Flexi teak

[jimmycc]

What do we think of flexi teak or similiar products, it looks quite good to me but wondered how it wears in the longterm.
I am fed up of having to take wet carpet out of the boat to dry and thought it might be a good alternative.

 

[blueglass]

We looked at that stuff a few years back but eventually went for real teak because the cost was about the same and real is real.
The plastic version does have its devotees though - mostly because of low maintenance.

 

[benjenbav]

Hi. I had similar thoughts a few months ago and got a lot of help here:

Teak or fake

So far I am very pleased with the results.

 

[adrianb]

Happy Birthday !!


Adrian

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[Alrob]

why make life hard - stick with the carpet (i presume its the removable type with pop ons) its designed to get wet

 

[gjgm]

looked at it long and hard... like teak it only looks good I think when its brilliantly laid. I notice quite a few boats with teak in fact just have some rectangular templates of teak stuck on.. no edging or curving.That looks pretty cheap too.
But even so, I ve never seen a TekDek that I ve thought wow, thats looks great. And to have it laid is bloody expensive, but then its very time consuming.
I certainly wouldnt put it in the cockpit. If you didnt have real teak anywhere, maybe it makes some sense on a bathing platform.
No, gotta be the real thing if you want to replace carpet!

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

SWMBO is quite motivated by Tek-Dek but I feel she has an exagerrated view of my skills. I'm prepared to state that IMO, and from the marketing blurb, it does look promising, but I still like my cockpit carpets