I've gotten several different hard surface/rug rug pads from various manufacturers on Great Offer Stock over the last year. They were all sufficient, but I think this Safavieh pad is the best out of them all. I had a very expensive rug I needed a pad for, and got this. It is thick and keeps the rug in place on my hardwoods. I had to cut it down a bit along the edges, which was hard to do, because the 6x9 pad was a smidgeon larger than my 6x9 rug. Very happy with this pad.