Like everyone said this is extremely soft! I was fed up with rug shopping because I was getting overwhelmed with all the choices, but luckily we found this one and knew the CloudPile rugs were super soft. Even with such a large rug it was very lightweight and easy to bring into the house myself. I love how it looks and definitely buy a rug pad for it! This was our first time using a rug pad and I wish we would have used one sooner. You wouldn't think .25" of padding would do much, but it does!