Vodaland - 2" GeoCell - 100% Permeable for Walking Paths, Patios and Erosion Control, Size 9 ft x 17 ft Black

Very pleased with this product. It is sturdy, easy to cut and easy to zip tie where you need to piece it. We have a 70’ walkway that was originally stones the original owners sourced from the property. They were different heights, shapes, and sizes. (See photo) Unsafe. Lived with them for almost a year and decided I had to make a change. We priced pavers and they were $6500-$8500. Nope nope nope. Decided on gravel as our driveway is also gravel, it would maintain a rustic feel to go with our log home, and very affordable (in total around $600.)We first dug up the menacing rocks and used them to create a short wall on either side of the walkway. Leveled out the red clay to a 4 inch depth. The walkway is 6’ wide for a 12’ expanse in front of the porch steps, then makes a turn and is 3’ wide the rest of the way. We chose to not put in a 2” layer of gravel but instead go with the 4” webbing without a gravel base. May be overkill for a walkway but we never want to have to rip it all out and start again. Laid out the webbing in the 6’x12’ section first and filled. Then did a 17’ x 3’ section, filled. Finally the remaining walkway was laid out and filled. As we did a section we reused the stakes we bought (55 count) except for those we wanted to keep for extra stability such as at end of runs and around corners. We used 6 cubic yards of #57 gravel. Although the river walk would have been pretty we were told it wouldn’t pack down and be as stable over the long run.We had enough webbing left over (various shapes) to create a 3’ x 15’ walkway on the side of the house in front of our crawl space. It required time consuming cutting and piecing with zip ties and there were several pretty large cells but it works. We had an extra 3 cubic yards of gravel delivered for that, for around our Generac and to replenish the driveway.

I didn’t have much hope for this but was blown away by its abilities! We have a very sloped yard by the house and wanted to do some landscaping. The mulch washed away on the one side of our house (I knew it would), but was looking for a different alternative on the other side. I used this with mulch and it has worked wonderfully!! We’ve had flooding rains and windy days and it still holds up! Great quality! Great use!

Very sturdy, and easy to lay out. Somewhat difficult to keep square while staking out, but went pretty smoothly after a few re-starts. The key is staking out the first two edges keeping a bit of slack in the material.However, while easy to cut down to a different size, cutting this plastic material without shredding the side being cut is quite difficult. Duct tape helped, a bit. So if you need to cut, plan on one row of cells being basically cut open on that side.

Dec 2019 update -Came here to buy more and I happened to read my own review from 2017, lol and thought I will post an update. Read the original review that is below this update. The area I fixed using this grid is still solid, even more solid than when I installed. Not one bit of top soil eroded. All the plants took off great and recruited additional sediments during flood events. I have since then planted dogwoods (just inserted cuttings, so I don't have to cut through the grids. I also planted a red maple (had to cut out a few cells to fit the 2 gallon root ball). Everything took off and the entire area looks great, I have not done anything to maintain other then pull out pesky grape ivy weed every once on in a while.Original early 2017 review:I live on a river front property. The peninsula in my backyard where 2 rivers meet was eroded badly and the county did nothing to resolve this even though it was covered under an easement. So instead of watching my property get washed away, I tamped the area (the slope was literally shaking when I was tamping and I know it would have slided sooner than later), installed a geogrid (triax, earthlock brand) and then this product (which should be called geocell or geoweb to avoid confusing it with traditional geogrid) in conjunction. The triaxial geogrid somewhat acts like a compacted base (similar to like turf reinforcement grids). I filled the cells with the falling/eroded clay hanging off the cliff, sand, stone, silt, compost what ever I could find around. I topped it off with some fertile loamy silt from a recent flooding that was dumped around. I planted grasses (mondo, liriope, sedge whatever else I could find around the area), ground cover plants etc and mulched. There was a record rain fall event week after I installed and not one bit of soil washed off. (I had pinned the plants knowing I will lose them if it floods before the roots establish). Product is easy to use, I just wished it was a little cheaper as I need lot to cover the entire embankment.