Side by Side Comparison of: Shaw vs Grip-It vs Rug Pad USA

This was exactly what I was looking for! As a novice to rugs and hardwood floors, I did not know plush felt pads were a thing. We got this since the bottom of our area rug had sticky residue from cheep slip pads. This did the trick. Protects our floors and adds plush cushion. We were all impressed by the new life this gives our rugs. We bought another one for another are a rug. Highly recommend!

This is a great pad at a great price. We use this for a very old, large, expensive oriental rug and it is perfect. The pad protects the floor and protects the rug, and creates a nice cushion when we walk on it. This is very inexpensive compared to other pads of similar quality. When it arrived it had some wrinkles in it, but they smooth out once the rug is in place.

Love it. Just the right amount of padding and will protect my floor. Well made and in the USA. No smell. Doesn't shed. Easy to trim. What's not to like??

Makes my cheap acrylic rugs feel like wool and my nice wool rugs like a fresh buttermilk biscuit.

100% Felt Rug Pad - SAFE for all floors - Extra Thick - 7' x 10' - Add Cushion, Comfort and Protection Like this very much for area rug on my wooden floors. I got another brand that was supposed to be non-slip for rug on wooden floor but it had one side that was very scratchy. It would have damaged the wood if that side were down. If that side were up against the rug, it would have been too harsh for the oriental rug (in my opinion) and would have worn the hand knotting. This is just right. Possibly for a very small area rug (something like 1 x 2 or 2 x 3) it might slip under a running dog, . Maybe not. It is thick enough to give a nice feel under foot. I am comfortable the rug is protected from excessive wear. I also like that it was cut slightly larger than the described size. For some reason many rug pads are undercut. I had no difficulty cutting this down with an ordinary scissors.

I saw a DIY that required this non-slip rug pad and I couldn't believe how inexpensive it was. Even though I'm a huge online shopper, I know that there is still some risk when buying online: does it look like it does in the picture? it is made of the same material I have in mind? will it work properly? is it high quality? These are the questions that bombard my mind when I'm trying to find something to buy online instead of purchasing in store.

I've seen some of these things in craft stores, but definitely not of the same quality. First of all, they're more expensive in store. Second of all, there's a great selection of sizes on Amazon. I was simply going to cut my pad into whatever size I needed, but lo and behold, I found the perfect length and width and purchased it for $12.99-- that's a great deal.

When it arrived, I could immediately see the difference in quality from the ones I had previously seen in stores. This stuff is definitely not going to slip on your tile or laminate floors. My original DIY project was going to be a yarn pom pom one, but I became inspired and realized I could get faux fur and make a faux fur rug.

While I haven't actually laid it on the floor yet, and have hardly taken it out of its very nice packaging, I can still feel that this stuff is going anywhere once on the floor. Very thick, rubber, and high quality.

If you had any doubts about this product, I say just go for it. It's a great price for something so large (mine was 5x8) and you really can't beat the price for something of this quality.

I bought this for a DIY shag rug, so my use for it isn't necessarily what was intended but it's working out great. I actually had to cut it down smaller and the other piece I'm going to use under the baby changing mat to avoid sliding.

I recently purchased this pad after reading the reviews. I love it. It was larger than needed but very easy to cut to the size needed. I have hardwood floors and other inexpensive pads bunched up when my cats slid into them. This pad is true to its name non-slip. I used the cut off part under a runner that the cats were always bunching up. It now stays in place, and both rugs now feel padded. I am seventy years old and have a falling problem. Before adding this pad, I almost tripped several times on these two rugs. I am going to purchase more for the throw rugs that have lost part of their backing. This is a terrific product and very reasonably priced.

I used this for a few months and the rug stays nicely in place. I never think twice about it and that's about as perfect a recommendation as I can imagine for a product like this. I had trouble getting it exactly under the rug until I figured out the trick:

1. Turn the rug upside down on the floor
2. Place the pad on top of the rug
3. Tape each corner of the pad to the back of the carpet.

Once you do this, you can pick up and move the rug as much as you want without ever having to line up the pad underneath again! It's really easy.

In my 4 story home, there are so many oriental rugs and stair runners, I think I can never get enough, because they look so elegant on my hardwood floors. All of these rugs need a good gripping padding underneath, if one does not want to have a slipping accident when stepping onto them. The best solution, and for the best price, is this non-slip padding. Even a small bridge type rug, of 2x3 feet, will stay put no matter what: whether I walk across it in a hurry, or whether the doggies storm over it playfully. It cuts to the proper size really easily, with just a pair of scissors. You can follow the grid pattern and get nice right angle cuts. I usually lay the pad over the rug to be fitted, and cut the proper size, minus approximately 2 or 3 inches, so that it won't stick out from underneath.
The interesting thing to consider is to make a list of all rugs one wants to cover, and then order the best size product, since the options range from 2x4 all the way to 12x15 or around there. I made a little table of the sizes offered, and calculated the per ft2 price. Just a little help for any of you to figure out what the best decision is.

