I purchased the Ford rubber mats when I purchased the truck and was never really impressed with the coverage, especially under the dash. After my first winter with the truck I have decided I need better coverage. I planned on waiting until Black Friday to try and get good deal on a set of Husky mats, but these MaxLiner mats popped up on Craigslist for $50 so I grabbed them. The guy purchased the wrong ones for his F150 and for whatever reason didn’t wanna go through the hassle of shipping them back. I think they are around $140 on Amazon. They are a little thinner than the Weather Tech mats in my wife’s vehicle, but are a little more flexible. I’m happy with them so far. Thought I would share some pictures in case anyone is looking for a less expensive option than the brands we normally see on here.




Here the coverage difference on the driver’s




This is the difference on the passenger

 

Thanks for the photos.

 

I recieved both a set of MaxLiner mats and Weathertechs for Christmas for my 2019 F-350 supercab. My daughter gave me MaxLiners and my brother gave me the Weathertechs. I tried both in truck and my brother agread with me he liked the MaxLiners better. I returned the Weathertechs and put money towards a Wireless camera system for my 5ver. The MaxLiners are awsome!

 

This is great news thanks!

 

Hi all - Found this thread while researching floor mats. Here's what I've found so far:

Maxliner: From comments above, seems good; ~$136
Weathertech: From comments above, not so good?; ~$200
Husky: $145
Smartliner: $136

Prices above are for front/rear for F350 CC

Any comments on the Husky or Smartliner? Thanks!

 

I got some Maxliners on my Super Duty the first month I bought the truck, they fit great, feet and groceries don't slide, easy to clean. no problems here.

 

Nice summary.

Sounds like you are on the hunt. Please come back and edit your nice summary with any new information or synthesis of opinion, and more importantly, your personal opinion once you select your mats.

When I was in your same shoes earlier this summer, trying to find a set of the best coverage, most durable, and least trip / stumble / slide hazard floor mats for a vinyl floor 2019 crew cab, I read until my eyes bled... and the overall consensus, especially on the 17+ Super Duty forum here on FTE, was Husky Liners... by a fairly large (subjectively derived) margin.

Therefore, I ordered a full set of top of the line Husky Liners, for $249. I'll tell you what I thought of them in a minute, but first, when we say "Husky", we need to be clear about which Husky is being discussed.

Husky Liners offers 4 different class tiers of all weather floor mats, 2 of which are applicable to the 2019 Super Duty: (Written descriptions below are authored by me, and do not represent how Husky describes their products)

1. Husky X-ACT Contour - Top of the line; supposedly softer, more supple, heavier, denser material compound compared to other Husky liners below; with the most water holding snow melt channels, and deeper ribs that form those channels. Computer aided 3D grid laser topography scan per vehicle application

2. Husky Weather Beater - Lower cost alternative, said to be thinner, lighter, and stiffer... more like WeatherTechs. Fewer mid field ribs, with lower rib profile, and some flat areas without ribs, or with flat tread plate pattern embossment. Computer aided 3D grid laser topography scan per vehicle application

3. Husky Classic Style - Husky's original flatter tread plate pattern with perimeter rib but no mid field ribs (Not available for 2019 Ford Super Duty)

4. Husky MoGo - luxury styling focused floor mat designed for high end passenger automobiles (Not available for 2019 Ford Super Duty)


So my local truck and rv accessories dealer called me to say that the Husky Liner X-Act Contour top of the line floor mats that I special ordered the previous week had arrived. Notice that I did not order through eBay, Amazon, or some mail order online internet outfit. I paid full retail at a local bricks and mortar shop that I've been doing walk in business with for the last 40 years. You'll see why in a minute...

I roll up in the new '19, and the counter man and I wrestle the shipping boxes out from the back of the store to the front parking lot and we proceed to install the X-Act Contours in the truck.

And they suck.

We both thought this at the same time. He was putting in the driver's side, and I was putting in the passenger side. Independently, and unbeknownst to each other at the time, we both were surprised at how thin, flimsy, and cheap the Husky Liner X-Act Contours felt in real life, compared to the expectations that each of us had, that were largely informed by what we had read online about them, including and especially the photos and descriptions on Husky Liner's corporate website.

He looked at me, and I looked at him, and he said... "I'll send them back".

Keep in mind, the send back was at his store's loss, as these were not a stocked item. The customer service, only available by buying locally, was that I was able to walk away without paying anything for something I didn't like... not having to box them up for shipping (I did help the shop keep box these back up), not having to go to a shipping center, not having to wait for an RMA number, not having to check my credit card statement for a credit back on the purchase, etc.

But back to the floor mats.... I was shocked that I didn't like them. Shocked... because so many other people DO like and prefer the Husky X-Act Contour mats. I was really relieved that the shop keeper had the same assessment of the mats that I did, without having the benefit of hearing my verbalized opinion... because I hadn't said anything yet. I was still in shock.

So the big take away here is that despite however much reading and research you may do on selecting the "best" floormats to keep your spiffy new $75K truck clean looking for the next trade in... the many opinions of others are not as instructive as the single opinion of your own.

 

Hey Y2KW57 - Thanks for sharing your experience! Did you find an alternative that you liked?

 

are the 2018 max liners good for the 2019 ford trucks? are they the same? thanks guys. $258 on amazon Can.

 

I'm interested to hear this too.

I'm really surprised that your (Y2KW57)
impression of the X-act contour liners was, "surprised at how thin, flimsy, and cheap the Husky Liner X-Act Contours felt in real life". Was that compared to other floor liners you've seen and handled?

