Husky WeatherBeater vs TuxMat: The Tray, Unless Coverage Comes First

Buy the Husky WeatherBeater for most trucks. It's a rigid tray that keeps what you track in until you pull it out and pour, it runs up over the dead pedal, and hundreds of nibs underneath hold it on the carpet. On all 5 same-cab, same-layout listing pairs we compared, it cost noticeably less than the TuxMat set. It also has the longer record: WeatherBeater sets at six, eight and about ten years still look new, and the oldest TuxMats are about three. We score it 7.5 against TuxMat's 7.0.

TuxMat takes fit and coverage, and it isn't close. Instead of a molded tray, it's an EVA foam core under a textured vinyl top, laser-measured for one vehicle and run up the footwell sidewalls, so much less carpet is left showing at the edges. It's softer to stand on and less slick than a hard tray under a snowy boot. For a snow-country commuter who mostly wants the carpet edges protected, TuxMat is the better buy.

What you give up with TuxMat is capacity. A tray keeps standing water, slush and mud inside its walls, and TuxMat holds less, so a work truck, a fishing truck or anything that sees big spills should get the WeatherBeater. People who've had both brands side with TuxMat, mostly for coverage and looks, but only one of them says the Husky was in a truck, and none says which Husky line it was. We take their point on coverage and still put the tray in most trucks.

Where each one wins

The WeatherBeater comes out ahead on:

• Capacity: a rigid tray keeps a tipped drink, a footwell of meltwater or a load of mud contained until you pour it out. A TuxMat holds less when the spill is big.
• The dead pedal: it runs up over the footrest left of the brake, wall to wall. TuxMat's product pages don't mention the dead pedal and we have no owner report on it, so we can't say whether a TuxMat set covers it. Check the listing photos for your cab.
• Record and price: sets six, eight and about ten years old still look new, and the Husky cost noticeably less on every same-layout pair we matched.
• Staying put: hundreds of StayPut nibs hold it on the carpet, and it comes out stiff enough to pour.

TuxMat comes out ahead on:

• Coverage: its mats climb the footwell sidewalls and reach toward the sills and seats, past where the Husky's walls end.
• Winter feel: the vinyl top is softer underfoot and less slick in snow and ice than a hard tray.
• Cleanup: a wipe or a rinse with a little water does it, and an owner who has had all three big brands finds it much easier to clean than a Husky or a WeatherTech.
• Install time: TuxMat quotes under five minutes.

Common ground: each is laser-measured for one vehicle and sold by cab, seat layout and rear storage, neither maker publishes a weight or a load rating, and both lifetime warranties stop with the original buyer. Both have listings we confirmed for the Gen14 F-150, the T1XX Silverado 1500, the Ram 1500 (DT), the 3rd and 4th gen Tacoma and the 3rd gen Tundra, though the cabs don't always match.

Side by side on paper

The table comes from what Husky and TuxMat publish on their product, FAQ and warranty pages:

Neither maker publishes a weight or a load rating, and both sell by cab and seat layout. Husky makes the WeatherBeater in the USA.

Two marketing lines need a correction. Husky's Amazon listing calls the WeatherBeater soft underfoot; Husky's own FAQ calls it less rubbery than its X-act Contour, and the people standing on it call it rigid. If softness is why TuxMat appeals to you, the X-act Contour is Husky's softer line. We review it separately; we like its grip, but owners say newer sets run thinner. TuxMat's claim of up to 2.5 times more protected carpet compares it with the factory mats in a 2025 Tesla Model Y, a car, not with a molded liner in a truck. TuxMat does cover more than the WeatherBeater; the figure just doesn't tell you by how much.

Capacity or coverage

Decide what you're protecting against. The WeatherBeater is a walled tray, so a tipped coffee, a puddle of meltwater or a boot's worth of mud stays put until you lift the liner out, and it's stiff enough to carry to the curb without folding. That's much of why we'd put it in a work truck. TuxMat is cut to cover more carpet, not to hold more liquid: it guards the sidewalls and edges a tray leaves bare, and it contains less when something spills. An owner of all three big brands runs TuxMat day to day and goes back to a WeatherTech tray for fishing trips.

TuxMat's extra reach runs along the footwell sidewalls and out toward the sills and seats. The dead pedal is the open question. The WeatherBeater runs up over it, which matters in winter, because that's where the slush off your left boot drips for the whole drive. TuxMat's product pages don't say whether its sets cover the footrest, so look at the listing photos for your cab before you assume either way.

