TuxMat Review: The Most Coverage, a Softer Top, Less Capacity

Buy TuxMat if you want the most carpet covered and a floor that isn't slick in winter. Where the Husky WeatherBeater and the WeatherTech FloorLiner are molded plastic trays, TuxMat is a textured vinyl top over an EVA foam core, cut for your cab and carried up the sidewalls of each footwell. It covers more than either tray and feels softer underfoot, and for truck owners who've found hard trays slick or harsh, it's the best of the group. On the F-150 SuperCrew it costs about the same as a WeatherTech set and noticeably more than the Husky. If your truck hauls mud, fish and wet gear every day, we'd still put a hard tray in it.

TuxMat's reputation comes mostly from cars and SUVs, from Outbacks and a WRX to a Volvo EX90, and its truck record is thin: a heavy-duty Sierra, a pair of F-150 Lightnings and a couple of trucks whose owners don't name the model. The car reports still say plenty about the material, the coverage and how it ages. Fit is a separate question, and it comes down to the listing for your cab. The oldest sets in regular use are about three years old, a shorter record than the Husky and WeatherTech sets that have lasted ten years and more.

The short version

What works:

• Coverage: it runs up the sidewalls and further toward the sills and seats than a tray does, and it's the main reason people buy it over Husky, WeatherTech or the factory mats.
• Winter grip and comfort: hard fitted mats, WeatherTech and Husky included, can get extremely slick in snow and ice. TuxMat's surface holds up better there, and it's softer and more comfortable underfoot.
• Cleanup: a wipe or a little water brings it back, and sets around three years old still look new.
• Install: TuxMat puts it at under five minutes with no tools or trimming.

What to watch:

• Capacity: it holds less than a tray. For a big liquid spill or a fishing trip, Husky and WeatherTech hold more.
• Stitching: on one truck set in use for over a year the sill-side stitching has started coming apart, and an F-150 Lightning set has stitching coming off in a few places at two years. TuxMat's warranty excludes normal wear and tear.
• Too much coverage: it can rub door bottoms and seats, and the clip-in mats are a chore to pull and reseat after cleaning.
• Price: about the same as a WeatherTech set on the F-150 SuperCrew, and noticeably more than the Husky liners for the same no-storage layout.
• Narrow listings: the F-150 set we confirmed skips trucks with the lockable fold-out rear storage, and the Silverado set names one specific rear-storage setup.

Which trucks and cabs it fits

Floor mats fit by cab, seats and rear storage, so ignore bed length here. TuxMat makes a separate 1st and 2nd row set for each cab and, on several trucks, for each rear-storage option or powertrain. We confirmed the listings below on each product page. The fitment table under the score panel carries every restriction the listings state.

• F-150 (Gen14, 2021-2027): a SuperCrew set that the listing says won't fit trucks with the optional lockable fold-out storage under the rear seat. It also fits the hybrid. Trucks with that storage have a separate listing we couldn't confirm, and TuxMat's site lists a SuperCab set for trucks without rear seat storage. Lift the rear seat cushion and look before you order.
• Silverado 1500 (T1XX, 2019-2027): a Crew Cab set. The listing says it only fits Crew Cab models with the optional rear under-seat storage without lid, and TuxMat sells a separate set for Crew Cabs without under-seat storage on its own site. The GMC Sierra has its own listing, which we didn't confirm, so don't assume the Silverado part carries over. If you have a 2019 Double Cab, TuxMat says its Double Cab set doesn't fit the carryover Silverado 1500 LD that GM sold new alongside the T1XX that year; we haven't confirmed that listing either.
• Ram 1500 (DT, 2019-2024): a Crew Cab set, and the listing says it won't fit the Ram 1500 Classic. TuxMat's site lists a different 2025-on Crew Cab set for trucks with the rear storage box, plus a Quad Cab set. We didn't confirm either on Amazon.
• Tacoma: for the 4th gen (2024 on) we confirmed the Hybrid listing. The non-hybrid Double Cab has its own listing, which TuxMat's site says is automatic-only. For the 3rd gen (2016-2023), the listing says Double Cab only and no manual transmissions.
• Tundra (3rd gen, 2022-2027): a CrewMax set that also fits the hybrid. The Double Cab has a separate listing we didn't confirm.

TuxMat's own site also lists sets for the Maverick (separate gas and hybrid parts), the 2024-on Ranger (carpeted floors only) and the 3rd gen Colorado and Canyon Crew Cab. We haven't confirmed Amazon listings for those, so they appear in the fitment table as search links: check fit for your truck. If your Ranger has a vinyl floor, TuxMat says that set won't fit.

