Have you all tried carpet tape for the curled edges? Seems like that would be the obvious fix if that’s the major issue.

Wow. We have a few ruggables in high traffic areas because it’s relatively waterproof. Agreed it would look horrible in a nice space, but come on. It’s a washable plastic rug what did you expect? Nice patterns though.

Another vote for the Annie Selke indoor/outdoor rugs. We've had the same one under our dining room table for over 12 years - survived puppy training, older dog, lots of kids around the table. It still looks great.

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Anonymous wrote:There are washable rugs other than Ruggable, for those of you who literally throw rugs away after two to three years. That’s just nauseating to read.

Yes but they’re all hideous. Some of us have kids and pets and don’t want to keep old gross rugs around.

I have kids and pets and don’t throw away rugs every 2-3 years. That is insanely wasteful. Can you imagine the landfills piling up with rugs if everyone were to do that! Why not hire a rug cleaning company once a year or so to maintain what you have?

+1. We have kids and pets too and make traditional rugs work fine with regular cleaning. I have always thought that the ruggable products looked weird and plasticy in their ads and never wanted one. For a while DH was pushing for one in our dining room and I’m glad that we didn’t waste our money.

I’m weirdly an evangelist for these rugs, but a woven polypropylene rug like these (https://www.sisalrugs.com/outdoor-sisal-rugs) can be cleaned with bleach. It’s incredible. The key is that there is no rubber any kind of backing on the bottom. A runner or a small one you could take into the driveway or onto a tile floor, but I have a big one and I just put a waterproof rug pad under it. I put a capful of bleach with water in my little rug cleaning machine and it works beautifully. Regular cleaner works too for any kind of normal spill/stain, but bleach is incredible for the dirty areas by the door.

Definitely get samples because they don’t look too “fake” to me but ymmv. Annie Selke has a lot of colorful ones too.

Guys, nice wool runners can be washed. I can’t believe how many of you buy cheap rugs with plastic backings and then throw them away. So much landfill!

As an alternative, I love Flor tiles. If one gets dirty, I pop it out and wash in the sink, than reattach. I recommend buying busier patterns and lots of the attachment stickers. Mine look brand new 7 years later.

Ugh. Opened mine tonight and I think I hate it. Didn't put the pad down yet, but within 30 minutes there's cat hair on it.

Will be vacuumming and sending back I think and eating the processing fee...

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Anonymous wrote:There are washable rugs other than Ruggable, for those of you who literally throw rugs away after two to three years. That’s just nauseating to read.

Yes but they’re all hideous. Some of us have kids and pets and don’t want to keep old gross rugs around.

So have them cleaned. Honestly, I don’t think pets are that messy usually (the senior dogs with fecal or urinary incontinence notwithstanding) and I have kids. You know what I do with my rugs? I vacuum regularly. Maybe enforce some rules about eating at a table?

I agree with this on principle. I grew up with wool rugs and invest in them usually. But has anyone ever actually be successful getting cat pee out of a wool rug?

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Anonymous wrote:I bought a Ruggable specifically because I had thrown out two rugs thanks to an elderly cat with kidney disease. PP, could you please share your cotton rug? I’m the PP who was told my Ruggable was counterfeit, which is honestly the most pathetic thing a CSR has ever told me.

Sure. We have 2 cotton ones, both have held up well with 2 young kids. The first link is our living room rug which has seen all types of spills in the past 5 years that we've had it. Spot cleans well (too big for our washer). The second link we have as a runner, which machine washes well.

https://annieselke.com/Rugs/Shop-Rugs-By-Material/All-Rugs-By-Material/Cotton-Rugs/c/cotton-area-rugs

https://hookandloom.com/

Thank you for the links! Anyone tried cotton rugs from wayfair or Amazon? They have lots of nice patterns but I am worried it’ll be junk. I need around 4x6

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Anonymous wrote:There are washable rugs other than Ruggable, for those of you who literally throw rugs away after two to three years. That’s just nauseating to read.

Yes but they’re all hideous. Some of us have kids and pets and don’t want to keep old gross rugs around.

So have them cleaned. Honestly, I don’t think pets are that messy usually (the senior dogs with fecal or urinary incontinence notwithstanding) and I have kids. You know what I do with my rugs? I vacuum regularly. Maybe enforce some rules about eating at a table?

The people who throw the rugs away every few years are insane and wasteful. Get a nice wool or polypropylene rug and have it picked up to be washed once a year or so.

Anonymous wrote:I bought a Ruggable specifically because I had thrown out two rugs thanks to an elderly cat with kidney disease. PP, could you please share your cotton rug? I’m the PP who was told my Ruggable was counterfeit, which is honestly the most pathetic thing a CSR has ever told me.

Sure. We have 2 cotton ones, both have held up well with 2 young kids. The first link is our living room rug which has seen all types of spills in the past 5 years that we've had it. Spot cleans well (too big for our washer). The second link we have as a runner, which machine washes well.

https://annieselke.com/Rugs/Shop-Rugs-By-Material/All-Rugs-By-Material/Cotton-Rugs/c/cotton-area-rugs

https://hookandloom.com/

Thanks for the warning not to wash it. Will keep spot cleaning. It's good for dining areas and basements, but definitely not a "nice" rug.

I bought a Ruggable specifically because I had thrown out two rugs thanks to an elderly cat with kidney disease. PP, could you please share your cotton rug? I’m the PP who was told my Ruggable was counterfeit, which is honestly the most pathetic thing a CSR has ever told me.