In the past I have tried, plastic bed liners, spray on bed liners and was not particularly satisfied with either. The plasticbedliners are too slick, and eveything in the back slides all over the place. Spray ons are OK, but they are expensive, and if the surface isn't prepped correctly, they can seperate and peel off. This mat is cut esxactly to fit, is super heavy and everything stays right where you put it. The only down side is no protection for the sides and front of the bed. The only answer to that would be to have a spray on bedliner and then put the mat in over it. The only negative: my truck came with the fold out bed extenders. I had to remove them, as there wasn't enough clearance over the mat to open them up. Not the fault of the mat, Ford needs to make the feet adjustable.