The specs that matter

TuxMat describes three layers: a textured, water-resistant vinyl top, a shock-absorbent EVA core and a non-slip backing. It says each set is laser-measured for the specific vehicle and clips onto the factory retention hooks or clips, and every Amazon listing we confirmed says the same about the factory floor anchors. Here it is against the two trays we'd cross-shop, from each maker's own product, FAQ and warranty pages:

All three are laser-measured for a specific vehicle and sold by cab and seat layout, and none publishes a weight or a load rating. Neither number means much for a floor liner anyway. Husky and WeatherTech both make theirs in the USA.

TuxMat says it protects up to 2.5 times more carpet than generic mats. Check the footnote: the comparison is against the factory floor mats in a 2025 Tesla Model Y. That's a car, and it's factory mats, not a molded liner, so it tells you nothing about how TuxMat compares with a Husky or WeatherTech in your truck. It does cover more than either tray; the 2.5 figure just doesn't measure that.

Read the warranty row before you buy used. TuxMat's warranty doesn't transfer, so a used set comes with none, the same as a used Husky or WeatherTech set. Beyond normal wear and tear and cleaning damage, it excludes accidents, modifications and improper installation, and a claim needs your order number and photos of the problem, so keep your order confirmation if you buy new. Defects-only puts it closer to WeatherTech's wording than to Husky's break-or-tear promise. TuxMat's site also gives you 30 days from delivery to try a set; check whether that applies to an Amazon order before you rely on it.

Fit, coverage and grip

Coverage is why people buy TuxMat, and nothing else in the group comes close. The mats run up the footwell sidewalls and out toward the sills and seats, so you can stand on the passenger floor in muddy boots while loading a kayak and keep the carpet clean. People who came to TuxMat from Husky or WeatherTech say the same, and we agree. If your complaint about a tray is the carpet left showing around the edges, this fixes it.

Truck fit reports are good but few. A truck set in use for over a year fits perfectly, a 2025 Sierra 2500 set fits incredibly well, and the F-150 Lightning sets cover well and fit nicely. The Sierra is a heavy-duty truck, and the Lightning set isn't one of the listings we confirmed, so they show TuxMat can cut a truck set well without proving anything about your listing. Car fit reports mostly agree.

More coverage has a downside. A Tesla Model Y set went back because the mats rubbed the bottoms of the doors, making them harder to close, and ran so far back between the seats and the console that the seats rubbed them when slid forward. That's a car, but the lesson carries: on a truck, slide each front seat through its full travel and close every door after you install. On looks, owners mostly like it, often over a Husky or WeatherTech, and the dark vinyl all but disappears in person. The harshest words about the look come from people who don't own one.

Grip is where TuxMat answers the slick-tray complaint. Hard rubber fitted mats, WeatherTech and Husky included, can get extremely slick in snow and ice. A truck owner with more than a year on a TuxMat set found it the only mat they hadn't come to hate, and the only one they'd buy for a wet or cold climate. It's also softer and more comfortable to stand on than a tray. Don't expect a grippy texture, though. TuxMat's cargo liner, a different product, has a slick reputation, a reminder that the surface is on the smooth side, and 3D MAXpider's Kagu has a pebbled texture with more grip getting in and out.

The tradeoff is how much it holds. A molded tray holds water inside its walls until you dump it, so Husky and WeatherTech are better for a big liquid spill. An owner of all three brands uses TuxMat most of the time and switches back to WeatherTech for fishing trips. Snow is a different story: an Outback that goes in and out in snow all winter lets no melted snow escape its TuxMats. We'd say TuxMat handles snow and slush fine and loses to a tray for standing water and thick mud.

We score fit and coverage at 7.7, the highest of the floor liners we've reviewed. The coverage is the best in the group, and fit is mostly good. The interference reports, the smaller capacity for a big spill and a thin set of truck-specific fit reports hold it there.

Winter, wet boots and the foam question

The worry with a foam-core mat is that it'll soak up water and stay wet all winter, and it's enough to put some snow-country buyers off. We see no sign of it. The top is water-resistant vinyl, so the foam sits under it rather than taking on water, and nobody running TuxMat in a hard-winter climate describes a soggy mat. An Audi S4 set has gone almost three years through Canadian winters of slush, sand and salt and still looks brand new, and the Outback set handles tracked-in slush better than the factory mats did.

Where we'd watch is the edges. On the truck set with fraying stitching, it's the door-sill side, which its owner puts down to getting in and out. That's where a wet boot lands, and by our reasoning an opened seam is the likeliest way water could ever reach the core. We haven't seen that happen. Don't count on the warranty for it, either: TuxMat excludes normal wear and tear, so a fraying sill seam may be judged wear rather than a defect. If you see it start, photograph it early and file the claim with your order number while the damage is small.

