I'm looking to buy some foam jigsaw carpet tiles I've seen These
Has anyone bought them, if so what are your views?
Or do you have any other recommendations please?
thanks
john
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I have 2 sets from Aldi or Lidl (never remember which one) and they are brilliant and cheaper than the ones you are looking at.
I have a solid set and a set with holes in.
I used to use them in my trailer tent (hard top, becoming living area floor) and they were great. Lovely to get out of bed and not stand on a cold floor. Not sure where mine came from originally as I bought them from a car boot sale for a couple of pounds.
We use the holed variety... and rate them highly.
Tend to use them as a pathway from tent door to cooker...
Originally on a groundsheet...
But now, tend to put them direct on grass, as they can be pegged with those dome headed "Mushroom" pegs, when it's windy...
They are, afterall, very light!
Comfy underfoot, and warm too, so if the grass is reasonably short, you can get from tent carpet to kettle and back, barefoot!
Table/chair legs etc will of course put a dent in them, but that aside, are pretty much indestructible under normal use.
In all honesty, if the weather is A1, we now prefer to get on grass asap, so maybe put just one or two tiles immediately in front of the tent door, where we can step in/out of wellies/crocs etc.
We have 8 altogether. Something like £12 for 4, if memory serves, and came with the edging strips, which we decided were to fiddly/life's too short, so they are at the back of the garden shed somewhere, I think.
There are millions on the market, mostly at similar prices, with a fair few a bit cheaper than what I paid.... but just one thing to look out for..... some are 500mm square, some (ours) are 600mm square!
Lidl/Aldi ones get many a mention on here, and all good I believe, but they tend to be in and back out of stock in the blink of an eye.... as they are so popular!!
Wouldn't surprise me if some folk used 'em under airbeds, either?
The mats and the service from cannons are great. If you look on cannons uk own website, the holey mats are actually in the 'sale' section for £1.89 per mat. It worked out great for us as we ordered loads of them for ourselves and friends and split the postage. Drainage mats
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This is the same material we backpackers use for sleeping mats. They have a R value of 2-3 so the insulate well from the cold ground and will give your feet some cush. I see yoga mats and sleeping mats at secondhand stores all the time.
I bought the Aldi one too, in green, as they ran out of the black ones.
Green suits my set up as the tent and windbreak are both beige and green.
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We use ours mainly under the airbed. Gives that extra bit of insulation between ground and bed. They also act as good padding between things when loading the car.
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