We bought our Puma because of little carpet. The slide still does have carpet. The rest is a wood floor look & does not seem to be slick even wet. Easier to clean without carpet. The sand just does not come out of the carpet & the carpet looks like******after a year of use............ No carpet for us.
Our carpet in the house is now gone too. It was nasty underneath the hardwood laminate is cleaner & easier for us. Looks much better without the carpet. The laminate is a hand scraped look & scratch resistant. Looks like new after 6 years can't say that for carpet.
To each their own..... :)