Build quality and living with it

TuxMat's durability record is shorter than its rivals'. The oldest sets are about three years old: an S4 set washed each spring and fall that still looks brand new, another S4 set going on three years through salt, slush and two young kids, and an EV set that looked like new with a quick wipe after more than three years. That last one dates from around 2019, so it says less about a set made today. People who've run both TuxMat and WeatherTech mostly say TuxMat holds up better, though the owner who switches to WeatherTech for fishing calls it the toughest mat. Husky and WeatherTech sets have lasted ten years or more, and no TuxMat has had the time yet.

Against that are two stitching reports, both on trucks: the fraying sill seam, and an F-150 Lightning set with stitching coming off in a few places after two years that is still going strong and that its owner would buy again. Talk of floor mats cracking or delaminating on VW GTI and Golf R forums is secondhand. The only first-hand cracking we know of is on TuxMat's cargo liner, a different product, which arrived with surface cracks where it had been folded for shipping in single-digit cold.

• Cleaning: easy, and much easier than a Husky or WeatherTech by the account of an owner who has had all three. The catch is the clips. Pulling the mats and reseating them after cleaning is a chore, enough to send a Kona owner to 3D MAXpider's Kagu and to make a Tucson owner put it off until the mats are a mess. A secondhand remark that TuxMat doesn't handle mud and slop as well is hearsay, so weigh it lightly.
• Staying put: clipped in, it stays exactly where you put it, even with several hundred people climbing in and out of a Lightning at events, and one set has stayed put with no clips at all. Use the clips on the driver's side regardless.
• Gravel: we have no evidence on how the foam handles rocks ground into it. If your truck lives on a gravel drive, that's a point for a hard tray.

We score durability at 6.5. That's above the WeatherTech FloorLiner because the failure that drags WeatherTech down, curling, its most common complaint by a wide margin, has no counterpart here: two reports of stitching coming loose among more than 40 TuxMat owners. It's only a little above, and well below the Husky WeatherBeater, because the oldest sets are about three years old against Husky and WeatherTech sets with a decade or more behind them, and because stitching wear may not be covered.

How it compares

• Versus the Husky WeatherBeater: the hard tray with the nibbed underside and the lower price. For the same F-150 SuperCrew without rear storage, Husky's front and 2nd row liners bought separately still cost noticeably less than the TuxMat set. It covers the footrest and lasts most of a decade, but its top can get slick under a snowy boot, and its walls stop short of where TuxMat reaches. Our pick for most trucks is still the Husky. Pick TuxMat if coverage and a softer, less slick surface matter more than the price and the bigger tray.
• Versus the WeatherTech FloorLiner: about the same price on the F-150 SuperCrew. WeatherTech prices its bucket-seat set with the fold-flat storage box and its bench-seat set without it the same, and both cost about the same as TuxMat's no-storage set. The WeatherTech is a rigid tray with taller walls than the Husky in places, and curling is its most common complaint. TuxMat fits as well or better and covers far more. For fishing and mud, the WeatherTech still holds more.
• Versus the WeatherTech FloorLiner HP: WeatherTech's softer line, and the fairer match for TuxMat on feel, though it reportedly still doesn't cover what TuxMat covers. We haven't confirmed HP listings for our trucks on Amazon.
• Versus the 3D MAXpider Kagu: the cheapest set here, with a thermoplastic rubber surface over a foam layer and raised side edges, per its listing. It gives up some of TuxMat's protection for a grippier texture and easier reseating. The F-150 listing we confirmed is for 2015-2024 SuperCrew trucks with front bucket seats and no underseat storage.
• Versus Costco's Phantom mats: Some buyers believe the Phantom mats Costco sells in Canada are made by TuxMat; we haven't confirmed that.

Installing it

Pull the factory mats out first; the TuxMat set clips onto the same factory retention hooks. Lay in the driver's mat and hook it down. TuxMat says the full set goes in under five minutes with no tools, but seating the clips can be fiddly, so give it longer the first time. Then do three checks before you drive. Press the accelerator and brake through their full travel. Slide each front seat all the way forward and back, since the extra coverage can catch the seats. Close every door and feel for drag at the bottom edge.

Install it the way TuxMat says. Its warranty excludes improper installation, and the clips are part of that. If you pull the mats to clean them, expect to reseat the clips each time; that hassle is enough to send some owners to another brand. On a rear row with under-seat storage, confirm the listing matches your setup before you fight with the fit, because the storage versions are different parts.

Who should pay for TuxMat

TuxMat earns its price on a daily driver or family hauler that sees snow, slush and salt, when you want the carpet edges and sidewalls covered and you've found hard trays slick or harsh underfoot. It's the best coverage of the floor liners we've reviewed. Match the listing to your cab and rear storage, check the seats and doors after install, and keep an eye on the sill stitching.

A floor that sees standing water, fish slime or thick mud every week is a different job. A Husky WeatherBeater holds more, costs noticeably less and has the longer record. That's the one we'd put in a work truck.