How to choose the right artificial grass
Technical guide to an objective decision
Choosing artificial grass should not be based on attractive photographs, thread height or generic commercial messages.
The artificial grass is a industrial product, made from plastic raw material, production processes and applied technology.
So, choosing well means understanding what is made, with which it is made and what is it made for.
What is the most important criterion for choosing artificial grass?
The actual use to which it is intended.
All over here. Before talking about models, heights or prices, you have to define the use:
- Occasional decorative use
- Common family use
- Intensive use (children, pets, daily transit)
- Garden, terrace, community space or professional project
There is no point in overdimensioning the product or being short. The choice is comparable to that of a vehicle:
you don't buy a car from Paris-Dakar to go buy the bread, or a basic utilitarian to cross the desert.
Use defines necessity. The construction of the lawn must respond exactly to that need.
What is artificial grass made of?
The artificial grass is mainly made from polymers:
- Polyethylene (PE): is the main fiber. Determine the touch, the aesthetics and the natural feeling.
- Polypropylene (PP): is used in the lower curling and support structure.
One objective principle is this: The more raw material a lawn incorporates, the greater its cost of production.
The same way that 2 kg cost more than 1 kg, a lawn with more fiber per square meter is objectively more expensive to manufacture.
Does the quality of the polymer affect?
Yeah, and a lot.
Not all polymers are the same. There are different qualities of raw material:
- C4: suitable for basic or decorative uses.
- C6: increased stability, better ageing and medium-term behaviour.
- C8: more noble polymer, maximum resilience, better memory and greater durability.
At higher polymer quality, higher manufacturing cost, but also greater stability, better touch and greater lawn life.
This factor is not always seen at first, but it is clearly noted with the passage of time.
What role does production technology play?
Not all lawns are made the same.
For example, the Multidirectional censors:
- require more technical control
- are made more slowly
- involve more complex production processes
This increases your cost, but also:
- improves the nature of the appearance
- reduces the directional effect
- provides a more homogeneous and realistic image
It is the most advanced production system currently and in which the most technological development is being invested.
What is the "architecture" of an artificial grass?
The architecture of the lawn is the structural combination of several factors:
Grass height
Height is a quantitative factor. At higher thread height, more fiber, provided the density and DTEX are kept constant.
Height influences aesthetics, but does not define quality alone. A high lawn with little fiber is crushed before a lower well built.
Density
Density is also a quantitative factor. At higher density, higher fiber weight, equal height and DTEX.
Influence on the body of the grass, touch and recovery to the foot, but on its own does not define the final quality.
DTEX
The DTEX indicates the yarn mass with which the lawn is made.
It affects the strength of the filament and the total weight of fiber, but the isolated DTEX does not define the quality if it is not analysed along with the height, density, thread section and overall product design.
What is the most reliable indicator for comparing artificial grass?
The total weight of fiber per square meter.
It is the most objective and reliable data, because it sums up in one value:
- the height of the thread
- the stitch density
- DTEX
- the actual amount of raw material used
If there are doubts between two models, compare the fibre weight per m ² (data to be found in any technical data sheet) allows an objective assessment of the weight / price ratio.
More fiber usually means greater body, better recovery, greater stability and greater durability in the medium and long term.
What does recovery depend on on the step?
Recovery does not depend on a single factor, but on the combination of:
- total fibre weight
- quality of the polymer used
- filament section
- type of curly yarn (raw material + retraction index)
It is one of the clearest indicators of real lawn behavior with use.
Conclusion: how to choose well
The best artificial grass:
- not necessarily the most expensive
- nor the highest
- and the one who looks best in a photograph
It's the one that:
- incorporates the appropriate raw material
- use required technology
- and is specifically designed for the actual use of the project
To choose well is to buy with industrial logicNot with promises.
SUMIGRAN · Manufacturers and specialists in high quality artificial grass
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