Reach has a cost. TuxMat's coverage can catch doors and front seats: in a Tesla Model Y, a car, a set rubbed the door bottoms enough to make the doors harder to close, and the seats rubbed it when slid forward. The WeatherBeater's problems are fit, not reach: some 2024 Subaru Crosstrek orders, a car again, came in boxes labeled for earlier model years, and a few sets had to be forced onto the latch holes.

Fit and coverage goes to TuxMat, 7.7 to 7.1. No floor liner we've reviewed covers as much carpet. It stops short of 8 because it holds less in a spill, its truck-specific fit reports are few and its reach can catch doors and seats. The WeatherBeater's score rests on the dead pedal and the nibs, and gives ground for lower walls, a top that gets slick and the occasional fit miss.

Winter: grip, slush and the foam question

Winter flips the advantage. Every hard fitted liner turns slick under packed snow and wet boots, the WeatherBeater included, though Husky collects fewer slick complaints than WeatherTech. TuxMat's vinyl surface handles snow and ice better, and a truck owner with more than a year on a set calls it the only mat worth buying for a wet or cold climate. It isn't grippy, though: the surface is smoother than a pebbled mat, only less slippery than a tray.

On slush the gap is smaller than you'd expect. The WeatherBeater's walls hold meltwater until you dump it, and TuxMat keeps its share too. In a Subaru Outback, a car, no melted snow escapes the TuxMats; an Audi S4 set is nearly three Canadian winters into slush, sand and salt and still looks new; and a set in a Rivian R1T, a pickup we don't cover, gave excellent coverage through a Buffalo winter of ski trips. The tray pulls ahead on standing water and thick mud, the mess you'd rather pour out than wipe up.

Buyers worry that a foam core will soak up water and stay damp all winter. Nothing we've seen supports that: the foam sits under a water-resistant vinyl top. The seams are what we'd watch. On a truck set in use for over a year, the stitching on the door-sill side has started coming apart, and an open seam is the most plausible route for water into the core. Clean each one the way its maker says: Husky warns that Armor All makes its liners slippery, and TuxMat's warranty excludes damage from incorrect cleaning methods or chemicals such as gas or bleach.

How long they last and what the warranties cover

The WeatherBeater takes durability, 7.5 to 6.5. Its sets six, eight and about ten years old still look new, the oldest in a 2015 Tundra, and one that has spent a year under steel-toe boots has had no problems. Those long-lived sets were bought years ago, so a set made today has yet to earn the same record. Husky has blemishes too: sets whose line isn't named have curled or lost their shape after a few years.

TuxMat hasn't been sold long enough to match that. The oldest sets are about three years old, and stitching is the weak point so far, on two truck sets: the sill seam on the set above, and an F-150 Lightning set with stitching coming off in a few places at two years that its owner would still buy again. TuxMat shows nothing like WeatherTech's curling problem, but no TuxMat has had a decade to show its weak spots either.

Read both warranties for what they leave out. Husky covers defects in materials and workmanship and promises the liner won't break or tear under normal use, which says nothing about curling, and only for the original buyer while that buyer owns the vehicle. TuxMat's covers manufacturing defects and excludes normal wear and tear, so loose stitching may be judged wear. Its claims also need your order number and photos of the problem, so keep the confirmation and photograph a seam the day it starts to go. Neither warranty follows a used set to its next owner.

Install, clips and interference checks

Neither needs tools. Husky quotes 15 minutes or less with no trimming; TuxMat quotes under five minutes, clipped to the factory retention hooks or clips. Take the factory mats out first with either one, since a liner laid over a carpet mat can creep forward into the pedals.

TuxMat's clips are the daily cost. Every time you pull the mats to clean them you reseat the clips, enough of a chore that a Hyundai Tucson owner leaves them in until they're a mess. The WeatherBeater comes out in one stiff piece and pours like a tray. Where it rides up against hard plastic, at the dead pedal or the door sill plate, shaving the nibs off at just those spots with a utility knife lets it lie flat. Husky says no trimming is needed, so think of that as a remedy for a liner that won't settle, not part of the install.

Whichever you buy, check for interference before the first drive. Run the accelerator and the brake through their full travel, plus the clutch on a manual: a 2021 Tacoma TRD Sport manual took a harder clutch push to start once its new WeatherBeaters were in. With a TuxMat, run each front seat to both ends of its track and shut every door, because the extra coverage is what reaches the seats and door bottoms.

Which trucks have both

Both makers split sets by cab and, on several trucks, by rear-storage option or powertrain. Each listing named here was confirmed on its Amazon product page, and the fitment tables under the picks list every restriction it states.

