Ruggable Review

Rugs have been a pain-point in my interiors since I moved out of the house. Finding a rug that was the right size, style, and price was a challenge enough, nevertheless deciphering how it would age with life happening atop of it. Buying a rug is a big deal! A rug narrates a room, and if poorly chosen, may need to be replaced in a year or so. That was where I found myself when I discovered the rug I am reviewing today. A year and a half worth of wear on a cheap Wayfair rug, I was so tired of what was essentially an 8x10 dirty rag on my living room floor. Timely enough, I had been hearing about a company called Ruggable that proposed the most improbable claims for a rug. Have you heard of Ruggable? The water-proof, stain-proof, washable rug that sounds WAY too good to be true. As puppy owner, a rug with the promise of being virtually life-proof had me hemming and hawing on the website for weeks, and my undying curiosity drove me to the point of purchase. After living with a Ruggable for a month now and testing the claims, I had to review it.

What it is

Ruggable is a patented two-piece rug “system.” The bottom piece is a black, gripping, non-slip rug pad. Think of it as the base on which the second piece, the rug cover, lays on top of. The rug cover is what you see as the “rug”. The concept being that when life happens, you just detach the rug cover and throw it in the wash. My experience doing so is a little further down in the post. Once the rug is washed and dried, simply reattach it to the rug pad. Ruggables range from all standard rug sizes and styles.

Why Buy it

These rugs claim to be everything that standard rugs aren’t: water-proof, stain resistant, and machine washable. While those are some pretty impressive reasons to buy, I think an unspoken benefit of a Ruggable is just how easily you can reinvent the room with this two-piece system. You have the choice of buying both pieces, or just the rug cover. The first time you buy a Ruggable you will of course be buying both pieces, but when you are ready to switch things up or have a backup, you can buy the rug cover for half the price. Brilliant!

My thoughts

I bought the Cambria Sapphire Rug in an 8x10 for my living room, and it was delivered to my tiny Denver apartment in 4 days. The box was surprisingly narrow, which made sense when I saw just how thin the two pieces were inside. The Ruggable website does a great job of instructing how to “install” your rug, but of course I didn’t follow them. My sister and I looked like little rug rats squabbling on the carpet trying to press the two pieces together. Pulling and pressing to make sure there were no bubbles. It wasn’t hard at all, just cumbersome due to the size.

The Ruggable doesn’t initially feel like a rug, but it definitely breaks in after living on it and washing it. Speaking of washing, I found the rug incredibly easy to maintain with a few passes of my vacuum on the day to day. It was only until Reuben decided to break it in did I throw it in the wash. I couldn’t believe it, this 8x10 rug fit into my standard washer! The website instructed cold water, gentle soap, and low heat drying. Again, I went rogue and used my Tide Ultra Stain Release soap with some enzymatic pet soap to break down Reuben’s mess. I will say that it took my dryer 3 cycles to completely dry the rug, but that’s my shitty dryer. Once clean, I reattached the rug cover to the mat easily. The rug was brand new and MUCH softer.

I think this rug and business model is absolutely brilliant. You can essentially treat this thing like it’s another load of laundry, which allows me to comfortably tread less lightly on my rug. The price-point, style options, and sheer genius of the design makes every other rug a lesser alternative in my mind.

Would you try a Ruggable? If you do, I’d love to hear your experience! Thanks for the read, and I’ll see you all here again next week :)