UltraSoft Bath Mat

Most non-slip bath mats punish you at wash time. A solid rubber backing delaminates in a hot cycle, so the mat either gets hand washed forever or gets replaced. This one uses a dotted non-woven backing instead, which grips bathroom tile while surviving a full machine wash and a tumble dry, so it goes in with the towels and comes out with its pile intact.

The surface is thick microfiber with raised striped channels running across it. The ribs pull runoff down into the pile rather than leaving a wet footprint sitting on top, and the depth means it is cushioned enough to stand on comfortably while you dry off rather than feeling like a thin sheet over cold tile. Eight colours and two sizes give enough range to match an existing towel set rather than defaulting to grey.

Two honest notes. The dotted backing grips well on standard bathroom tile but less firmly than solid rubber, so on a very smooth polished floor it can shift. And wash it before first use, because the deeper colours may release a little dye on the first cycle. After that it behaves like any other towel in the laundry basket, week after week.

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