ROBERTS First Step Premium Underlayment - 630 sq. ft. Roll - 40" x 189' x 2 mm

This was the best deal I could find for a vapor barrier under my engineered hardwood floors. I have no idea if it’s helping with the sound or anything else, but it was the least expensive version I could find for something that you will never see.. It was easy to roll out And had sticky edges So it could easily connect to the adjoining pieces. It just doesn’t make sense to buy a more expensive version for something that goes under your floors. If there is a major water spill, I’m confident that if the water sleeps through my floors, this barrier will Help prevent the water from R@reaching the subfloor.

Can't stress enough how happy I am with this product. Great performance and quality. Saved roughly $400 from buying at the big "Orange" home store. I would highly recommend using this!I have installed 5 floating floors and this is the first time I used this product. Any floating floor I every do will be with this going forward. The product is fantastic. Very easy to work with. The overlap adhesive worked well for me and I had minimal mess from the white balls. Used household scissors to cut this.Installed the cheapest floor I could find (in stores) on top of this. It takes all of the echo/hollow sound out of it. As well as gives nice cushion and warmth. This application went right over a poured concrete floor. The finished piece compared to the bare concrete was noticeably warmer.

As others have noted, this is the exact same stuff as is sold as "premium underlayment" at the big orange stores, it's just a different color. At the time I purchased it, this was less than half the cost of big orange, although they seem to have since caught on and lowered their pricing to be more competitive, this one is still the best deal out there and it's performance is excellent! I have a 2 story home with main living upstairs and a rec room with walkout basement downstairs. With my previous laminate install in the upstairs living room, I used to be able to clearly hear my wife's TV shows and phone conversations when I was downstairs. But since installing new laminate floors with this underlayment, it is much more muted. I can still tell if the TV is on, or if she is talking on the phone, but it is no longer intelligible or bothersome. So I got beautiful new floors and a quieter house. Win-win!

The styrofoam balls after cutting was a tad annoying, but overall easy of use, and performance (tape, lay flat, positioning, etc.) was very nice. Roberts has always kicked butt in the flooring material manufacturing sector.

This was a recommended product at one of my local "home" stores. It just made more sense to buy it here rather than pay for multiple rolls there.Functionality: Product is straightforward and easy to use.Durable: Kinda hard to answer this since you're only sealing the top side together, leaving bottom open to interpretation. Also when tapping boards together you will occasionally hit against this pad creating a tear. Quick fix duck tape and keep moving.Smell: Nothing overwhelming, if any at all.Adhesive: Once layers are placed together, there is an adhesive strip that bonds them together.This product was super easy to install and super easy to use.

I have absolutely no skin in the game, but thought the attached pics from my install job site might help dispel some of the concerns re: the styrofoam being all over the place. Note these pics were taken without any kind of clean up. So judge for yourself if this is really a big issue. (I almost didn’t buy after reading all those comments about styrofoam all over the place). I would use this underlayment again.

I put down 1400 sq ft laminate wood flooring. This was good stuff. It was listed at a good price on Amazon compared to Lowes. If doing a big project I recommend buying a larger roll for the majority of the job and then smaller rolls once you get close to completion that way you can return unused 100 sq ft rolls and get your money back for unused material because rarely does anyone order exactly the right amount they need.The tape on the side of the roll helped nicely attach roll to roll but you could do the job without it. It cuts very easy with scissors and doesn't easily rip if you drop something or snag your foot on it.Finally, it does dampen footstep sound and the floor doesn't seem cold to your bare feet so mayble it helps there too.

I wasn't quite sure what to expect after reading the mixed reviews on this product, but I decided to give it a try because it was such a great value. I purchased 2 630sq ft rolls & we've used just about every inch of it. To the people who said it was messy when you cut it, if you use scissors instead of a razor knife, there's very little mess. I also found that moving my feet in certain ways while standing on it or grazing it accidentally with the mallet made small holes in it. However, a small piece of masking or painters tape solved that issue. I'd recommend this to anyone looking for underlayment that helps absorb sound & keep your floors insulated, rather than simply having a piece of foam between your subfloor & finished floors.