Comprehensive review here. My only issue with epoxy-style coatings is the work is not warrantied in CA for surface cracking. This goes for EVERY single garage flooring company in CA. Collusion, lol. Tiles would be my only option here.

In your review, you mentioned Bluehawk. I don't see where he talked about this product in the video. Could you point out a time stamp for easy reference please.

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Thanks! Yea i totally agree with that and i think in those cases the swisstrax smooth pro would be the best option... BUT, we will find out how the cheaper options hold up to those things as well!

Yes my friend had SwissTrax and while working on his RZR we dropped a nut and it fell in the cracks. Ended up using a magnet and didn't have to pull the tile.

Maneuverability isn’t hindered much. jacks will cut into them. Spills are a pain. Dropping fastners can be a pain as well depending on size.

I have the RaceDeck tiles in my garage. They are nice. As far as the jacks or stands digging into the tiles. I use diamond plate squares. You can get them through racedeck also. That will keep your tiles looking new.

I just clicked your link and I'm impressed. I really like the colors that they have. Their texture or design is like smooth/medium/coarse. I would pick the "coin" design, too. That coarse design would be tough on one's knees and elbows, it seems. Anyway, thanks for the tip. I'm definitely going to check them out.

The $1.62 per square foot seemed pretty good for the cost; got two boxes to try out for a porch, and they seem pretty good. Easy to connect together even by hand and disconnect using a small screwdriver.

Thanks, Im looking forward to filming the process!

Just saw these on Amazon. I'll give them a try

Wow! Great info!!! Thanks so much for that. Is it possible for the "sprue" to be filed down cleaner like maybe from other brands? You mentioned it seems like they are being hand trimmed, is there a different process that could produce a cleaner finished product even though its made with a sprue?

@@imjoshv I don't work in that field anymore so info is dated maybe 8ish yrs, but these plastics (especially straight out of the presses) are quite soft (to the point where we have to create jigs to put complex pieces it while they cool to ensure the part maintains dimensions in some cases). They might just be snapping them off by hand in the product you showed. A pair of flush cutters would do a better job (you would see the cutter marks like if you used flush cutters on a plastic rod, I don't see those here, they would be more consistent). They could use any number of trimming/material removal techniques from drill press attachments to in-mold trimming. Could literally give a guy a drill with a sanding/grinding tool on it and let him hand grind those sprue spots. But these things all add cost to the part by adding secondary operations. They kinda chose to cut the costs of complexity in the mold by putting ONE sprue in the center of the piece vs multiple smaller sprues (requires more tunnels in the mold for.the plastic to flow through = more expensive mold, and at some point the cheaper Chinese tool mfrs just don't want that work, then price jumps bc USA/Europe charges more for labor). They could've put the sprues on the back side and had multiples of them to cut down on the impact to the consumer that the sprue has here, but they either didn't think customers would care or for some reason (probably flow analysis, which helps tooling engineers design molds -thats above my head, software like solidworks does this) and decided putting sprues in the back of the part wouldn't work. In injection molding the big struggle is getting plastic to fill every little nook/cranny of the mold without pushing material outside of the mold (called flash/flashing, which produces and ugly part with thin extra plastic on the extremities, which needs to be trimmed off, by hand prob on a part like this, and can be sharp & cut customer) OR missing material in places (which just gets scrapped=waste). It also stresses the molding tool and the press and leads to various complications. When u injection mold plastic you ideally put the sprue(s) at a thick part of the part, because then the material pools there and spreads to the thinner areas more evenly and creates better flow analyses/even flow. Likely they chose to put the sprues there because of the thin ribs on the underside of the part, which are not good places to put a sprue by the looks of the part. Even the swisstrax avoids this and instead they ponied up the cash to make a complex tool with 4 sprues and sprueless (just means the part comes out of the mold without the sprue attached & solidified. U basically use heaters and a coolant system to keep that plastic molten and in the tool when the part ejects) and are planning to recoup that investment through their higher prices. Hope that helps!

Would you say thats your bang for your buck? Not having to sweep but the maintenance is vacumming?

Nope. It's just nice. I really don't care what falls through to floor.

Thanks!

Can you share a photo ?

@@keningram2781 you can’t post pictures in the comments

Appreciate it!!

How long have you had it? Hows the clean up process with the trapped dirt?

@@darylmixan8170 I got in June 22 clean up not bad, I use a shopvac to cleanup, and a swifter, once a year I’ll pull it out and do a deep clean

Thank you!!

The ribbed/open tiles I think make a lot more sense if you're going to be washing cars on them. I see the box store style ones just building up junk that you'd have to pull the tiles to clean.

Thank you!!

Yea, i think youre right. I know if a few shops that have used the cheaper vevor tiles and they have held up well for them with cars driving on them.. BUT, i dont know how they would handle any heacy work with jacks or things like that. i think for an option to just enhance appearance and just parking cars they could be a good option. The solid ones i show in the video arent the foam type, but checking for any compression on them over time is a great idea

You heard wrong. It's asphalt. Jack stands will dig into hot, softened asphalt. The wheels on trolley jacks, too. Motorcycle kickstands are notorious for sinking into hot asphalt. So, concrete is the BEST for jack stands, jacks, etc.

Thanks! Yea the cracks were they said were minor and no concern .. .luckily haha. Thats a great point about the open tiles but from what ive seen you can pick them up pretty easily to clean spills like that. Ill found out though in upcoming videos!

Oil will ruin asphalt not concrete it will just stain it. I would just spend $400 and seal it before.

Great point! These vecor tiles at 12" were a perfect fit for me as well. It actually ended up aligning perfectly wall to door

have you decided what to go with?

@imjoshv Honestly, I'm probably going to go with Swisstrax, which has been proven time and time again. To save costs on the front-end, I'm going to do it in stages. I was told I shouldn't notice any difference in the tiles from different batches. If you don't like the gloss or shine from the other tiles, you can scuff it with a Scotch-Brite pad. Also, it can be used to blend tiles from other batches from cheaper companies.

Awesome, any things to note? How have the held up for you. Do you have the 12x12 free flor or the larger XLC

Did you find a solution for the edges?

I lay down another piece of harder material under the stand just to disperse the weight. I think it would leave an dent or marking other wise

Great point that i didnt even think to consider! Ill have to try and do some tests for that too

Probably just take them apart in big chunks and clean the flooring underneath once, maybe twice a year. Moisture won’t really get stuck, plenty of air movement to let it evaporate on its own

I did an update video testing the two cheapest options… the vevor vented style and the Versatex coin style. I did a basic cleaning with a blower just to get some surface stuff out and the little bit of dirt and debris that had fell between the cracks actually blew out as well really easily. I was really surprised. It wasn’t a ton but still good to see. I am doing my floors with that so I’ll be able to test it over time and give a really good idea of how easy or hard they are to deal with

Thanks!