We're very happy with it, it's a thicker pile than we expected and feels lovely to walk on in bare feet. It works perfectly in our very modern apartment. We didn't have any issues getting out to lay flat, though we did put a sofa on one end and two small desks on the other to help. It did smell strongly of chemicals when we first got it, but was fine after a few hours of having our balcony door open. The smell if part of why it's 4 stars, the main reason is it she'd a bit and three of the loops came undone in the first week of having it (all in areas that don't get walked on)...some scissors and super glue later and you'd never know...and we haven't had any other issues with it.