Mohawk Home Ultra Premium 100% Recycled Felt Non Slip Rug Pad, 1/4″ Thick (10’x14′)

There are better options. I decided to be cheap because rugs are so expensive to begin with and this one has good reviews (and was the cheapest I’d seen!) I kept tripping over my rug so I decided to get a rug pad. There are many things that I didn’t like: 1. it’s felt on both sides.. which means if you have wood floors, it’s still gonna slide around. I was sure I had read that it avoids slipping, and thought it had both non slip plus felt 2. “Can be easily cut with scissors” NOPE. I had two types of scissors and neither made any kind of progress. I ended up frustrated and having to use an exacto knife which still wasn’t easy and was messy. Later I found that it says “fabric scissors” are best. I don’t know about anyone else but that’s not something I have just lying around. 3) I have a coffee table with castors and if I move the coffee table it bunches up, which is also what I was hoping this would help with. So, it does make it slightly softer, and that’s just about it. Way too much of a hassle to return it, and I already cut it, so it I’m very disappointed that I spent $50 on it. I could have used that to put towards something that actually met my needs.

This rug pad is nice and thick and can be cut to size. One thing to note is that it is slippery on both sides and there is NO rubber backing. One side is slightly rough but it will not keep the rug in place. You will still need a non-slip pad in place or large furniture to affix it to the floor. The rough side is intended to grab the rug which leaves the slippery side against your floor. You will need a non slip pad under it.
I would have returned it if I did not have furniture keeping it in place.

I purchased this pad for an oriental rug and every time I walk across it my feet thank me! It’s simply luscious and has made all the difference in the look and feel of my oriental. When a rug is properly padded, it looks better to the eye, feels better to the feet, and will greatly extend the life and wear of the rug – I know because I’m in home building. This pad is thick and soft while still being appropriately supportive between the rug and floor and doesn’t slide around. It was also easy to cut-to-size. Since it needed to be trimmed both length and width, I used the trimmed portions for another small rug by using duct tape (wide packing tape will make a crinkle sound when you walk over it so that’s not ideal) to hold the individual sections together. If you do the same just remember to place the tape side up so your floor isn’t scratched. This was a great purchase and I plan on ordering more in the future – I’ve been incredibly pleased. By the way, the rug was delivered rolled and packaged in a box.

You read reviews and you don’t know what to believe, some are great some are not. This pad is really great. Very soft and a little thicker than the 1/4 inch stated. However over time with carpet and furniture over it I am sure it will compress. I need to trim a good 5 inches around two sides. I laid my carpet on it first and lined up one of the ends and one side of carpet. I first tried a pair of scissors, which did not work. Got my good sewing shears and tried that and did not work. Finally grabbed my box cutter, I folded back the carpet to make a straight edge and scored the pad, since its thick it did not go all the way thru to floor, but you need to be careful, if you press too hard it will go all the way. Once it was scored the scissors went thru super easy.

I don’t regret this purchase at all. But, here is my constructive critique:

It’s going to do a great job with sound dampening in my apartment, and it adds some comfort. But, I still need the non-slip pad below to add extra softness and non-slip.

It was easy to cut to size.

This works perfectly. The felt protects the hardwood floors and adds cushion underneath the rug. It slips easily on the floors so only use for large area rugs that will have furniture to hold in place. Otherwise buy the one with grip added. I bought the 8X11 and it was cut perfectly for my needs. The previous complaints about not being perfectly 8X11 is ridiculous as this is woven/meshed fabric that stretches naturally. A little extra works out nicely anyways and allows you to tailor it to match your rug (good scissors recommended!). Previous comments of crud being in the woven felt are also nitpick in my opinion. They are there due to this being recycled fabric, are quite small and do not affect the performance of the product. Some people just love to complain I guess as this was exactly if not better than what I expected.