Trying to find good all weather mats

I am trying to find all weather floor mats and cargo mat that will fit well in my 2005 Prius. I am trying to find something that wont leave much unprotected space around the side of the mat. I would like the mat to have some deep grooves that will hold water and mud because it rains a lot where I live. Also something that matches the tan interior, although this is not as important as the fit.

I have done a lot of searches around the prius forums and local stores and have found the following mats but none of them seem to fit my needs.

WeatherTech's Classic Premium Rubber Mats - These seemed like the best because they have deep grooves and I thought they were custom fit, then I read some posts that they do not fit well on the prius and since they don't provide example pictures on their website of a prius it is hard to tell how much space is left unprotected.

Toyota All Weather Mats - I found these and they looked good because they are fit to the prius. I noticed my boss has the toyota mats on his carolla and I saw that the grooves are not very deep so I suspect they wont hold much water/mud. Here is a picture I found of the toyota mats http://www.priuschat.com/forums/download.php?id=1617. Also I don't think they are offered in tan.

RubberTite - One post mentioned these are custom fit to the prius but the grooves look less useful than the toyota mats.

Some posters mentioned cheap truck mats from walmart, costco, etc. One mentioned they were Kraco brand, I found those at checker auto parts and also found them under different brand names at walmart and kmart. They look exactly like the mat in this picture http://www.priuschat.com/forums/album_pic.....php?pic_id=174, they have really good grooves. But they leave a lot of unprotected space near what seems like the most important area and you can't push them farther over towards the door because they are not shaped correctly at the top.

ExactMats - I have seen these for both the floor and cargo areas but I don't know anything about them, does anyone know if they fit well? They don't have grooves at all but I'm thinking I can combine them with some mats with deep grooves over these exactmats.

WeatherTech Cargo Liner - This looks good and it seems like they are claiming it fits well but I found a post that said it does not fit properly. Anyone tried this?

I've gotten very frustrated trying to figure this all out. I live in an area where the stores don't have much selection and my prius refuses to drive over the ocean to somewhere with a better selection of products. So far from my searches online I find that most sites just use a generic photo or obfuscated views so I can't tell what I am actually getting.

Can people with all weather mats give me ideas on what you chose? Especially people in areas where they get a lot of water and mud dragged into the car. Also any opinions on what looks good against the tan interior, I notice some of the mats that are tan are a very dark tan.

I'm thinking about using a combo of 2 mats or forgetting about the grooves and getting the toyota mats.

I'm pretty clueless on what cargo mat/liner I should get, any suggestions on that would be great.

Sorry for the long post.
Thanks,
Patrick

 

Thanks for all the replies. I think I am going to get the Toyota floor mats. It looks like the black will probably look fine with the tan interior but has anyone found a tan version of the Toyota mats?

Now I just need to decided on a cargo liner.

clane47: Do you happen to have a picture with a full view of the cargo area with the WeatherTech cargo liner? I want to get a sense of how it's color, fit, tread, and lip looks. The WeatherTech site only has generic pics. Also does the cargo liner cover the space that sticks out on each side, meaning left side over small hidden compartment and right side over 12v battery?


LOLGuy: Thanks for the info on the carbox cargo liner, I saw a post about them previously but couldn't find them for sale. I see there are some close up pics in the thread you linked to, do you happen to have any pics with a full view of the cargo liner in the cargo area? Also how bendable is the material on the carbox liner? It looks kind of like hard plastic where if you lifted part of the liner then the whole thing would pivot up, is it kind of bendable so if you lift one area then it bends and the rest stays mostly flat?

If anyone else has full view pics of the WeatherTech or Carbox cargo liners I would like to see them.


Thanks,
Patrick