What I Would Like to Know Before Buying My Rug

When Ruggable invaded my social media with ads, I suspected it was just a matter of time before I begged them to take my money. Washable rugs? With my majestic (slobbering, dirty) Doberman under my feet? Yes please. Their low profile and relatively low cost were the icing on the cake. You won’t even need a rug as it’s built into the carpet. I imagined constantly clean floors, so I bought three with floating citrus patterns.

I often recommend the Ruggable to friends (especially dog ​​friends), but with a few caveats. It’s been three years now and I certainly wouldn’t return them, but there are things I’d like to know ahead of time.

You won’t wash your Ruggable carpet as often as you think.

Rugs, as I remembered after the first wash, exist under things. Coffee tables, couches, ottomans, tables. To wash a carpet, you must first move everything on top of it, and then put everything back. If there are two adults in the house, it might be a little easier, but it sucks for one person. I added casters to my coffee table after the first few times, which was a noticeable improvement, but in fact, every time I wash my living room carpet, I have to lift up the sofa legs and dog cages to get it out, and then the other way around.

So I vacuum and let it get a little dirty, and wait for a big spill before doing the sweat-inducing job of loading it into the washer.

Difficulty putting the two pieces together

Ruggables come in two parts: a base layer that acts like the rubber pad most carpets need, the top of which is a sort of Velcro. Then you have carpet, a thin top layer of whatever design you want, which is attached to the base layer. This is a smart design; it’s also a pain to marry them together, because in order to wash them you have to separate them. (The base layer stays in place, you just erase the top one.)

This does not mean that the base layer does not get dirty, or rather … becomes crumbly. It doesn’t vacuum well, so eventually you’ll want to just shake out the whole damn thing. And if it becomes completely crumbly, like Velcro, then the top layer will not stick to it completely and will roll down the edges. In my hallway, where I have a long, narrow walkway, I can never get it really straight: there are often “bubbles” in the carpet, or you often see a small edge of the rug sticking out. I try to ignore it and focus on cleaning the carpet.

However, my real mistake was purchasing two round rugs; imagine for a moment how difficult it would be to move the top circle back to the bottom circle while under obstacles like a sofa. The reality is that the sofa also hides the side that is not aligned. Personally, I find it best to fold a round rug in half, fold the rug in half, and then join them in the middle and roll them out.

Some washable rugs we like:

• This rug is vintage style .
• This very fluffy guy .
• This colorful number
• This one is in soothing shades of green and blue .

The ends may fray and not all stains can be washed off.

I think a lot of people like low profile carpets because there are robotic vacuum cleaners running around them. And these robots do love the lower profile tuft and probably make my Ruggable cleaner than a high pile carpet, but it often snags on the embroidered edge of the carpet, so much so that one of them started to wear a little higher a year after I bought it ( i.e. immediately after the end of the warranty period). To be fair, after some haggling, Ruggable replaced the carpet (they didn’t have a chance to fix the edge). But after that I became much more conscious in this regard.

After a few years, I also see what I can only imagine are oil stains (where did the dog get the oil from?), as well as some dirt that just doesn’t fit into the budget. And the colors of the rugs themselves, of course, have faded slightly from all the washes.

Should you buy the Ruggable?

If you’re going to have rugs and you or your pet is dirty, it makes sense that these rugs are washable, and Ruggable rugs are definitely more affordable than many rugs I’ve seen. In fact, the real bonus is that you can easily replace the top layer and keep the bottom one, so you save money down the road.

And despite everything I said, my carpet situation would be worse with a non-washable rug or a normal washable rug: I have a regular size machine but I don’t think it will fit a carpet like this. sizes with regular support. So, if you tend to drop food, love crafting, or have pets, this type of washable rug is a good thing.

But if you’re expecting it to be supremely easy to clean and level, and to stay brightly colored and completely stain-free, Ruggables will disappoint you. It is easier to care for it than a regular rug.