I’ve used a towel style bath mat for decades, I think it’s the most hygenic. It goes on the floor to shower, then gets hung to dry between showers.
I lay floors and hadn’t seen a “permanent” bath mat in years but ran into one today. It was that typical shag rug style, bright pink. This was a clean house but it was strange to me, I didn’t think anyone used those anymore.
We are just upgrading ours for our primary bathroom since we are doing a glow up. We are going to have two waffle style rugs / mats to fit our strange space. One for in front of the mirror and one in front of the tub. We have a large shag style one that was always on the floor but now has been upgraded to be used to get out of the shower and then hang to dry.
The “permanent” bath mat gives me the ick thinking about it.