Interlocking awning mats

We bought a pack of really cheap ones to try from Aldi, got them for around £3.99, as they were in bargain section. Found them fine, although we only use them to step out of MH onto if it is a tad muddy, or we are on HS. At that price, they are great. Very lightweight as well, plus we only take how many tiles as we think we will need, in storage box on back of MH.

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I've bought two or three packs of the Kampa brand tiles and find them much more comfortable to walk on under the ground sheet. Cheaper brands are available.

We also use the Kampa tile mats (other makes are available), one of the best caravan accessory items around. They are comfy to walk on, allow the grass to breathe on grass pitches and keep the dirt and stone chips at bay on hard standings. We do not use any other floor covering with them ,seems pointless to us.

Dont use an awning mat now just the Kampa tiles in the awbning or under just the canopy.  We have the edges and cirers to.  Camp sites like them as they do not damage the grass.  They are so light and easy to lay and you can put down as less or many as you want in all shapes.  Would not be without ours.

DianneT

We use them, find them very good and much more pleasant on bare feet. We have had to take steps to protect the tiles from damage from chair legs and the step. Very quick and easy to lay , light but somewhat bulky if you take enough to cover the awning floor as we do. 

I have a vision of tables and chairs on steps at each corner so you have en elevated sitting / dining position from your post  The awning becomes a Big Top circus style, did make me giggle 

We use 3 tiles of the Costco type left over from doing the garage floor. We use then on HS such as they form a carpet around and in front of the caravan steps to put shoes on. If on a grass pitch we don't bother as grass under your feet is what camping is all about.

We do use a set of steady pads under the steps feet if the ground is soft to stop them digging in.

Not  sure  which  mats  you're  chatting  about,  but  I  regularly  see  ads  for  packs  of  six  mats  sold  under  Rolstons  name,  dark  grey  about  1/2  inch  thick,  with  edging  strips  from  "Expert  Verdict"    at  £29.95  per  set  and  from  "Nauticalia"  at  £24.95  for  Identical  items !  But  a  stroll  into  Halfords  produced  Identical  items  at  £10  again  for  a  pack  of  six  !!  Guess  which  ones  are  now  linked  up,  cut  to  shape  and  laid  in  my  'van,  nice  and  warm  and  comfy  on  my  aged  tootsies  and  much  easier  to  keep  clean  than  the  silly  cream  coloured  carpet  !

The  only  good  thing  about  that  carpet  was  that  it  came  out  quickly  to  become  a  template  when  I  used  a  sharp  craft  knife  on  the  plastic  replacement 

 

Brian

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Those interlocking mats are helpful on hard standing pitches, but a No No on grass. They damage the grass, no matter how much the advertising blurb says they dont.

We love ours, we often just arrange a few around the step to give a 'changeover' area for getting shoes on and off when going in/out of the van, very nice underfoot, easy to prop up around the van to dry off the undersides too.  If you do get some, my tip is to store them stacked with 'clean sides' together.