Works with Ruggable rugs!
Update: has been a couple (or maybe 3 or more) years now this pad has been in use. I've cut the edges a few times to adjust for slightly smaller rugs, then have taped the cut away edges back on for bigger ones! Ha, I guess I keep everything! But this pad just works, even the taped back parts! I've given up on using Ruggable's underpad...I now just put the washable rugs (I have various brands they all work no matter how thin) on top of this pad and live life! Zero slipping with any of them. This pad is awesome and love the cushion it gives.I love Ruggable for its washability, especially with dogs and rural living. But I really wanted a more comfortable rug for our great room and was considering Ruggable's thicker pad they began offering for their rugs. Anyone who has a Ruggable knows that they are basically similar to a thin tarp...and they feel that way as well. Beautiful, yes. Washability is wonderful, yes. But the feeling underfoot with their regular pad is not there. Well if you have a washable rug you have to give up something somewhere. But then Ruggable came out with a thicker pad and it was tempting to switch out my regular thin pad...but at two hundred eighty bucks, so expensive! I thought, what the heck, for a little over 100 bucks for the 8x11 RUGPADUSA pad, I'd give it a try. IT WORKS PERFECTLY. Anyone who is hesitating, give this a try! Basically, you put this rubber side down (for grip) (and I have hardwood, FYI), then layer the Ruggable thin pad down, then the Ruggable on that. Presto! It all works great. And to be honest, when I was assembling my layers, it appeared as though the Ruggable would actually attach pretty well to this RUGPADUSA pad all by itself...it seemed to be a bit grippy even without the Ruggable thin pad sandwiched in. I don't have it assembled that way, but for the cost of Ruggable's thin pad, you might want to try just the Ruggable by itself with this pad...I think it could work! So I bought the 8x11 pad as it was cheaper than the actual 8x10 size that I needed, and I just trimmed it. I found that trimming it about 1 1/2 inches smaller than my 8x10 Ruggable seems to work well. It allowed my Ruggable to drape over the edges just perfectly and it seems to help with any tripping hazard you may get with the added thickness of the pad. I did notice it took about a day for the Ruggable to settle over the edges nicely, so don't give up immediately after placing it on the pad...it will relax after a while. I found this pad was trimmable with a regular sharp pair of decent scissors. I had a duller pair that were a pain, and I had a pair of hub's shop shears (for metal and such), but found I didn't need them, my regular good scissors did fine, altho it took a couple of times letting my hand rest to finish the whole thing. I love this pad! The quality is great!