Knock Offs - Alternatives

Most of the alternative materials are actually meant to scrape off dirt from shoes, not tested and not manufactured for a boats deck. It’s no wonder they’re hard and not soft to the touch, rarely carry an enforceable warranty, have hardly no UV stabilizers for the marine industry and because their PVC is mixed with a combination of inexpensive composites when it breaks down it radiates a foul smell and deteriorates when exposed to salt water and sunlight.

While these products may look similar they have very little in common with DECKadence and are not considered an authentic synthetic marine rated PVC boat carpet.

These self-proclaimed alternatives lack the feel, the durability, the marine rated composites and credentials to be on par with DECKadence.
Part of our DECKadence synthetic boat carpet success is the spooled extruded (and treated) diameter also known as the denier (or thickness of strand) along with the right combination of marine rated PVC plasticizers that’s only found in the DECKadence products. This produces a soft to touch feel with unparalleled durability and performance.

DECKadence has been QUV verified for marine use. QUV testing is a method that is used to accelerate the weather conditions and verify UV protection. Just because others claim UV stabilization without QUV testing and verification it is no more than a false marketing claim. Ask the supplier for the QUV rating, if they don’t know you should be wary. Same hold true with the backing, if the material does not have a coefficent rated non slip backing then it’s not nonslip. CLICK HERE SEE OUR RATING LINK.

In fact we have not had a single return in over 12 years, just read Benito’s review, where he bought a vinyl product alternative that looked like DECKadence for his swim platform… and the results speak for themselves.