Installed ~1000sqft of Lifeproof bought at HD last year. Price, look, and availability were the main factors. It's been working well, no scratches, quiet to walk on, and it's also been surviving fine in an unheated sunroom in the north east. My advice - make sure your subfloor is as flat as possible. After the first room I took a belt sander to plywood subfloor joints and high spots, it helped a ton consistently getting boards together and laying flat. Also, keep a big bristle brush with your hammer and bar etc, brush out the board joints every time - the smallest piece of whatever will prevent a perfect seam. More on reddit.com

Laughing out loud because I designed this one! Hands down, my favorite one in stores right now. Would look awesome with black stainless; beautiful contrast between the light and dark, wood vs metal, etc. good luck and thanks for posting my design!! 🍀 More on reddit.com

Coming from a floor salesman and installer, I’ve got some advice. Regardless where you get your flooring, When you select an LVP, there are three things you need to be aware of: 1.) overall thickness of the LVP 2.) overall wear layer of the floor 3.) warranty (residential or residential+commercial The details of each of those subjects: 1.) overall thickness of that flooring will determine its overall durability. A thinner, flimsier flooring product will have a more tendency to fail overtop of subfloors that have level issues and imperfections. Higher traffic areas get more banged up and bruised. The thicker the floor, the more resistant it is and the locking mechanism around the edges are more stout due to the overall thickness of the plank. I’d recommend something 5mm or higher if you can afford it. 2.) the water layer determines the overall ability to resist scratches. The wear layer an overall “plastic” layer that’s laid overtop of the design of the plank and protects the product from scratches, UV from the sun, etc. the wear layer is measured in Mils… so think about trash bags here… you don’t want to pick up sticks and leaves from the yard and throw it in a plastic trash bag that’s only .3 miles thick.. you want to use a 6 mil thick trash bag for that. Wear layers come in many Mil thicknesses. Anything below 10 is not worth it. 12-20 is medium and 20 mil thick and above is phenomenal. The warranty is almost directly related to this. 3.) warranty… overall, by looking at the warranties, this will give you an overall idea on the bang for your buck. Stay away from products with anything less than 10 year warranties. Usually they only warranty residential warranties. Sometimes you’ll find products with a 15-25 year warranty. That’s not bad! Compare it to the wear layer thickness and product thickness and that’ll give you a price point awareness. If you find a product that gives you a residential warranty and a small commercial warranty, you’re getting a great product. So, overall, I’ve found that the Lifeproof flooring from Home Depot is a very decent floor for the cost… the thickness of the plank and wear layer thickness combined give it a good review in my book. The ease of installation of that product has also earned my respect. So don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. There are LVP floors that are called WPC, SPC, drop lock install methods… etc… hopefully your salesman can explain all that to you. It gets confusing there… AND THEN you have to consider underlayment padding! That’s a whole other ball of wax. Some flooring has it attached, some floors you guys separate and you get what you pay for. Ask me anything More on reddit.com

We went with Flooret, they had the most realistic texture of all of the above and the thickest wear layer. Plus cheaper. Win win win.

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