I've said it before on here, I have yet to find a carpet that gets the same customer satisfaction as SmartStrand. One of the reasons I think people with pets and kids love it so much is that is super easy to clean. The way the carpet is engineered all you have to do is use hot water to clean up stains. You will not find a softer carpet on the market! Btw, from my experience, thats a pretty fair price per square yard. I don't think you are going to find a better price for that style of carpet

I've had ivory Anso Nylon for about 7 years and it looks horrible. We're in the process of ripping it out. The main reason it looks so bad is because the stain repellant has worn off and I'm unwilling to have new stuff applied. It has also bllomed pretty badly and matted down in traffic areas. I'll be replacing the bedroom carpet with Smartstrand as soon as possible. It is not treated for stains because the color goes all the way through. I'm not sure on the crush resistance, but I've heard it's at least as good as Nylon, if not better. I'll be interested to hear from people who have lived with Smartstrand for awhile, too.

Eleven years ago I replaced the cheap beige carpet in our house with beautiful Karastan wall-to-wall beige carpet. We have a lot of kids and back in 2004 we still had toddlers. I don't regret the carpets, at that point it was hard to know what type of hardwood to put down on a concrete slab, it seems that engineered hardwoods were an emerging product and solid hardwood planks were not recommended for slab foundations. There were moisture transfer issues that seemed to make hardwood floors a risky proposition back then. Our carpet looks exactly like the close-up sample that AuntJen posted. It looked to me like beautiful sand, the quality is excellent. We paid a fair sum of money for it in part because it did not off-gas, and we installed rubber padding (instead of the compressed foam) which helped prevent goat trails. Now we have a dog who occassionally barfs. So our carpet is stained. And worn out. Having a Dyson vacuum had made all the difference in keeping it looking good when we vacuumed daily, our carpet looked fabulous. Wish we had a Roomba. It's a frieze and I love it. I'd love hardwood floor more, but do not regret the carpeting. My kids played on the floor until five years ago, and the carpet kept the house a little quieter and allowed them to lay on the floor and play anywhere. I certainly miss those days.

I'm getting ready to put new carpet in our guestroom and was doing online research before going to the carpet store. The Mohawk website isn't very user friendly IMO, but here's a page I found that has a lot of clickable links with more information About Mohawk Carpet From what I can tell, Perfect Passions II is made of nylon, not polyester (recycled plastic bottles). The above link will get you to a Weardated Allure brochure if that helps. I installed Mohawk carpet in our bedroom 6 years ago and it still looks great, but it's not a high-traffic area. I wanted to get more of the same for the guestroom, but my paperwork says we have Mohawk Voyager and I can't find that type anywhere on the internet, so I assume it has been discontinued. I'm pretty sure that the salesman told us it was made of corn. It's super soft. I have wall-to-wall carpet in my formal living room and all bedrooms. I like the way it looks and feels and it's soooooooo easy to take care of. I invested in a carpet cleaning machine and try to clean each room 2 or 3 times a year. That and weekly vacuuming is all it takes to keep it looking good. I use Bissell OXYgen2 for spot cleaning. Good luck with everything. ETA: Upon further research, I have learned that Wear-Dated Allure is indeed made of polyester fibers, not nylon. I'm sorry for the confusion. Apparently, the Wear-Dated line is made of nylon, but Allure is an exception. I hope someone from Mohawk is reading this. I find their website to be confusing and not user-friendly. It kills me that I gave incorrect information in this post, but I got the information from the manufacturer's website. Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?