I had to cut off an inch on the length and width so that it wouldn't stick out from underneath my rug. It was very easy to trim with sharp kitchen sheers. I would suggest putting the softer side down (I have brand new wood floors so I didn't want to take a chance scuffing it up). The pad definitely makes my thin rug just even alittle softer to step on and I feel better knowing that my floor is protected. Good quality felt and it shipped super quick.

I finally got a proper rug pad for my handmade kilm. I had used an inexpensive white rubber honey comb pad and it transferred its pattern onto my hardwood floors. Even after repeated cleaning the old rubber rug pad impression remained on the floor. The new felt pad was a little difficult to cut with a scissors because of the thickness but I'm sure a sharp box cutter with protection underneath when you cut would work better. My rug looks great now.

Good pad, minimal rug slipping. Made from repurposed fiber scraps. NOTE: The pad material is thick and rugged, making it very difficult to trim. If you try to trim it, you will have a fairly ragged edge. I had considered buying a larger pad and cutting it for my two runners, but that is not a good way to save a few dollars.

I bought this to go under a pretty cheap thin rug, it did add some nice cushion. It's NOT like sinking into a cloud of softness or anything exciting, but it definitely better than those thin no slide pads for not much more cost.

Great rug pad and the price is great. Compared to retail stores this is HALF of what you would normally pay. The cushioning is also excellent.

Standard rug pad, not ask thick as I expected and rug slides easily over it. Compared to retail and other sites, good value for what is probably the same exact product.

This helps protect the hardwood floor under our runner carpet, and it keeps the runner from sliding around a LOT, but it's a little bit too thin to do the latter job fully. The runner carpet regularly slides around a little bit, not enough to be remotely hazardous, but enough that once a week or so, I need to re-adjust the carpet because this rug pad is showing along the edges. Since our carpet is in a hallway with a doorway to one side, traffic on the carpet isn't in all directions equally, so there's a net force that causes it to push a little bit in one direction.

It seems to be so thin that it grips the smooth floor well, but doesn't provide enough friction against the backing of the carpet. A thicker version of this would almost certainly hold the carpet in place better.

Very nice cushy carpet pads that work well and low price . The Size is good for living room rug pads . My pets play a lot on rug but it stays on the place. It didn't feel like a rug placed on top of a padding--it just felt like a slightly more high-end rug.
A must to keep rugs from sliding around on our wood floor. I was so impressed with this rug pad. I've been buying rug pads from ikea and walmart in the past and they seem to lose their stickiness after a while, but this rug pad is thick,
Compared to my previous rug pad, this one is fantastic. It is strong, thick and easy to work with. It's Fantastic!!

I purchased an area rug off of Amazon that was sliding around too much. I purchased this and have been very happy with it. It was a little bigger than the rug I had so I cut it down to size. You're rug will not slide around with this product. I like to workout at home, and I roll up the rug and pad together. My only concern is that the pad has started losing little pieces here and there every time I roll it up. It is a great price for an effective product, but be advised you will be doing some extra sweeping if you move it around a lot.

We have an area rug on a wood floor that bunches up constantly. My wife tried several 'quick' fix-its. All have failed. So, I did what I often do - go to Amazon.

The mat was a little on the large size - which is good. I would rather be able to trim excess material than to try to figure out how to stretch the material to make it all work. Make sure you vacuum the floor very well AND the bottom of the rug. I didn't do a great job on the bottom of the rug and there was a little stuff on the rug and there was a little slippage. I DID apply some double sided tape to the rug - this helped keep it flatter when it tends to ripple. I did NOT apply tape between the pad and the floor, though.

It's thin enough to not be noticeable - this is a good thing.

Why not a 'perfect score'? I almost took a pass on this - $17.00 bucks is a steep price to pay. It does work quite well and makes my bride happy, so there you go. If they threw in a roll of double sided tape and packaged it as a kit, I would have given the extra star.

I have dogs and a cat and they like to run around the hallways. I had a different pad under my runners, but the dog peed on the carpet and I decided to replace them after washing the carpet and floor. These pads are not 'ultra non-slip' by any means. They do a far better job than the runners on their own, but I still come home to find the rugs out of place, and also offset from the pad. So the pad doesn't do a great job of sticking to the floor, or sticking to the carpet. I am going to have to put carpet tape between the rug and the pad to keep them together.

