Also: what is a "non branded Smartstrand"?

It will be a smartstrand ..not a polyester. The only thing I want to state is that lowes will carry an extremely similar smartstrand at gigantic savings. Not that I recommend Lowes ever. when we carried karastan, i always felt it was way way overpriced and Mohawk will have basically identical products in their Horizon Lineup at about 60% of the cost wholesale. At one time Karastan was in a league of their own. That was a decade ago at least. Smartstrand is a great product but their are many less ways to buy it at a much great value then with a karastan Label. good Luck

Whew! I've been trying to figure this out for months and was worried I didn't understand something afterall.

I actually found the carpet I wanted at Lowes, a Smartstrand frieze, but there it was sold in two different qualities: a "Best" & "Better". I gave a local store a chance to get close to the Lowe's price and they quoted a Karastan Smartstrand (that to me looked the same) that equaled Lowe's "Best" specs but with a little higher density number (1.968 Karastan vs. 1.714 Lowes). The dealer also said the backing of the Karastan is better. (how would I know??)

My sense is telling me to get the Karastan cuz it's only $300+ more (for 1,600 sq. ft!) and I trust the installers better, would you agree?

Do I still need to look for the "stripes" on the backing of the Karastan? And what does that mean anyways?

thanks for your information

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