ROBERTS Super Felt Underlayment - 360 sq. ft. Roll - 44" x 98' x 3 mm

I rarely write reviews. But there are times when it seems necessary, if not only to promote the quality of a product, but to challenge the inadequacy of other negative reviews.From the reviews of the nay-sayers who've whined regarding the flimsy quality of the plastic backing, I'm flummoxed. I bought three rolls of this stuff prepared to be working in my socks for the entirety of the project. So I laid out my first run with a 'kid gloves' mentality. And for no reason. The plastic backing is tough. I've walked across and over it (in boots) for the better of three days with the result of zero damage to the material. I've laid down multiple lengths of flooring to allow it to climitize and still no damage. Finally, I've installed some 1200 square feet of 'click' flooring, and still, with no damage. I really don't know what these other installers were doing given their complaints of damage or the ripping or tearing of the material.As for the difficulty of cutting the material, ????. All I can guess is that these DIY'ers are less competent than the average bear (fyi: coming from a seasoned professional with decades of experience). Simple application. I lay it into and up against the edges and corners. I use the blunted edge of something (scissor handles work well) to achieve a crease. Taking a razor knife, I slice a line through the plastic backing at the crease to achieve a template for cutting. I then take a decent pair of scissors and cut along my templet. A bit of fine tuning results in a clean functional fit. I could have simply used the razor knife for the complete cut, but couldn't remember where it was I'd placed my supply of blades. No doubt they'll appear soon enough now that I've finished the install.The product was delivered intact with no damage. As I've stated, this stuff is tough. I can only see that it'd take a whole lot of abuse to damage it in transit as some describe. At that point, send it back and let UPS deal with the fallout.Finally, as for the complaint that there were numerous times where lengths had been patched together with tape. Not in my experience. I bought the big rolls and having worked through three of them, there was no seaming. The rolls were complete and intact, arriving as a single run.Now for the product. Excellent. That adhesive strip and the overlapping plastic made for a quick effective seaming. As stated, the plastic backing is tough and adheres strongly to the fiber matting. The matting, itself, is a consistent and firmly compacted substrate (about 1/4"), which rolls out easily and cuts without too much hassle. The uniformity of the product made for an excellent substrate, one devoid of irregularities. All in all, the installation was a breeze. Other than my assistant (bless'm) forgetting to shut one bedroom window, which resulted in some square footage being soaked by an overnight squall, all went without a hitch (fortunately had enough flooring remaining to replace the damage. Bamboo just don't much like water).Would I use the stuff again? Definitely. Any complaints? Zero. Would I recommend the product? Absolutely, given that it was one proper for the application.

I've used this product on three flooring projects and find it a fantastic alternative to more expensive brands. It has performed well for me. Couple things to be aware of. First don't try to cut with a knife. The fibrous felt padding will shred before it cuts. I use fabric scissors and they cut like butter. Also note that, yes, the plastic vapor barrier is thin and will rip if you catch a wood plank on it, or wear work boots or shoes with a heavy tread. We wear flat bottom sneakers without any issues. We also only install the rolls as we go. Roll out a section or two and then install planks, add more rolls, followed by more planks. This helps keep traffic off the plastic.Lastly, it's not real clear but the 100sf roll a completely different size (44") than the 360 sf roll (60"). This is stated in the advert if you look close enough, but it caught us by surprise when we needed just a bit more underlayment to finish this last job and ordered the smaller quantity. Wasn't really a problem, just a surprise.

I love it. It lays flat, nicely and easily, and one just has to line-up the edges and use the attached double-sided tape to secure one row/run of this pad to the next row. Easy as that, and the final install does provide some comfort or passing, plus decent sound insulation. I am not an Installer or Contractor and therefore I am not able to compare-and-contrast this product to others that are available. All I can say is that this stuff was far better than a clear plastic product I used in another room (the other stuff came in a roll from one of the big-box stores). Now, let's talk about the ability to cut/trim this product, because you will read other reviews where people complained about the ability to cut it. Here is my experience - if you lay this out and you need to trim around a wall, for example, you might be tempted to pull out a utility knife and cut along the edge of the wall. That makes perfect sense. But, even with a new blade in my utility knife, I could not get an easy and clean sharp cut, especially in the green plastic coating/covering. BUT...I used a fairly standard pair of scissors (decent scissors!) and it cut nicely and with a clean line. It was not hard to cut with scissors, but my utility knife did not work as well. No big deal to me. I will certainly consider this product again for any future flooring.

This seems like it worked very well. It rolled out well with no curling. We did have one length that was cut and poorly taped about 4' in when we pulled it out of the box but we made it work. We struggled with cutting it for the first 400 sf, then tried kitchen shears and it cut like paper.

I put in 600 sq ft of 3/8 inch snap lock engineered hardwood from the local home improvement store. I decided to try this Roberts 70-193 Super Felt Underlayment, based on my extensive online analysis methods. I remember doing this same kind of flooring in a previous home 15 years ago, and I dreaded the upcoming frustration in dealing with foam sheets and getting them to stay in place long enough to get the planks down. So, I made the decision to upgrade to a better underlayment this time around. I am quite happy that I made that choice. This heavier felt product stayed put when I rolled it out, and the seams were a breeze to join with the built in adhesive strip. Shaping to fit was done with an 8 dollar pair of standard issue Fiskars scissors, which cut through the material quite easily. It was kind of a chore to deal with the width of the roll at 5 feet, but I made the penny pinching choice over the smaller size that the product also comes in, so I can't fault it on that basis. By the time I got to the sections that required a lot of cutting, I had the methods all figured out. In the end, this product delivered by Amazon came in at a lower cost than the cheap foam stuff would have cost me to pick up at the Home store, and let me and my teenage daughter focus on the important task of deciding which flooring plank goes next. Five Stars.