Read this link - Camping Mats? Which one is Right for you - It gives some good gen. I have the old Camec mat which I consider to be better than the C-gear.

Mike Harding · Guru

Awning mats

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Another goody is the 'C gear' matt. I have that one and more than happy with it.

I have the 'C gear' matt and 'Coast to Coast' shade screens. Happy with all of them.

hako · Guru

We bought the same as Dougwe - C gear. We like it because it rolls out nice and flat, has plenty of eyelets sewn in to pin it down and sand/dirt shakes out of it easy when packing up.

Good Luck.

vince56 · Senior Member

+1 for the above recommendations

Mike Harding · Guru

Thanks guys.

The Cgear mat is about three times the price of the Camac one:

https://www.camec.com.au/cgear-multi-mat-2-4m-x-4-3m

Do you think it's three times better?

Bobdown · Guru

I like the heavy duty matting that never needs pegging down, stays flat when laid out and easily cleaned.
The other stuff is like 2 layers of shadecloth stuck together. IMHO
Cheers Bob

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https://www.campsmart.net.au/5.0m-green-annexe-matting

Sorry other link didn't work quite right.

-- Edited by Bobdown on Friday 8th of February 2019 03:39:03 PM

jrg · Senior Member

Brought a Camec mat about 14 yrs ago not the right size but has done 3 vans still in good order .At that price IMHO pretty good value.

LLD · Guru

Don't drop your hot fatty sausage on the C-Gear mat. It will melt a hole in it. No idea if the Camec can be destroyed same way.

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Mike Harding wrote:
Thanks guys.
The Cgear mat is about three times the price of the Camac one:
https://www.camec.com.au/cgear-multi-mat-2-4m-x-4-3m
Do you think it's three times better?

Well maybe 3.1 times better Mike IMO. I find it great under feet as well. I like to go out under the awning with nothing on....feet that is...what do you think I meant confuse

OH! I haven't dropped my sausage on it yet so can't comment about that smile

Bas + Eve · Senior Member

C gear for me also.

ShortNorth · Senior Member

Bobdown wrote:
I like the heavy duty matting that never needs pegging down, stays flat when laid out and easily cleaned.
The other stuff is like 2 layers of shadecloth stuck together. IMHO
Cheers Bob

images.kogan.com/image/fetch/s--ekdA-XJL--/b_white,c_pad,f_auto,h_400,q_auto:good,w_600/https://assets.kogan.com/files/product/aub/nai/feed/ANNEXE-MAT-5M-GREEN-00.jpg
https://www.campsmart.net.au/5.0m-green-annexe-matting
Sorry other link didn't work quite right.
-- Edited by Bobdown on Friday 8th of February 2019 03:39:03 PM

We've used this type of mat for around 5 years now, without any problem, on both grass sites and over concrete slabs - nicer under bare feet than shademesh mats. Only downside, the fabric sides in the supplied bag rotted after 3 years and had to be thrown away - we now store the mat in a strong canvas camp bag.

Meredith · Senior Member

It would have to be a damn hot sausage to melt it! We have been using ours for 8 years, regularly set up the bbq on a table on it and have I know often dropped bits of food straight from cooking onto it and its never melted. Like all these synthetic materials the CGear will melt at hot enough temperatures, but the temperature is a lot hotter than cooked food.

Dougwe · Chief one feather

You are so right Meredith. I do have a small burn mark at one end though but it was caused by a visitor smoking and dropped the cig. I sorted that out and stopped smoking under my awning. A couple of people won't visit anymore but hey my lungs are better biggrin OH! No more burns either.

Keep Safe on the roads and out there.

JayDee · Guru

WE bought a 6 x 2.5 matt of a mate who retired from caravaning. One of the best items to have especially when it is dry ground.

we also use those interlocking square mats around under the awning.

First thing to doafter rolling our the awning is to place the mat in position.

The mat rolls up easy and we store in a carry bag in the Cruiser.

We give it a wash on the driveway when we arrived back at home base.

Jay&Dee

PeterD · Guru

Read this link - Camping Mats? Which one is Right for you - It gives some good gen. I have the old Camec mat which I consider to be better than the C-gear.

Mike Harding · Guru

I bought the Camac mat this afternoon. The store had both Camac and Cgear mats side by side and simply from the look and feel of each I could not detect a difference. I'll do a review in a few months.

Farmhat · Senior Member

Mike, have had both types, the Camec type and the type that bobdown showed. I like the feel under foot of the bobdown type, but it does not have the lifespan of the camec type. The Camec type is much more slippery

Joe.