Vodaland - 2" GeoCell - 100% Permeable for Walking Paths, Patios and Erosion Control, Size 9 ft x 17 ft Black

I love this product. I was going to install a permeable paver parking pad for my camper van before I realized how expensive and labor intensive it was going to be. Other products designed specifically for this purpose were unaffordable. But this geogrid did everything I needed it to and saved me more money than it cost to buy two sheets!I excavated 6” and tamped down a shallow layer of #57 angular limestone with no dust, then stretched the geogrid and anchored with 12” rebar stakes (which was overkill). To join two sheets of the product, I trimmed one sheet’s terminal sections so that I could overlap them precisely onto the other sheet’s ends, and then zip tied them. It worked like a charm. The grid was easy to cut with tin snips, and wasn’t as hard to stretch out as people claim. A partner definitely helps, but it isn’t impossible to do on your own. We did the grid and gravel moving in one day.The parking pad looks amazing and is everything I hoped it would be! I’m so grateful for this product. However, the frustration it took to get accurate and consistent information from Smartartpark for planning my project unfortunately dropped my review one star.Nowhere on the website are there detailed installation instructions. It’s basically “get a beer, stretch it out, fill with gravel, yay!” You’re never told exactly what kind of gravel you need—should it have fines or not? Should it be limestone only or will crushed concrete work? How many stakes do you need? Where exactly do you need to anchor the stakes? etc.You see the seller answers questions here, which is nice, but the answers are wildly inconsistent:“Any gravel will work!” and then “You need 3/4” or larger gravel!”“You can use any thickness of our product for a parking pad!” while on one tiny part of the website you finally see that the 2” grid isn’t suitable for parking.“You don’t need to have a base layer of gravel for parking!” and then “A 2” or so gravel base is a great idea!”No consistency or clarity on the number of stakes you need, what kind, why you would choose one kind over the other, etc. The one place I did see an estimate for stakes answered by the seller, it wasn’t nearly enough in the end, but it was also completely unnecessary to use expensive rebar J-hooks as was suggested.Get your answers straight, Smartartpark! For careful planners who are trying to get all their ducks in a row, you have the power to make planning, buying, and installing your amazing product completely hassle-free!I was so irritated by the unprofessionalism and lack of attention to detail in the seller responses/product documentation that I almost didn’t buy this product. I’m really glad it didn’t hold me back in the end. What I do hope is that this review encourages the seller to do some quality control on their question responses, website copy, and product documentation, and present clear and consistent information across all of it.

Dec 2019 update -Came here to buy more and I happened to read my own review from 2017, lol and thought I will post an update. Read the original review that is below this update. The area I fixed using this grid is still solid, even more solid than when I installed. Not one bit of top soil eroded. All the plants took off great and recruited additional sediments during flood events. I have since then planted dogwoods (just inserted cuttings, so I don't have to cut through the grids. I also planted a red maple (had to cut out a few cells to fit the 2 gallon root ball). Everything took off and the entire area looks great, I have not done anything to maintain other then pull out pesky grape ivy weed every once on in a while.Original early 2017 review:I live on a river front property. The peninsula in my backyard where 2 rivers meet was eroded badly and the county did nothing to resolve this even though it was covered under an easement. So instead of watching my property get washed away, I tamped the area (the slope was literally shaking when I was tamping and I know it would have slided sooner than later), installed a geogrid (triax, earthlock brand) and then this product (which should be called geocell or geoweb to avoid confusing it with traditional geogrid) in conjunction. The triaxial geogrid somewhat acts like a compacted base (similar to like turf reinforcement grids). I filled the cells with the falling/eroded clay hanging off the cliff, sand, stone, silt, compost what ever I could find around. I topped it off with some fertile loamy silt from a recent flooding that was dumped around. I planted grasses (mondo, liriope, sedge whatever else I could find around the area), ground cover plants etc and mulched. There was a record rain fall event week after I installed and not one bit of soil washed off. (I had pinned the plants knowing I will lose them if it floods before the roots establish). Product is easy to use, I just wished it was a little cheaper as I need lot to cover the entire embankment.

I have a fairly steep hill where I'm adding steps down to a future patio area, and didn't want to cut the grass in this area. So I decided to put rock in place and make it pretty much maintenance free. I figured the rocks would slide down, so I used the Geocell product to hold them.I started by cutting the grass very short, then killing it with herbicide. Then landscape fabric held with the pins that are sold for that purpose. I bought extra pins - some metal and some plastic - to also hold the Geocell.The Geocell is pretty flexible and can be stretched and expanded to cover more area. Using pins every 6 feet or so along the top edge and along the steps. The big rocks along the other edge held the fabric and the Geocell in place. Once an edge , you can then pull it into place across the area. I needed to then go back and pin it every 8-10 feet or so throughout the area to keep it in place.You can see that we used pretty large rocks so the weight of the rocks should hold the Geocell, which in turn holds the rocks. It's been several months and nothing has moved.The Geocell is nice stuff. Be aware that it doesn't necessarily stand straight up. Some of the dividers between the cells will lay down, but that's OK. Even lying down, they help hold the rocks.It's easy to cut with a utility knife and I think even a heavy scissors would cut it.I'm very happy with the product.