Bath mats.

I have a Tumbletwist brand bathmat. I inherited it when we moved house 33 years ago! Money was tight back then so I washed and used and have used it ever since. Admittedly it is heavy when wet so I always put a couple of towels in the washing machine with it.
It still looks brand new!!!

We buy ours from Ikea. Easy to wash. We don't have one around the loo but a large and small one in front of the basin and shower (no bath here). They get shook out and washed as needed and are easy to wash. Good range in Ikea too. Don't see the point in paying too much for them.

Gave up mats around toilet years ago, along with carpet ugh! Buy easy to wash bath mats from supermarket, primark etc.

Since having a ten year old boy living here, the idea of a pedestal mat is looking quite appealing. rather a yuk about the mat than paddling around in wee.

Nanawind, don’t worry about the way the thread went - that’s just how it goes sometimes, and does happen when the original post hasn’t been looked back at (pedant alert...!)
I occasionally squirt round the base of the loo, where it joins the floor, with a bleachy cleaning product and always have a pedestal mat down, which I usually get from Matalan or Asda.

This thread didn't go the way I wanted.
To be honest some posters have been down right rude and have not thought about what they have said. I only asked where to get decent mats from.
Would hate to see what comments I received if asking for something really important. Don't know whether I will ask anything again.
By the way I have got some new ones now.

Ikea. Mine have been washed and washed and washed - still absolutely fine.

Annsixty don't take any notice of the 'yuk' brigade and their tactless remarks because so often people just say such things because they do not have a clue. When illness and injury occur it is amazing the lengths to which we have to go and the ingenuity that is required to make living doable. I guess it really is horses for courses, doing the best you can in your circumstances and using what we can to be fresh and clean in our own homes. As for my present domestic circumstances I am really missing my mats and am longing to get them back down on the bathroom floor as soon as I get the green light. I cannot clean the bathroom floor myself and have to wait to get messes cleaned up - now that really is 'yuk' in the true sense!

Ikea for me

Bath mats from IKEA, definitely! They do a lovely dark grey one, so you can put any bright colour with them.
They are the bobbly , microfibre type, very absorbent and wash like a dream.
Always have three on the go, one on, one off and one in the wash!

goldengirl

Not yet 3?...what a boy. He's obviously taken someone's words to heart and by jove, his future partner will thank her lucky stars.

MawBroon

I know exactly what you mean as I have (in my 'second career') worked as a carer and some of those clients have needed height helpers, as I call them. Yes, the gap is visible and it can be a bind washing the floor OR the mats but pref to wash the mat as the liquid has been absorbed.
There but for the grace...?

We don't have a pedestal mat and I have to wipe the floor when the GS's are here BUT yesterday was a REVELATION! My 2 year old GS took himself off to the loo and I hurriedly followed - just in case - and he (1) lifted the seat (2) did a wee WITHOUT any spillage (3) wiped himself with some loo roll (4) 'adjusted his clothing' (5) flushed the loo and (6) washed his hands. All without any prompting. It was the first GS in our family to do this and long may it continue!!! And yes, he is 2 - well, a couple of months off 3. I was absolutely amazed - and needless to say he was proud as was his mum.

I must be really dumb. I never thought of the drip factor... I bought new mats when we moved because OH insisted he wanted something soft to stand on. As we have underfloor heating I prefer to go barefoot but like to step onto a mat when wet from the shower. Now I’ve got all sorts of things to think about...

Please don't take it personally Ann, people are just talking from their particular circumstances at the current time. They should think before being so dismissive of what others do. "Walk a mile in my shoes"

I don't have a pedastal mat, now my boys have left gone. But I totally understand the necessity! [Flowers]

Oops meant to be on morning post but hey ho .....

Good morning. My first mornings ng here! Sunny with melodious church bells. Very Sound of Music and calm. HAppy Sunday.

Some people have been very judgemental as if decorating or soft furnishing tastes were an indicator of social acceptability or moral fibre! Very Nancy Mitford <sigh>
Paw used to have a raised “throne” (you know what I mean) over the loo and it was set quite high to make it easier for him to stand up.
Now, if you will forgive TMI and are not eating your breakfast, this meant a gap between the throne seat and the loo seat so that there could be a leak when used in the sitting position. I said TMI but we live in the real world.
Which would I have preferred- washing the bathroom floor every day or changing the pedestal mat?
I leave you to guess but hope that the style fashionistas who exclaim Yuk! have better things to be frightfully house and garden about.
(Makes you wonder whether they don’t actually use a loo themselves?)

Except when they say "yuk" and sound so disgusted.

I hate pedestal mats. Ok. Just my preference. I'm sure that, as adults, we can state our preferences without other GNs thinking that we're casting aspersions on THEIR choices.
All points of view are allowed...are they not?

'It see nothing wrong with using pedestal mats. I have three. My husband is careful but I know he splashes. I'd rather it land on the mat than the floor, rather be soaked up on the mat than carried on the soles of shoes and feet to other floors and carpet. No one washes the floor every time their husband spends a penny (unless they have OCD) so I think mats are more hygienic, not less. I have the lightweight, quick dry ones from M&S, they are excellent. And I add a dash of disinfectant to the fabric softener compartment when they are being washed.
Judging by the vast numbers of mats available, plenty of people use them.

I have loads of mats ,bathroom and living room ones, none are down . When OH started tripping they all came up on the orders of the OT and the District Nurse , now that he is chairbound I still can't have mats , they tangle the wheels of the huge chair , it has to be wheeled from room to room . I used to have matching mats and towels only out for visitors lol Mats do seem to finish off ones décor

annsixty We have a pedestal mat - my OH is in perfect health, I just got him too late to train him! thankfully he has other good qualities but I do grind my teeth a lot .... We actually have lots of mats as with towels, washed daily. I am sure, certain sure, he grinds his teeth over some of my habits - could star a new thread or threads?

Some of the patronising remarks about pedestal mats are beyond the pale. Whatever one puts on one's bathroom floor is a matter of personal choice.

Have a look in Matalan. I bought two bath mats 10 years ago for about £8 each. Good thick Cotton all the way through without that awful rubber backing. I’ve still got them and they have kept their colour despite numerous washes.