Everyone wants an expensive spray bed bumper. Well, almost everyone … Not me … A truck mat makes a lot more sense for the way a lot of people use a truck. Check out these 7 ways cheap floor mats outperform big dollar floor mats …

1. Teeth bounce.

Yes, the high-priced liners are thick and tough, but not as tough as a good cheap rubber liner. Even a carpet liner absorbs shock just as well as an oversized liner, maybe better.

2. They are cheap.

Who wants to spend hundreds of dollars on a bed liner? What are you going to do? Did you put a bed liner over the bed liner to protect the bed liner? Give me a bed mat that looks good, works well and is CHEAP.

3. You can replace the thing.

I don’t want a permanent coating that is subject to damage. So what if it’s guaranteed? I prefer to replace the liner if it is beaten. I don’t want anyone to repair a damaged siding. I want a new one that I can take out.

4. You have options.

Get a carpet liner that is soft and easy on fragile cargo. Get a rubber mat that will resist concrete blocks. Look at the options.

5. Plastic is even stronger than spray.

The plastic bed liners are also sprayed. Cheap plastic mats resist scratches and scars better than almost any other coating. It is also replaceable and it is also cheaper.

6. Can you stand the sand?

Do you know how they make the paint on the bed liner stick? They scratch all the paint on your truck bed almost as hard as they can be. Think about it? Someone is going to drop a pneumatic sander on their truck bed and destroy the finish so they can apply a coat of spray that can still be knocked over. I can not stand it …

7. I like change.

Spray the bed liner and you will be stuck. You can’t change the thing. You are stuck with the color. You are stuck with the texture. You are stuck. Forget this. I want to be able to switch to a different layout if I want to. Maybe someone will come up with something better. Who knows?

A cheap truck mat outperforms expensive liner spray in all sorts of ways. Different opinions make the market. For my money, I will choose a cheap bed mat. I also have many options.