ROBERTSSuper Felt Underlayment - 360 sq. ft. Roll - 60" x 72' x 3 mm

I rarely write reviews. But there are times when it seems necessary, if not only to promote the quality of a product, but to challenge the inadequacy of other negative reviews.From the reviews of the nay-sayers who've whined regarding the flimsy quality of the plastic backing, I'm flummoxed. I bought three rolls of this stuff prepared to be working in my socks for the entirety of the project. So I laid out my first run with a 'kid gloves' mentality. And for no reason. The plastic backing is tough. I've walked across and over it (in boots) for the better of three days with the result of zero damage to the material. I've laid down multiple lengths of flooring to allow it to climitize and still no damage. Finally, I've installed some 1200 square feet of 'click' flooring, and still, with no damage. I really don't know what these other installers were doing given their complaints of damage or the ripping or tearing of the material.As for the difficulty of cutting the material, ????. All I can guess is that these DIY'ers are less competent than the average bear (fyi: coming from a seasoned professional with decades of experience). Simple application. I lay it into and up against the edges and corners. I use the blunted edge of something (scissor handles work well) to achieve a crease. Taking a razor knife, I slice a line through the plastic backing at the crease to achieve a template for cutting. I then take a decent pair of scissors and cut along my templet. A bit of fine tuning results in a clean functional fit. I could have simply used the razor knife for the complete cut, but couldn't remember where it was I'd placed my supply of blades. No doubt they'll appear soon enough now that I've finished the install.The product was delivered intact with no damage. As I've stated, this stuff is tough. I can only see that it'd take a whole lot of abuse to damage it in transit as some describe. At that point, send it back and let UPS deal with the fallout.Finally, as for the complaint that there were numerous times where lengths had been patched together with tape. Not in my experience. I bought the big rolls and having worked through three of them, there was no seaming. The rolls were complete and intact, arriving as a single run.Now for the product. Excellent. That adhesive strip and the overlapping plastic made for a quick effective seaming. As stated, the plastic backing is tough and adheres strongly to the fiber matting. The matting, itself, is a consistent and firmly compacted substrate (about 1/4"), which rolls out easily and cuts without too much hassle. The uniformity of the product made for an excellent substrate, one devoid of irregularities. All in all, the installation was a breeze. Other than my assistant (bless'm) forgetting to shut one bedroom window, which resulted in some square footage being soaked by an overnight squall, all went without a hitch (fortunately had enough flooring remaining to replace the damage. Bamboo just don't much like water).Would I use the stuff again? Definitely. Any complaints? Zero. Would I recommend the product? Absolutely, given that it was one proper for the application.

I purchased 3 rolls of this product which, strangely, came in two different shipments. One of the rolls was packaged in a cardboard shipping box, the other two were just rolled in sturdy plastic bags. The product seemed the same in all three rolls.My master bedroom has plywood floors that were exposed to the elements for quite some time before the roof went on. As a result, the edges where the plywood decking sheets meet do not blend smoothly. No amount of hammering or sanding was going to help. It was not really noticeable under the carpet for the last 35 years, but I recently installed a laminate floor.In the areas where the transitions were particularly bad, I feathered in some tar paper. I laid this product one strip at a time to avoid tearing the plastic, and then rolled out the next row when the flooring caught up to the underlayment. The adhesive strip was a nice feature which worked quite well to keep everything in place during the installation.Of course the dogs decided to go on a mad zinger right after I unrolled a section, and their claws tore up some of the plastic, but I just went ahead and installed over it and I don't think it really mattered.This underlayment seems to have deadened the cheap clicking sound of the laminate. It was simple for a 58 year old woman to install. My hands did hurt a bit cutting the product with scissors lengthwise to fit it in up against the wall for the last row, but I'm glad the felt is dense.I am satisfied with this product, the price/quality equation seemed favorable, it arrived in good condition, and was easy to install.

Comes in 5ft wide but still 360!sq feet to the roll. Great size for our purposes.Has the pre taped strip on one side and pre seamed edge on the other. Simple straighten and pull the adhesive cover off as you go. Beautiful to work with.This blanket is supper thick, super stable.Seems best to score the plastic with a box cutter and then shear it with nice heavy scissors.We used it as underlayment for our quiet warmth floor heaters, under new engineered hardwood. Smoothed out our rough subflooring and made for a quiet and warm install. There was plenty of thickness for the cutouts for wiring and floor sensor.The plastic coat seems to be durable enough for the abuse of the install and we even moved some furniture around on it with cardboard protection of course.The square foot cost is lower. The product is as least as thick, and the seam and tape system is convenient and saves time and $$Very pleased.

Pros:1. Great sound protection (the laminate I put down doesn't sound hollow)2. Thick3. Good features for the price4. Easy to roll out and lay downCons:1. Difficult to cut. I used multiple different tools to try cutting this stuff. I used different types of scissors, exacto knives and a box cutter. The easiest thing I found to use was a box cutter on cement, with a straight edge. The box cutter was best, because you can break off, to new blades easily, as they dull very quickly.I'm glad I decided to go with this product and will use it again if I put laminate in other rooms.