It’s light weight the backing and I have a puppy... so he’s decided to have lunch ... it’s really thin the back plastic/rubber just it’s a great rug but tears easily ... I cut it off with full scissors lol ... it’s great .. I would recommend if it’s going to be outside where sun hits it to remove the vinyl piece around it . Or wait until it starts disintegrating ... I really love it tho sans missing rubber could be a lot thicker ... this is a photo of it trimmed off and actually I like it a lot better  the vinyl also scratches easy ... it’s thin I do like the backing :) I have it over another rug for winter for dog paws I’m afraid to put it outside .. only because where I live the sun is very strong even in winter I tried to get a photo of the thickness of the carpet .. if it didn’t have the vinyl it would be very thin .. also krs darker than my photos it’s nice