A lot of the stall and mat issues can depend on the fill-soil-dirt under the mats. The use of the old favorite footing of blue clay as stall footing did allow water and urine pooling even in deep bedding. My barn has layers of sand and crushed limestone as stall footing under the mats. The layers allow great drainage, nuetralizes ammonia, never gets smells.
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I like mats best, for the easy stall cleanup they allow. Here, freezing cold without mats, means you need to break off frozen -to-the-ground manure in stalls. The colder it is, the harder getting manure out is. Dirt floor is never smooth or level, like is possible with mats. Frozen poops may not break off neatly, leave rough tops until the ground thaws in spring! You can try beating the lumps off, but may be futile efforts, on a daily basis. Shovel or fork slid across a mat gets frosted/frozen manure piles up easily. I LOVE my stall mats, make my life much easier with daily cleaning of stalls.
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Mats come with various surfaces. I see a small pebbled look, grooved, as well as smooth surfaces on mats. I prefer the pebbled type in stalls for the slightly better grip under hooves or shoes. Pebbled also cleans easily. Not much grip, but better than smooth surfaces. The grooved side is usually put on the ground side for drainage in stalls. However I put grooved side up, used out under the paddock gates where we lay mats to prevent terrible mud with daily gate use. Grooves usually give a better grip when raining, snowy, icy. Not perfect, just better than mud or the smoother mat surfaces.
As JB said, you may need to add bedding if they are stingy with it at the barn. Not much protection or absorbency without a bit of depth of sawdust or shavings on the mats. I like mats also for the insulating factor, protection from the cold dirt when they lay down at night.
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