I too had based my decision to get the Husky X-Act Contours on, not only positive reviews here, but all over. Including side by side comparisons on YouTube. The only other liner I was considering at the time were the Weathertech liners. After seeing the Weathertechs in my friends truck, and how curled up the edges were, that solidified my decision to go X-Act Contour. When I recieved them, front and rear, they were as expected. The ones I received are not thin or flimsy, they are more rubbery and pliable to an extent, than the Weathertechs, that have more of a hard plastic feel. Ofcourse, being floor liners, they aren't going to be 3/8" thick, like a bed mat, but they are not thin for a floor liner. The only negative I could come up with would be the look, it's a very functional but basic, kinda heavy duty look. Not the most "stylish" look.

 

Yes, i bought those for my 2019 SD. they fit perfectly.

 

I found an alternative that better suited what was most important to me, but I did not mention that alternative in my review, in part because I have vinyl floors, whereas most owners are seeking to protect their carpeted floors, which are less forgiving of dirt, and harder to clean. I didn't consider style, seeking only reliable function. Since I'm not driving the truck, and goodness knows what the crew will do, that inherent liability was on my mind as well.

Basically I posted to encourage Orbsah, who is turning over every stone online to find good mats, to consider how shocked I was at the disconnect between my expectations... as informed by reading many online reviews... versus reality, once the product was in my hand. And it was weird that I wasn't alone, in that the store manager who stood the most to lose by my not buying the mats, volunteered to return them without my saying anything.

ForCal asks an astute question... what mats did I have before, such that my expectations were so high? Good question.

At the turn of the last century, coinciding with Ford's re imagination of their Super Duty brand, a company called Nifty had a line of floor mats called "Catch Alls". These floor mats were like no other made before or since, in that they were like a semi rigid bowl that was preformed to fit around the exact contours of the vehicle they were designed for. They didn't have a bunch of ridges in field, but rather, they had a seriously raised wall (almost an inch high) around the aft and outboard perimeters of the mats, where liquids would otherwise dribble down the side of the floor pan and roll under the door thresholds.

The Nifty Catch All mats were so good, that both Ford and General Motors put their branding on them, and sold them through their respective Parts departments as genuine OEM Accessories. And that's what I bought for my Pre-2017 Ford and GMC trucks. The Ford ones say "Super Duty" on them, and the GM ones say "GMC".

Nested inside the "walls" of the Ford Super Duty Catch All mats, I have the Ford All Weather rubber mats from the same era. You want to talk about heavy, durable, and pliable rubber... these deep ribbed Ford mats make Husky liners feel like a popped balloon. Nested inside the walls of the GMC Catch All mats, I have Michelin mats. Michelin mats practically require an engine hoist to lift them in and out of the cab, that's how heavy and thick the rubber (and thus the pocket channels to hold dirt and liquids) is. Michelin must have a lot of rubber laying around the tire plant floor, because Michelin didn't spare any material in making their floor mats.

So this could very well be my bias. I'm coming from a history of deeper and thicker floor mats. I knew from 20 years ago not to bother with Weathertechs. They may make great window visors... with the thinnest in channel flanges that cause the least interference with glass, but their penchant to make things thin doesn't work for floor mats, because light floor mats move around too much. And even when light floor mats are pinned down to the floor with retainers, the thermal cycling inside the greenhouse of the cab causes the edges of thin mats to curl up, becoming trip nuisances. I'll be having none of that.

Another consideration is the full front style of mat for those with 40/20/40 front seats. That may be fine for floor protection, but what about when it comes time to dump the mat? And what if the kid dropped the ice cream cone on the passenger side? Now you have to strip everything off the floor hump, and then some how keep all the dirt on the driver's side of the mat from spilling onto the floor or seats while threading the entire mat out of the passenger door, because dirt is the lesser evil compared to melting ice cream. So mat design and segregation is another factor to consider with the MaxiLiners, to return to the topic of this thread.

I am writing a review of the mats I did buy for the 2019, and since I took a lot of photos, and comparison photos with a similar alternative mat, I'd rather not clutter up the OP's thread, and will post a new thread sometime next week when I have time to sort out and annotate the photos. And whenever I am able to finish that photo sorting and post the review, I'll come back to this thread and post a link, along with a reminder that reviews, including mine, don't mean squat compared to in-person evaluations.

 

Y2KW57, thank you for the detailed reply and I will look forward to seeing your review of the liners you decided on.

I have the Nifty Catch-All mats in my Tacoma, been in there for 16+ years. They are the carpeted version (over a plastic shell) so blend in very nicely while still giving decent protection. I was disappointed to discover that the brand sold to Lund I think? And that they were not available for this new truck. In my opinion, the Huskys provide good coverage, the fit is good and the material feels very strong. The deep ridges seem to trap everything so far, we'll see how they do come winter.

 

I must agree with these statements. I have vinyl floors in my STX with the Husky liners and they are nothing as Y2K describes. What they are is the best feeling, looking and durable floor mat I have ever purchased in 47 years of vehicle ownership. I wonder if Y2K just got some bad ones, kinda like window visors from the same company. Some people can get them to work while others can't.

 

I got the Ford OEM liners and actually like them quite a bit. Only complaint is the passenger side mat which doesn't have retainers and the back right edge has a curve or lip molded in that doesn't really line up with the floor pan. It's minor though and the driver side and rear fit perfectly. The mats seem pretty thick and pliable to me although I'm sure there may be better alternatives. Notably, although they are OEM, there is no Superduty branding.

Edit: Correction - driver and passenger liners do have Superduty branding.