its sling and strap separately for $29.

Laundering is the Combo’s best trick. Yoga Design Lab’s own care notes prefer hand washing for a longer life but permit a gentle cycle, mild soap and no center agitator, followed by hanging it up; the Amazon listing, by contrast, says hand wash only. In GearLab’s hands it needed no scrubbing and came out smelling fresh every time, though it also collects lint.

The Yoloha gets a light spray of cleaner after class and lies flat to dry, and GearLab says the antimicrobial cork keeps it fresh between sessions. The Combo still edged it on care and cleaning, 6 to 5. GearLab counts portability in that category, where seven pounds works against the cork.

Neither mat suits a latex allergy. The Combo’s towel, made from 19 recycled bottles by Yoga Design Lab’s count and printed with water-based inks, is bonded to natural tree rubber. Yoga Design Lab doesn’t say where it’s made.

The Yoloha is made in the USA, and Yoloha says 83% of it is USDA-certified renewable material, mostly cork, natural rubber and sugarcane. GearLab scored materials 6.5 for the Yoloha and 5 for the Combo; its method rewards mats that last through years of practice.

The Combo is $117 from Yoga Design Lab in 19 printed designs in the 3.5mm at last count, and you can also look up the Combo on Amazon (4.6 stars from about 620 ratings). Yoga Design Lab accepts returns for 30 days only on unused mats back in their original packaging, and states no warranty.

The Unity Pro is $159 and sold only through yolohayoga.com, bare cork or with art printed on it, and it has dipped to $139 in past sales. Yoloha allows 30 days too and pays return shipping on the standard size, but it refuses mats with dirt or marks and deducts $10 if the box is gone. There’s no warranty.

Buy the Yoloha if you want the better-gripping, steadier and bigger mat, and it will mostly stay in one place. It beat the Combo by 14 points in the same test and by two on wet grip. Mist it before class and keep a towel nearby for sweaty sessions.

Buy the Combo if putting the mat in the wash matters most, or if you want a print, a lighter carry and $42 back. GearLab found it slippery dry and wet, so don’t expect it to replace your towel. For rubber that GearLab found grippy even in pooled sweat, see our Combo vs B Mat Everyday comparison.