I have mats in all my stables, and wouldn't really consider using anything other than the Equimats I have. A few friends of mine have had cheaper mats and they just have not lasted like my equimats have. I replaced one stables mats last year, but the previous mats had been down for over 10 years
"the black mat" company do matting which we already have. It costs about £29 per mat but dicount for bulk. We have to get some more and we will be getting more from here probably. 10 year garentee and we have had our current ones for about 3 years and they are still really good. Not wearing away at all, just discoloured slightly from wee.