how's it going guys welcome back to the patriot diy channel in this video we're
going to be trying to figure out what is the best floor liner for your truck or car
this is going to be the next video in our truck accessory series and if you want to see more truck
accessory videos or more videos about my 22 f-250 i will put that playlist right here at the top
of the screen if you want to see more of that now there's no doubt that when you're looking at floor
liners for your truck there are two main big name brands that are at the top of the pack and that's
going to be weathertech and husky floor liners now i had weathertechs in my old truck for over
six years and i was very happy with them there were a couple things that i think could have been
better and that's kind of what's led me to this so we're going to be checking out two different
offerings from husky liners and comparing that to the weathertechs and we're going to see which one
comes out on top so i'm gonna give you kind of an overview of each one and then we'll get a close-up
look of it actually in the vehicle but first guys if you haven't done it yet make sure you hit that
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links to all of these the weather techs the husky weather beaters and the husky exact contours
in the description below if you decide you want to go with one of these for yourself
you can use my links there in the description now with all these floor liners they're going
to be what's called a digital fit so they have scanned the contours of the floor of your vehicle
and they've done the best job they can to really conform their mats to fit your floor perfectly we
do have a few different materials that all these are made out of that i think are going to make a
big difference first is the weathertech and that's one that most of us are going to be familiar with
it's really kind of a hard plastic liner with as much coverage as possible to cover your carpets
and keep them clean your weathertechs are going to have a smooth bottom they don't have the carpet
spikes that a lot of floor mats and floor liners have another thing that weathertech does a great
job of is being super durable they're some of the strongest on the market and they do a great
job of water and dirt retention so that once you do get those dirty they have deep cavities built
into them that are designed to collect all that water and dirt and mud so that it's not able to
escape the floor liner and get onto your carpet or make it slippery to your feet now let's get
over to the truck and take a look at the weather techs inside the vehicle and then we'll come back
and we'll talk a little bit about the huskies all right now here are my weathertech mats i've had
these in my truck for several years now and i have liked them quite a bit they've done a great job of
protecting my carpet and stuff but i did want to point out a few things that i was not happy with
you can see this kind of folding over here not a great fit here against the back portion of the mat
same thing here on this side while it does come up nice and high
it doesn't stay up against the carpet there so stuff can still get down there underneath the
mat but overall still a very good floor liner i like that it has this cavity here that's come
in handy a few times so that anytime you get in here with uh wet feet or if you were to spill
something all of that is going to come down and kind of get trapped into this lower reservoir so
there are some definite things that i like about the weathertechs longevity over time the quality
is good but the only issue like i said is how they kind of curl up and don't fit perfectly against
the contours of the floor looking again here at the back matt i said very good coverage it covers
everything really nicely and has done a great job of protecting the floor but some of the same
issues you can see here a fairly large gap here uh from the side of the mat against the side wall
here and then you get some of that same curling here on the back end and here at the door here's
an example of the passenger side and again these mats have been in my truck for several years now
i did get this one out i sprayed it off i wiped it down good and it's almost looking good as new here
obviously you know there's still some scuffs and stuff but they do clean up nicely if once they
get dirty you just take them out spray them off wipe them down good and they will maintain their
look over time some of the same issues here on the passenger side but overall still a good map
now weathertech has come out with their new floor liner hp which is a more of a rubberized material
similar to what you're going to see in the exact contours from husky now i don't have
any experience with those but i think you can assume they're going to be very similar
i will link to those in the description as well as all the others that we're talking about today
now with the husky liners we really have two different offerings we have their weather beater
and the exact contour now the designs are going to be exactly the same on both they're going to
be the same cut the same mold all of that the difference is going to be the material that
they're made out of now with the weather beater you're going to get something a little more like
the weathertech now it is a little bit more flexible than the weathertechs i will say that
another big difference is that with the husky weather beaters you do have a little bit
of a rubberized feel to it rather than that hard plasticky feel so i do feel like these
might do a better job of giving you traction so that your feet don't slip around on them but as
you can see they are very rigid but not near as flexible as the exact contours that we're going
to look at here in just a second now another thing i do want to point out before we move on
to the exact contour now the weather beaters that i have here are smooth on the bottom and i believe
that's because i chose the option for the vinyl floor truck which i do have in my truck i don't
have carpet i have vinyl floors so on these front mats they do not have any of the carpet spikes
it's just going to be smooth on the bottom and it's going to lock in through the factory nubs
the interesting thing about that is if you look at the rear liner in the weather beater it does
have the carpet spikes on the bottom and these are going to be extra hard very pointy carpet spikes
and after talking to a representative at husky they did recommend that i not go with the weather
beater for the vinyl floor truck because these are so sharp there is some concern that they might
penetrate the vinyl floor on the truck these sharp carpet spikes are really designed only for the
carpeted models however since the front liners are smooth on the bottom i could go with the weather
beater fronts in the vinyl floor i just can't use the weather beater rear floor liner now moving on
over to the exact contour now as i pick this up you can already see that this is much more
malleable much more flexible than the weather beaters you can pretty much roll this up now
it will go right back to its original shape but it's much more flexible much more rubberized this
mat does not have the hard plastic feel that you're going to get from the weathertechs and
from the weather beaters this is more of a very strong rubber mat now in my research i
have seen that a lot of people prefer the exact contours because it is a little bit flexible
they say it tends to contour better to the floor of the truck as you saw with the weathertechs i
had issues with them not laying flat against the walls of the truck and leaving gaps
also in the top it is going to be a little more rubberized than either of the other two mats so
you will get a little more traction with the exact contours now talking about the carpet spikes again
