The pad is easy to clean of rubber, flexible, color a bit boring. We use them on a tiled floor so that the Ceramic feeding bowl not slip. If the base in the dishwasher is, you realize immediately what is missing. Bowls slip and clatter on the floor. Unfortunately, the cat a bite a hole, so we need a new pad. I'll get back the same pad. For the price and the boring color there is a point deduction.