I bought a compact car with little storage for my cell phone, sunglasses, and garage door opener. So for the first time I saw a need for a product like this, enabling me to use the dash for stowing things without having them slide away. I found it to work well, and it is reasonably priced. It can be easily trimmed with scissors to fit a storage compartment. It appears that one side is "stickier" than the other; thus some folks may have problems with it.(No mention of this in the directions)