For the price, it's about as expected quality-wise. The reason I won't rate it higher is the fact that it came with a chemical coating that left a film on my hands and still stinks after a soak in the tub and an hour of carpet cleaning. It held up to carpet cleaning quite well and is now soft and fluffy, with a light chemical smell still intact. The cleaning process did make it flatten very nicely. For a hall runner, this is perfectly fine. I don't know that I would purchase it again as an area rug.