We have the Waterhog mats from LLBean. They come in a few colors. They have lasted forever and have been best for us.

I never even knew there were outdoor rug pads! I've been using coir half rounds for a while. I bought a waterhog type from Costco and found it holds onto everything like Velcro. It's impossible to keep it clean. Maybe a different brand would work better, but it seems like the very fibers that help hold the water do the same for all the other stuff like dog hair, sand, debris, etc.

ETA: I wonder if one of those stone type of bathmats would work. It wouldn't be good for scraping off mud or snow, but would work for water and since it's slick, shouldn't hold other schmutz. Hmmm....I might have to experiment.

i only like pure coir, and no backing of any kind. We replace them maybe every other year

Sas - I was looking at the LLBean ones too. Good to know they’ve held up so well! Do you happen to have pets? I’m curious how they do with the hair.

Fun - Yeah, my old mat was like a WaterHog type, but the hair was so bad that even vacuuming didn’t fully take care of it. I saw a reviewer of the WaterHog mats say that pet hair didn’t stick to them, so I was wondering if the material was a little different.

Mtn - Where do you get your mats?

Jilly - FrontGate was the only place I’ve even seen mention using a pad under a WaterHog. I wondered if it was just marketing and trying to sell more products.

Shee, we have 2 cats but they're indoor. But we also have Waterhog mats inside, at the garage entrance and in the kitchen leading outdoors. We have had no trouble with cat hair, and though they seem to be a favorite place to cough up hairballs, they clean easily. Stubborn issues are taken care of with a hose outside.

We get them at the local hardware store. They are 100% coir and not inexpensive but I frankly don't get how a doormat with a backing ever drains?

Ours with backing rarely gets wet. It was under a snowdrift for a few days, but no issues occured from that. I prefer it for our front door because it’s heavier, doesn’t move with traffic or wind, and I like the more formal look of it.

This is what ours looks like (sunburst pattern), but for a single door:

Coir and i change them out seasonally. For spring/summer i found the prettiest floral one that works great with our door color. i found it at Target of all places!