Has anyone had this installed in their homes? We are getting pricing later today for this line and curious as to peoples thoughts on it. The price range given to us was between $4.50/sf to $5.99/sf. This price includes the pad with installation and removal/disposal of the old carpeting.

I have been looking for reviews on this line but it seems to be pretty new and I am not able to find much on it.

I am being quoted by local carpet guy and reasonable labor but his carpet (the Mohawk smart strand Homefront I, II or III) costs $36, $40 and $44 per yard with pad (Mohawk Smart Cushion but not sure will go with pad with moisture barrier.

That carpet cost is really what drove it all. The labor he quoted seems very fair.

But for 3 bedrooms (10x12 ish) it is 48 yards and with labor costing ~3K which seems a bit expensive. Before getting into this, I had thought maybe $2K for 3 bedrooms?

I looked up this carpet online and found it for $30 per yard for the Home front III. That's nearly $15 savings. 33% cheaper.

I guess maybe should go to another carpet person for a quote. But if I did want to go with this guy (came well reviewed and was kind and helpful this far) what is best approach to negotiate here?

Getting some rooms redone with new carpet, and got a decent quote today. But I don't know much about the carpet. They gave three Mohawk options -- Neutral Base, Neutral Shift, Genuine Theme. As far as I can tell, these are builder/apartment grade carpets. The Neutral Base has 100% triexta, but Neutral Shift and Genuine theme, which actually cost a little more, have a mixture of triexta and PET. That seems like a downgrade?

I'm kinda confused at what I'm looking for here. The carpet quote was $20/yard (just the carpet), about $50/yard installed with the pink Mohawk upgraded pad (the stuff with the vapor barrier). That's great, cheaper than I expected, probably because the carpet is cheap. I could arbitrarily upgrade to a more expensive line for another couple grand, but I'm not sure what kind of upgrades are worth it and what doesn't matter.

FWIW, we probably are only staying in this house maybe 10 more years, could be less. The original builder carpet (no idea what it is, but probably low grade polyester) was basically okay for about 5 years. I'm trying to gauge what the lifespan of this Mohawk stuff is. Given it's on their builder/multifamily site, I'm guessing it's not much better than what was put in this house when it was built.