In 5 years we have gone through three area rugs. They get so stained and dirty from pets and kids. We got a carpet cleaner so I thought this one would last, but it's pulling out the fibers. I am really interested in getting a washable rug. Do you know of any that are less expensive than ruggable? If you have a washable rug, do you like it?

I am shopping for some rugs and was looking at ruggable rugs. They seemed pricey for what they are. I am ok with it if they last. Would appreciate any feedback on them. Any other buy it for life rugs you can suggest?

I was buying (another) ruggable today and I stumbled across some old Reddit threads. I was surprised to see that people didn’t like them. I love mine! I have two and just bought another one. So I just wanted to share my experience

I have a dog, and there are definitely accidents sometimes along with obvious dog hair. Before I bought my first ruggable, I was going through an area rug what felt like every six months. I have a carpet cleaner too, and all the area rugs would just get to a point where even after I spot treated, vacuumed, raked, and carpet cleaned it, it just still felt ick. Also that “dog smell” that just sticks to fabric eventually would just still linger even after I used the carpet cleaner.

I bought a ruggable and I will say a few things. It is very thin. When I bought it, they only had one type of pad, so I also have a rug pad pad underneath mine in the living room, which I personally feel is fine.

With having a dog, we vacuum every day and the ruggable also feels to me like it gets to an ick point, so I end up washing it about once a month and it feels good as new. It’s amazing how much dog hair comes out in the dryer lint trap even after it’s vacuumed and washed.

Also, the texture is different than a traditional rug, it doesn’t have individual fibers, but I’m willing to sacrifice that for the ability to wash it. Some of the things that I have spilled on my rug and it has come straight out in the wash - entire glass of cranberry juice, dog pee/poop, dog vomit, smooshed blueberries and raspberries. When I spilled the cranberry juice I was actually pretty bummed because I thought there was no way that would come all the way out, and figured I would just put the spot where I spilled under the furniture, and after I washed it I couldn’t even tell.

I have the 8x11 one in my living room and it is a pain in the ass to put down, but at this point I have a system and I can put it down in about 10 minutes. It also does wrinkle when you vacuum it, but again I personally don’t really care because the ability to clean it is more important to me.

I have a shag one in my son’s room, which also has withstood milk, formulas, spit up, etc. and I love the ability to clean it since my son crawls around on it. And I just bought one for outside because I don’t see how you can have an outdoor rug and not have it get nasty throughout the season.

So I just wanted to share. Are they like a regular rug? Not really. A pain in the ass but with practice is fine. But for me the ability to wash it when it gets nasty outweighs everything.