The thickness of this floor mat makes standing on it rather than the floor so much more comfortable. Having one in front of the kitchen sink is great, but where I really love having this is in my laundry room. I end up standing in there for such a long time folding laundry, it's wonderful to have this gel mat in there to stand on. It's thick and cushy, so even when I kneel down to get clothes out of the dryer, it doesn't kill my knees to kneel on this like it would the floor. The lined textured design along the top is nice, and something I hadn't seen on other gel mats. My other gel mat is smooth on the top and one thing I noticed about this one is that little things that do show up on the smooth mat don't on the textured one. Like pet hair that normally shows up really well on my smooth mat, isn't as noticeable on this one. Also if I get a little water on this mat the texture keeps it from getting slippery.