It feels good under my feet even without a pad. The green colors are not as bright as I expected, but maybe that's a good thing because it looks great with my green accent wall and with both my winter and summer quilts. Looks good under foot but does not grab attention away from the other bedroom design elements. Arrived so quickly that it had to sit around waiting until I had some help to move furniture out of the room and put it down. The 10 ft. width was only 9 ft. 6 in. and the 13 ft length was more than 13 ft! Had to trim the length where it wouldn't show under a row of furniture against the far wall where no one will be walking. In the end it looks great and sure couldn't beat the price.