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Old May 20, 2023 | 06:51 PM
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Question TuxMat - How Long Until.........

........these things stop STINKING so bad!?!??!

I opened the box and had to go put them out in the sun to off-gas the VOCs.

Smells horribly rotten.

Is this normal?

Is this going to go away after awhile?
 
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Old May 20, 2023 | 07:39 PM
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I don't know but I tend to "gas off" a lot worse than any kind of floor liner could possibly emit.
 
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Old May 20, 2023 | 08:45 PM
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How did you establish the smell was volatile organic compounds?
 
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Old May 20, 2023 | 10:29 PM
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Didn’t really notice any offensive smells coming from mine
 
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Old May 20, 2023 | 10:31 PM
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It has the unmistakable smell of dead animal
 
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Old May 20, 2023 | 10:39 PM
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How did you establish the smell was volatile organic compounds?
I assumed that the foul odor was residual chemicals from manufacturing like toluene or butadiene.

But the more I think about it, I think it's just dead animal. I think an animal died in whatever warehouse this came out of and these mats got wrapped and shipped out.

Nice..

Another example of someone somewhere with no cares to give.

I contacted the company for a return.
 
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Old May 21, 2023 | 05:16 AM
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I bought 2 sets in the last 6 months. No odors at all. Great product. Best mats I’ve ever had. Zero off gassing odors.

Sounds like a critter got into the shipment or it came in contact with something nasty somehow. Id ask them to replace them. They are a stand up company from my experience.
 
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Old May 21, 2023 | 09:08 AM
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I bought 2 sets in the last 6 months. No odors at all. Great product. Best mats I’ve ever had. Zero off gassing odors.

Sounds like a critter got into the shipment or it came in contact with something nasty somehow. Id ask them to replace them. They are a stand up company from my experience.
Yeah. Thats what it sounds like. I'll get them to swap for the non-decomposed body smelling version
 
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Old May 21, 2023 | 12:26 PM
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You will love the mats. Very nice with great coverage. Vacuuming is rarely needed for me now since I take a damp cloth and wipe them off in place once a week. Great design.
 
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Old May 21, 2023 | 06:25 PM
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They will probably swap them out. They offered to swap out another set when I returned mine.
 
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Old May 21, 2023 | 07:16 PM
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Have them in my fleet and 12 without any smell, Have them replace them. Worth the wait
 
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Old May 23, 2023 | 11:24 AM
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They responded to me today and told me to cut them in half and send them a picture of them destroyed and they would refund me.

That or ship back.

I sent them a picture of the mats destroyed.

Not sure what I'll do going forward. Dont like having to prove im not a liar and floor mat thief, but whatever.
 
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Old May 23, 2023 | 12:39 PM
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I've never had Tuxmats, but they do look nice. Having read this thread it concerns me they can hold odors though.
 
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Old May 23, 2023 | 03:49 PM
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Those look nice, how do they hold to abuse? I use my truck for kayak fishing and we are always tracking saltwater mud into the truck, and loading the backseat floor with wet Hobie Mirage drives and fishing stuff.
 
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Old May 23, 2023 | 04:03 PM
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I went with the Husky's.

I ordered a truck with the vinyl floor covering but that truck was not delivered and I ended up buying another. I has the carpet. Meh
 
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