Love this rug! Feels very soft under foot and you wouldn’t know it’s synthetic. Our German Shepherd delivered the contents of her stomach right in the middle of the rug and all I did to clean it was hosed it down, hung it over the rail to dry and it was good as new. It lays perfectly flat.  It is on a deck that gets direct sunlight for the better part of the morning so I will update if I see any fading over time.