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I ordered a bunch of samples and think they'd be great in our dining room since they can actually be cleaned, are low pile for ease of moving chairs and they won't/can't slip. We were having trouble finding a stylish and low cost square size, so this will be perfect. Now if we could just decide on which pattern ...

I too bought the Flor system. It looked great for a few weeks. I found that some of the pieces held up better with wear (i.e. showing/hiding dirt) than others. My biggest complaint, and one that would prevent me from EVER recommending them to anyone else is the adhesive. I moved from my apartment a few weeks after laying down the carpet. Thankfully I followed the instructions and only adhered a few of the corner tiles. Pulling up the tiles was easy; the adhesive that remained behind took me forever to remove with a scraper. Overall, I would give it a 7 for style, and a 4 for design.

I love the Flor system for its looks but have found that the tiles do not hold up well. What was advertised for "high traffic" areas quickly became soiled and showed every little thing that fell onto it even with regular vacuming. The samples that they send are excellent amd the people are amazing, but overall I cannot recommend the product with enthusiasm. It looks fantastic but I have not found mine to be very functional. Perhaps it is just the pattern that I chose?

I just wanted to add that I think their minimum of 6 tiles per order sucks. I'm ordering some for my entryway and only need 4, yet I have to order 6? Not a very good experience.

Does anyone else have experience with FLOR tiles? I am considering getting them, but have a few concerns. I use a motorized wheelchair, which brings in a lot of dirt; I am concerned that I would be cleaning them very frequently, which might well shorten their life. I'm not sure what their life expectancy might be in any case. I'm wondering how many FLOR owners would buy the product again, given what they know now.

If you order Flor tiles don't go through Design Within Reach. I just had a terrible experience-

1. The web site was misleading. They show elegant living and dining rooms and don't tell you that, despite the photos, some of the carpets have a rubbery, industrial appearance. (Not to be confused with the cool industrial appearance we all know and love, this carpet is more appropriate for, say, a garage). Although the site goes into great descriptive detail about each carpet, they leave this very important aspect out.

2. Their customer service was the most hostile I've seen in my many years as a designer. Getting them to even return my phone calls took an entire week of repeated calling to the company. When they finally did call me back and I asked them to credit my $40 return shipping charge toward the purchase of another rug (something frequently done by other mail order firms) they flat out refused, making no exception for my good business over the years. At this point it doesn't matter, I will never do business with them again.

Re the complaints about Flor showing wear&tear and dirt, most likely this is because a majority of their products are synthetic. Synthetics just don't wear like wool, and, dirt and soil works its way down into the fibers unlike wool. But, of course, that's why they are so inexpensive.

Just installed 100 yards of interface in my basement, and I figure it paid for itself the first week when the basement flooded, and I was able to pull it up, wash it, dry it, and put it back down.
As for wear and tear, SOME of the Flor carpets are the same we use for commercial installations every day, and they wear well. Don't expect any carpet to do magic. If you treat it like a walk-off mat it will get dirty.

Few are saying which style/name they have purchased. This makes some comments useless. Please be more specific.
Thanks.