Not a bad mill . Depends on the fiber .

Stay away from polly or olefin . You are not going to touch a decent Berber under $30.00 a yd .

Thanks, Berber is what I meant. The material we're looking at is only $19.62 per sqyd plus padding cost. The fiber is Olefin, another unknown to me and I see your recommend against it. The weight is 39 oz, I suppose that is per sqyd.

Shaw and Mohawk are the two largest carpet mills in America so big firms. Olefin is not a very expensive carpet and in the wrong construction packs and will show traffic patterns. It is however very stain resistant. Sounds like your not too up on carpet or fibers but suffice it to say there is a variety of fibers each with their own list of pro and cons. Normally nylon is considered the best. Blanket statements such as poly or olefin aren't really accurate. Its a matter of tradeoffs. "Whats really important to you.

Olefin is very stain resistant. Used around pools . I poured bleach on it years ago to check to see if it would take the color out . it did its job . But as you say boxers it mats ,and so does Polly . If you are going to put it in a bedroom , or a room that don't get much traffic it might be ok . But not for that price . I have one and only one Berber sample i sell that has 10% nylon and the rest olefin that holds up well .

The application is a master bedroom, so not even kid bedroom traffic. It will replace a 20 year old dark green nylon (I believe) which still look good to me...my wife wants to update with a near-white carpet. I've just changed from wallpaper that is about the same age to a light blue walls. The room is on the West and gets late afternoon sun in the winter, and I suppose a near-white isn't going to fade much anyway.

it would probably be fine but olefin is sort of scratchy so not a very soft carpet for bare feet. Look at Mohawk smartstrand in a berber construciton. Its very soft and has gotten good reviews. Nylon in Tactese nylon is also a very 'soft' feel underfoot.

Tactese nylon is great . have it in a lot of family and friends houses .
a little pricey .

Thanks, I'm taking all into consideration. For my value frame I am:
1) economy minded (cheap?)
2) rather flexible on look and touch, I just walk on a carpet, most of the time with shoes on.
3) if the carpet looks good for 10 years, that's good enough wear-wise.

We have a Mohawk 65 oz Berber in another bedroom. It is a bound area carpet, not wall-to-wall, but fills most of the room. It does not have a pad, so it's feel on the foot has not help from a carpet. I'll take a barefoot walk on it - but as it isn't Olefin so I guess it will not tell me much about how the subject new carpet feels...guess I can go back to the store and give it a careful feel with my hand.

any carpet will 'wear' but some will start matting and crushing and olefin if its in a 'loose' construction will mat down and won't rebound with vacuuming and cleaning like a nylon would