I chose this one because it worked for putting the building name
I needed a personalized welcome mat that showed the name of the building being entered, not the name of a family that owned the house or lived in a house, so of the dozens of personalized mats I looked at, this is the only one that allowed for that, that didn't say something along the lines of "Welcome to the Hendersons'."<br /><br />As for durability and longevity, since I only got it today, I can't really speak to that. What I can say is it SEEMS it'll be highly durable and have longevity. I've owned coir welcome mats before, and they are very durable and long-lasting, and this seems as good as any coir mat I've owned. In past coir mats I've had, I've found colors applied to the coir tend to fade, all colors except black with white fading completely away, so by the only color applied to this mat being black, I expect it'll stay new-looking a very long time.<br /><br />Oh, and another thing I like about this mat is its SIZE. Very few mats, including very few personalized mats, come in a 36" width, which is odd since a standard entry door is 36" wide, so if you buy a mat that's smaller than 36", most often only 32" wide (the standard width of an interior door, not an entry door) or even sometimes only 28" wide, you end up with a mat that looks too small for the door you've placed it in front of. It boggles my mind why the vast majority of welcome mats are made too small for a standard entry door, but whatever the why, that's the case, and a MAJOR BENEFIT of this product is it's NOT TOO SMALL for a standard entry door but EXACTLY THE SAME WIDTH-- 36 inches.
Rating: 5 stars