• F-150 (Gen14, 2021 on): both, for a SuperCrew without rear seat storage: Husky's front pair plus its one-piece rear liner against TuxMat's set, which the listing says won't fit trucks with the optional lockable fold-out storage under the rear seat. With that storage, Husky has a three-piece set and TuxMat has a separate set we couldn't confirm. The two makers describe the storage in different words, so lift the rear cushion and match the listing. The SuperCab and the Gen13 F-150 (2015-2020) have confirmed Husky listings only.
• Silverado and Sierra 1500 (T1XX, 2019 on): both, for a Silverado Crew Cab with rear under-seat storage. Husky's set calls for factory carpet and the storage; TuxMat's fits only Crew Cabs with the optional rear under-seat storage without lid, so check that your storage matches. Husky's set covers the Sierra too, while the Sierra's own TuxMat listing is one we didn't confirm. On a 2019, check the generation and not just the year: GM kept selling the old Silverado 1500 LD and Sierra 1500 Limited new that year next to the T1XX.
• Ram 1500 (DT): both for the Crew Cab, but check the storage. Husky's three-piece Crew Cab set is for trucks with factory under-seat storage and its front pair fits the Crew and Quad Cab; TuxMat's 2019-2024 Crew Cab listing says nothing about storage and won't fit the Ram 1500 Classic. Only Husky has a confirmed Quad Cab set.
• Tacoma (4th gen, 2024 on): both for the Hybrid. Husky's Hybrid set is listed for the Double Cab only, and TuxMat's Hybrid listing gives no cab note. For the gas Double Cab, only Husky's set is confirmed; TuxMat lists one it calls automatic-only. Husky's front pair for the Double Cab and the XtraCab is automatic-only as well.
• Tacoma (3rd gen, 2016-2023): both for an automatic Double Cab. Husky's set is listed for 2018-2023 automatics; TuxMat's covers 2016-2023 Double Cabs and excludes manuals, so a 2016-2017 Double Cab has only the TuxMat. The Access Cab has Husky listings only.
• Tundra (3rd gen, 2022 on): both for the CrewMax, and TuxMat's listing names the hybrid. For the Double Cab, Husky's front pair is confirmed and TuxMat's set isn't.
• Maverick, Ranger and Colorado/Canyon: the Maverick has confirmed Husky sets for the gas and hybrid trucks; TuxMat's site lists both, unconfirmed on Amazon. Neither has a confirmed Ranger or Colorado/Canyon listing, so those appear as search links: check fit for your truck.

Two more checks before you order. On a vinyl floor, Husky's confirmed F-150 front pair and sets say they won't fit models without factory carpet, and its T1XX Crew Cab set calls for factory carpet. The TuxMat listings we confirmed don't mention floor type, though TuxMat says its Ranger set is for carpeted floors only, so ask the seller first. On a manual Tacoma, Husky's front pairs and 3rd gen set and TuxMat's 3rd gen set are listed for automatics only.

Pick by how the truck gets used

• Mud every day: the WeatherBeater. It holds what you track in, comes out stiff to pour, and has stood up to studded wading boots and a year of steel toes. We have no evidence on how TuxMat's foam takes gravel ground into it, another point for the tray.
• Snow-country commuting: TuxMat, if what you want is the carpet edges covered and a floor that isn't slick in the morning. It copes with daily slush. Watch the sill seam.
• Fishing, hunting or wet gear: the WeatherBeater or another hard tray. Even an owner who runs TuxMat most of the time swaps to a tray for fishing.
• Family hauler that rarely sees mud: TuxMat, for the coverage and the look, if the extra cost doesn't bother you.
• Tightest budget: the WeatherBeater, which cost noticeably less on every pair we matched. For a 2015-2024 F-150 SuperCrew with front buckets and no underseat storage, the 3D MAXpider Kagu in the picks costs less again, though we haven't reviewed it.

The tray for most trucks, TuxMat for the carpet

For most trucks we'd buy the WeatherBeater: it holds a spill, covers the dead pedal, stays planted, has lasted most of a decade and costs noticeably less. That's the right trade for a truck that works, hauls wet gear or comes home muddy.

Choose TuxMat when protecting the carpet is the job: a commuter or family truck in snow country, where you want the sidewalls covered and a softer, less slick floor, and you rarely pour out a footwell. Order the listing that fits your cab and rear storage, test the seats and doors once it's in, and hold on to your order number in case of a warranty claim.