Maybe on a much larger rug, like a full 4' x 6', this would work due to the extra weight. I cut it into strips to fit my 2' x 5' runners and while a vast improvement over what I had without the pad, these still aren't the perfect solution.

Overall a good product, but it might have been cheaper to buy a moving blanket and cut it to size. The mat is exactly the same material as the last u-transport blanket I used.

The only complaint I could have is that it slides on my wood floors. The material does not stretch out of shape and there was not an odor like I have had with other pads in the past. It works well and provides a nice cushion to walk on.

Pad arrived timely. The description stated it was extra thick, but based on comparison with pads from two other supplier this pad was not as thick or as plush. Not necessarily a problem for me since I using it to protect my hardwood floors. Would like to know what they consider a "standard" weight product to be.

Beware, the 6x9 rug pad is not the same thickness and quality as the 9x12 and 5x7. Both sides were soft felt and was flimsy versus the other sizes I received had one side with a smooth finished and other side was soft felt, instructions say to put soft side toward the floor. The 6x9 size was the same both sides, just seems like a big piece of felt. I called Amazon, their response was that I can return for a refund. Sure of course, but such a hassle to remove table and benches, pull up rug and pad, find a box to fit the pad and return. Too much work being 38 weeks pregnant, i guess I'll just have to live with this pad for now. It's not terrible, just different than the other sizes I had received.

its okay but rug seems to move more with it. it adds thickness which is good

Pad is good quality but I purchased it to try to add some cushion to my shag rug. The ad said this was an "extra thick" pad but it didn't seem to make it more cushy at all. I agree with others who say it's pretty slippery as well. I ended up purchasing a thicker softer stickier pad at my local carpet store which was much cushier and worked better for my situation. Of course now with my cushier pad my rug sits higher off the floor and will be a trip hazard.

Just got it. Appears that it will be durable. Its really not all that grippy. I was expecting it to be stickier.

I've had this for over a month and it's starting to lose grip. For the price point you can't really go wrong. I'm figuring it's typical that this is occurring.

These pads only partially get the job done. If very little foot traffic is on the rug, it keeps it in place but we have a big dog and anytime she carries any momentum to the rug, it slides every time. So yeah, we are always needing to adjust the rug.

My area rug is still creeping up in the middle of the floor. THis is the second one and I don't know what else to do but nail it down to the floor.

This is a great product at a great price. Eventhough I have been using this rug pad for a month and a half, I am still waiting to see how well it performs. I have it under my kitchen table on a hardwood floor. The rug pad performs great as advertised: keeps the rug firmly in place. I was skeptical because of reviews that claimed it will stick to hardwood floors. So far, this has not happened as I pull it up from time to time to check, especially where there is heavier, more steady weight on the rug. I am seeing a pattern leftover from the pad, but I also have a high gloss finish on my floor. I know two other people that have used this pad and they have more natural, satin finishes on their floors. I will continue to monitor, but so far, so good. This is a great value for this product.

Smelled horrible. Would not recommend

I ordered an 8x11, but received a 10x14 or larger. I know I shouldn't complain for getting more than I paid for, but I had to go buy shears to trim off the excess. I didn't want to wait for a new one to arrive because movers were here to move a sofa and I wouldn't have another opportunity to place the mat. I would say it's of OK quality otherwise...nothing special.

Very slippery. We have vintage wood floors and this rug pad slips and moved daily. Also not as thick and cushy as we had thought it would be.

I ordered the 9x12 size, but it falls about 2ft short on the 12" length. Nice and cushy though.

Ordered 4 of these. Read all the reviews about how to request custom cut. Have received 3 of the 4 so far and they arrived with stock size and not cut. I was going to return but my husband said he would cut them. Took him an hour. Product is great but not what I ordered. Disappointed.

The carpet pad is thick enough however it doesn't stick. Each time you walk across it slides.If anyone has an idea on how to make it stay without gluing something into my wood floors I would like to know.

Does not work at ALL as described. We've got three dogs, and they love to run and romp around the house. I got tired of moving the rug back every hour, so I decided to get this pad to try and keep it in place. It may as well not even be there. Using one foot on the corner of the rug, I can shift the entire thing around, with the pad underneath. I cleaned thoroughly before placement too, so I know it's not dust causing the problem. I'm not sure if they changed something following complaints of it sticking to floors, but it just doesn't work at all.

At the very least, I still get to watch my dogs lose their footing & fall as the rug slips out from under their feet.

Would not recommend, wish I had returned it during the return window.

These do not serve their purpose! I thought about giving them one star, but I thought it may be partially my dogs fault that they move around. If not for dogs chasing balls and running like maniacs, they may stay put. Unfortunately, that is what happens in my house. We liked that we could cut them to fit, but I can't return them because I cut them. I need to find replacements.

