I purchased this rug a couple of years ago to use in front of the door to our patio to protect the carpet. This is the "doggie door", so it gets frequent use in all types of weather. It has very easy to maintain (just hose it off!) & still looks like new. The only downside is that it slides around on top of the carpet & has to be re-positioned regularly. This is easily managed on hard surface flooring by using a thin rug pad (the open grid variety works great), but that's not an option in this case because of door clearance issues. All in all, I've been very pleased with this purchase.