this is something that kind of confused me since the weather beaters are smooth on the bottom
but the exact contours do have carpet spikes now after talking to the husky representatives they
say that with the exact contour whether you have vinyl floors or carpeted floors
it's going to be okay because these spikes are not near as hard they're more rubbery and so
there's not as much concern about it damaging that vinyl floor and i think i'm going to agree
with them on that these are very rubbery i don't see them damaging the vinyl floor at all
now if you have carpeted floors i think that the carpet spikes are a major plus because
they're going to help dig in and grab onto that carpet and prevent the mats from moving any and
that's going to be most of you guys anyway but just so you're aware they do not make the exact
contours without the carpet spikes all the exact contours are going to have the carpet spikes
with the weather beaters you can get the fronts without carpet spikes but the backs are going to
have carpet spikes now i know that's probably very confusing it was for me too but either
way we're going to test these out and we're going to see which one works best in the truck
all right guys now taking a look at the husky weather beater again this is the harder plastic
version but right off the bat you can see that the husky liners even in the harder
weather beater model really fit the contours of the floor much better than the weathertechs
if you look here you can see there is really no gap here at the wall of the truck down here
along the step board again it lays perfectly flat coming up underneath the seat again perfectly flat
and then down here under the seat it fits the contour of the floor perfectly so that is a
win for the husky weather beater as far as fitment now it does have a very nice
design here as well it still has the high walls it comes up pretty high on the sides here another
difference with the husky liners is even though it has these raised sections here that's really
what's going to interface with your feet what you don't see is that deeper cavity back here at the
back to collect that water like the weathertech has so as far as design i'm going to say the
weathertech design may be a little bit better just because it has that deeper cavity down in here
but at the same time i really don't see that being an issue it's still going to trap that
water and dirt and stuff below the surface of where your shoes actually sit and because the
fitment of these is just so much better than the weathertechs it looks a whole lot better it fits
down in the contours of the floor so much better as of right now i'm going to say that the husky
liner weather beater is at the top of the pack right now so let's go look at the exact contour
all right guys this is the exact contour we're over here on the passenger side now
now just looking at this you see almost no difference like i said the design
of the exact contour and the weather beater are going to be exactly the same the difference is
the material so if i lift up here you can see that it's much more flexible and because of that
i do think it lays down to the contours very well and if i had carpeted floors i may say
that the exact contours would be my choice however because this does have carpet spikes on the bottom
even though i have vinyl floors they do not make the exact contours without the carpet spikes
i don't know if you guys can see this here but it doesn't lay perfectly flat and what's happening is
those carpet spikes are holding it up off the floor just a very little bit now i'm sure you guys
are going to say i'm just being picky but that's why we're here to see which is the best and
for what application now it does still fit very nice you can see is very nice and close
on the sides nice coverage here on this side wall and it does fit all the way up against the floor
i can definitely tell that this is more rubbery and would provide a little bit
more traction than the weather beaters or the weathertechs it attaches here in the same way
so what you have is a hole here that's going to interface with the factory nubs on the floor of
the vehicle and you just line it up and press down and it locks itself in place as far as fitment as
far as filling in gaps and fitting perfectly to the contours of your floor husky liners
whether you go the exact contour or the weather beater i'm going to say they are going to beat
out the weathertech every single time all right guys now looking in here to the back of the truck
the one i have in here is the exact contour mat for the back of the truck again because
i have vinyl floors and because of the hard spikes on the rear weather beaters i am going
to be going with the exact contours for the back the fitment is very good you can see
it fits the contours very nicely very little if any gap there at the walls you can see here
up underneath the seats it does raise up here to prevent any water or dirt or anything from getting
past these floor mats i really love the feel and the design of these i think it looks great
now you'll notice one thing i did do here is i tucked the back of the mat up underneath the
shell of this storage compartment and if you do have a ford super duty with this storage
compartment under the seat you could do that as well and that's going to help hold it down and
keep it nice and flat to the floor i will say back here there's a little bit of a gap there that's
not ideal but i think that's going to be okay as well so as far as the rear i don't think the rear
fitment is quite as good as the fitment in the front but it still does a great job of coverage
and i think it's going to protect the floor very well all right guys so for the final verdict what
do i think what's going to be the best i think for overall durability because of the rigidity
of the weathertechs i can say without a doubt that the weathertechs are going to give you
very good longevity and durability now i don't know that the same would not be true about the
huskies i just haven't been able to put the time in with the huskies to say whether or not
they're going to last the same amount of time they seem to be very high quality very good
sturdy rigid material and i have no reason to believe they wouldn't last just as long
now between the two husky liners i'm kind of torn now because i have vinyl floors what i'm going to
end up going with is the weather beaters for the front because they fit perfectly they had zero
gaps and great coverage with that said the only reason the exact contours don't fit in my truck
quite as well as the weather beaters in the front is because of the carpet spikes and that's just
something i couldn't get around so if you guys have carpet you really could go with either one
it just depends on if you're looking for that hard rigidity of the weather beater or that flexibility
and rubberized material of the exact contour i don't think you could go wrong with either one
but for my truck personally i'm going with the weather beaters for the front and the exact
contour for the back now i hope this video helped you out husky liners if you're watching please
take note of this we would love to see both types of floor liners manufactured with and without
carpet spikes so that we have more options for more applications with all that said i hope this
video helped you out guys helped you out making the decision i am happy that i'm switching over to
husky liners like i said i loved my weathertechs for a long time but they just don't fit the floor
cavity near as well as the husky liners and that is ultimately what made my decision for me
so i will have links to all of these in the description below you can pick whichever one
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