Provides good anti-slip properties to a rug, but sticks badly to wooden floors that are shiny/lacquered. Was very difficult (if not impossible) to get the residual pad off of the floors. I suspect it happened during the summer when the house was at its hottest. Because of this inconvenience when I went to move the rug and the semi-permanent damage done to my floors, I wouldn't purchase this item again and wouldn't recommend it to anyone with similar wooden floors and/or climate.

Edit/Update: I've had the same problem with less "shiny" wooden floors as well as on spanish tile. It works a LOT better than the other pads I've used (which almost don't work at all and add needless bulk to the rug, which this one doesn't) but it's just not worth having the sticky pattern/disintegrated pad left on the floor!

Originally we thought this rug pad was great. It was very light compared to our old rug pad which we thought was good for ease of installation. Plus the price was pretty good. Well, we had the pad down for about 6 months now and just rolled up the rug as we're going to have our hardwood floors refinished. What we noticed was that wherever the couch feet were, the pad had disintegrated and was pasted to the floor. Not a big deal as they're going to sand them, but now we don't want to put this pad back down. I will be looking to buy another pad for after the floors are done so this doesn't happen to the newly redone floors.

This pad was initially thought to be a decent product at a good value that held in place extremely well...until approximately a week later when I realized the soft waffle texture had completely adhered to my refinished wood floor. I purchased 2 rug pads, an 8x10 Duo-Lock pad http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0030A4BFW/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and this 5x8 waffly piece of junk. I did not hold it to the same standards I judged the thicker, more expensive rug pad by, yet I was pleased by the way our rug stayed in place with this pad. However, I now think it is in part because the rug pad has a death-grip on my poor floor and the rug is just a pretty mask for its carnage. For this reason, I cannot recommend this product. Spring for the better pad & be happy you don't have perma-PVC waffle foam bits on your own floor.

This rug pad turned out to be a nightmare due to the uneven cut we received. We did everything a person could possibly do with measurements to cut this rug pad to fit under our rug evenly, but it didn't work. I finally made it work by having to trim off more from one side than the other.

Very cheap product and complete rip off. The rug from the pad comes out very often. Do not buy at any cost.

Do not recommend this, as it's basically a carpet pad cut to size and not meant for use area rugs. I could purchase the same item at any hardware or carpet remnant store for a fraction of the cost. Save your money and order a real area rug pad.

There is a huge chunk of molten plastic in the pad. And I can clearly see a lot of plastic "wires".100% Felt Rug Pad – I don't think so.

This pad pretty much does nothing. It doesn't add any noticeable padding at all. It is also not perfectly square, so parts of it stick out under the rug in places. Not worth the money at all.

This has already ripped. Would not purchase this ever again. Money down the drain.

Absolutely a terrible product - owned several non-slip pads before and this is the worst quality. The rug moves MORE with this product than before. The pad stretches in all directions, is poorly made and should be pulled OFF of Amazon. I would like to be able to return this, but I'm beyond the 30 day period. Such a shame and waste of time and money.

After having this pad down a period of time I am not impressed. Have 2 german shepherds and they still move the 5x7 rug as if there was little under it. Believe the reason is attributed to the design of the pad. It s not a tight weave pattern.

I don' know if these are better suited for heavier/ bigger rugs but they do not work well on any of my rugs. I have three 8 foot runners. Two in the kitchen and one in the laundry room. The rugs are constantly moving around still. Same problem on all three of my 2x3 (approx) entry rugs. And I Was going to say the only one they work on is my 12ft entry hall runner. But looking at it right now the rug is off the pad and slanted.

Mind you I don't have a heavy traffic home either. Its just my husband and I with a 6 month old (3/13/16). I did a lot of research and spent a lot of time trimming these to fit each runner/rug and am very disappointed that they do not work well.

I will take and add photos - to update.

Didn't hold an 8 x 3 runner rug in place. With just slight foot pressure, the rug moved around on a laminate floor, on both ends!
Won't buy this brand again.
Yuk! Didn't work well at all.
UPDATE: This was worthless! I put some under a doormat onto carpet, and it doesn't stay in place at all. I tried 3 different types of door entry mats, and not one stayed in place.
It is actually dangerous, if you think you have good grip, and you find out it may be even MORE slippery than before!
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY OR TIME!

Bought this to put under a 5x7 area rug in my tiled basement office. Received it 3 days ago, set it down and put the rug over it. Have been walking on the rug for a couple days, just rolled the rug and pad back and this pad has adhered itself to the tile floor. When I am able to peel it away it leaves small bits of it's foam stuck to the tile. Not cool.