Someone here recommended the rope mats and I bought two for our back porch, one for each door into our main living/breakfast areas that we use often. I believe they came from LLBean but it could have been Lands End. Love them, and sorry I don’t have time to double check the site right now.

We have the coir ones at our primary home, but have not had shedding issues. At our beachhouse we have the lobster rope kind. https://www.thenewenglandtradingcompany.com/home-garden/lobster-rope-doormats

Rope mats - new to me so I'll have to take a look. Are they good at pulling debris, especially gravel out of shoes? We always take our shoes off but don't ask guests to and the norm around here is gravel driveways.

mtn I've had several coir mats, the current one is from Ikea because I'm tired of spending money on mats that fall apart. But they all shed for me. Maybe it;s because they get wet? Once they get wet I lay them out in the sun as soon as possible to dry out but sometimes that can be a few days.

I had to look outside my front door to see whats there. I couldn’t remember. It’s rubber on the bottom and sides and brushy stuff on top to clean your shoes. It’s held up for years but my front door doesn’t get a lot of action. Rubber at the back door which is what everyone uses. I used to have coir but they wore out quickly and like you said, they shed.

We really like the Waterhog doormats from L.L.Bean.

I think the rope mats do a good job of getting the debris from shoes. We typically take off our really dirty ones in the garage but use the porch for going out to the garden, feeding the birds and short chores outside, so we keep a pair of shoes on the porch for that too. We don’t ask guests to do that and when the grandkids are here it seems to keep grass and dirt from being so bad when they are running in and out.

@rhizo do you keep the Waterhog mats outdoors?

I have a Waterhog and coir . The coir doesn't shed.

Wayfair coir mat

I use rope mat like the one Mtn linked. I also have a boot brush on the stoop in the winter like this one Boot brush

DLM, I use them outside. One is in full weather conditions all of the time, while the other is under an entry roof. Both are the heavyweight option, and work very well to scrape stuff from footwear.

Good to know rhizo - sounds like a good option for my situation.

I agree on the Waterhogs. We have them inside and outside and they are great.

I haven't found anything to work as well as coir but perhaps it is a quality issue? I usually buy nice ones and particularly like the ones that look like big twisted rope.

I’ve had the same issue with coir, and years ago saved this from a magazine. Just checked and the winner is still available.

How long does it take a soaked outdoor water hog to dry out? Our entry is covered but doormat still gets wet when it rains/blows.

It must be quite quick. I’ve never noticed ours being squishy.

I could use one in a few places. I think I'll try one and see how it works out.

I have coir now but have had rubber doormats in the past like this one.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Home-More-Fleur-De-Lis-24-in-x-36-in-Rubber-Door-Mat-900092436/303054573?MERCH=REC--pipsem--308037186--303054573--N

Our porch gets a ton of rain and pine needles, so I found that many types of mats just didn't work for us. Outside we have a rubber mat with texture that's good for scraping off most of the needles, and you can shake it off in a few seconds.

Inside we use a plain utility mat from Home Depot. It's easy to keep clean looking, pine needles don't get too stuck in it. We have a minimal aesthetic so I actually like how these simple styles look.

Idk. Unfortunately wet mats is a common problem. A couple of months ago I bought a doormat that after a couple of days started to stink like poop. It's a challenge to find something worthy. You have to pay a lot for something qualitative. My mother recently purchased a doormat from https://www.keithharing.store. Until now, all seems to be ok. There's not unpleasant smells, and the doormat dryes quite well. I'm not aware with your preferences, but at least I may guarantee you'll not have any problem about mats being wet. All the best!

Our waterhog has lasted 13 years so far. Front door faces north and we have a roof over the porch and snow and ice blow sideways from the north and settles comfortably on the waterhog.

I've never seen any shedding. I do want another one just to change out the color.