We bought this same flooring for our bedroom 10 years ago, and we were happy with it then! After reading the reviews on the golden amber oak 2 I wasn’t sure if we should get it? It took about 3 -4 weeks to get it delivered, but it was so worth it! The price was great and it looks beautiful. I know we will enjoy it as much as the bedroom flooring. My husband, son and daughter put it down in about 5 hours. It was a little tough getting it to snap in at first then they got the hang of it. Each brand has their little quirks so once they figured it out it was smooth going. Really happy that the price was a great deal! And you can’t beat free shipping!!!

We had done our house with this same flooring, except the office which had an old laminate. As you can see from the pictures it came out great and matched up with the rest of the house.

The colors are wonderful with the different shades. No orange. We paid someone to install the 1000sq feet. He didn't seem to have any trouble. Out of the 50 boxes there were only 2 boards he could not use. Buy the transition prices at the same time.

This flooring looks great and matches the real oak we have in the bedrooms upstairs pretty well. If you look at the transition strips in the first 2 pics, they're real oak, stained to match and they look like the same material. The 3rd pic is the real oak floor we have in an upstairs bedroom. Very similar! My contractor said this laminate is good quality and it installs fairly easily. You certainly cannot beat the price! We're very happy with it. Time will tell if it's durable with 4 dogs, but my contractor is confident it will be.

This flooring is a beautiful color. Just the right amount of variation. Well made. Nice sheen.

Absolutely beautiful! people cannot tell which one is the real hardwood floor. Laminate floor on one side of the transition strip, real hardwood floor is on the other side. Can you tell? Please see pictures below. I have issues with flooring service provided by Angi. Once issues are resolved, I’m planning to buy more for the rest of the house ( about 1500 square feet).

We have the old style, but I waited too long to check boards warping "bubbling" up. Once I did, I found a leak of course that had spread through a lot of the kitchen. I had to pull most of it up, but there were still good boards. Then I was ecstatic to discover that Sams still sold the same style. Then my excitement died when the specs said would not connect to old style and a transition piece would be needed. Being that I would have had to waste quite a few boards and would have to order more, I made the determination that I would make them fit. Fortunately, we have an island so I made the connection where the island started. Took quite a bit more work, modifying both boards but it worked. Our kitchen floor looks new again! Note: I did not find the new locking system any easier or better than the old. The only positive I noticed is that the point of connection is even less visible with the new style.

I had to replace laminate flooring in our basement because our water heater had failed. While I was able to salvage approximately half of the planks, I had to buy enough to completely replace all flooring in the damaged area because the click-lock system had changed. I was aware of the change and read the <mostly> negative reviews; however, since all of the laminate in our house (approximately 1500 sf) is the Golden Amber Oak (GAO) , I essentially had buy this particular color and style. I also had to buy approximately $120 worth of transition strips because the new laminate was not compatible with the old system. The laminate looks the same and has the same thickness and padding; and for that I am grateful. I give the look, the surface durability, and the integral padding 5 stars. But those traits do not complete the picture. I have installed/reinstalled approximately 4000 sf of the original GAO laminate across two houses; and have installed approximately 7-8000 sf of flooring in general. The original laminate price was exceptional and the click-lock system robust and simple to assemble. The only downside (and I presume this also applies to the the new flooring) is that water must be immediately wiped up. Good luck if you have an "accident"-prone pet. However, the new click-lock system on the GAO II is garbage: a. It does not stay locked. I had to repeatedly re-seat adjacent boards. As a result, the planks often became cock-eyed, complicating installation of successive rows. I believe the old system had either tacky tongues and grooves or had a "glue" type coating of some sort. b. It is not durable. The new system's tongues and grooves are wide and thin and easily damaged even before installation. Two of the seven boxes came with every plank damaged on one end or the other. Because I understood laminate flooring interconnections, I was able to use most all of the damaged pieces; however, an inexperienced DIYer might have problems. c. Every single piece had to be individually "tapped" into place, sometimes forcefully, often multiple times. With the old system, as long as all boards in a row are aligned lengthwise, the row will click into place. d. The leading edge of planks does not lay flat without being weighted down. As a direct result of the new system, it took me approximately 2-3 times as long to install the laminate as I had been expecting. For all these reasons, the next time I look at laminate, I am NOT going to be looking at the Traditional Living laminate flooring.

In October, I purchase 36 boxes of this flooring. The contractor opened 18 boxes and 15 boxes had damaged planks. The whole shippment is defective and can not be used due to severe damage. I called the customer service on November 7-th in order to return the whole shippmet and get the refund. It's December 1-st and the Sam's Club still didn't pick up the defective product and I can't get the refund. I have been calling every couple of days and they keep issuing new incident reports that get submitted to the next level and nothing happens. Finally yesterday they made aggangements for Fed Express to pick up 1,057lbs of laminate flooring. I called the customer service again and told them this product can not be shipped via Fed Express and they issued new report which was submitted to the "next level". The next level is like a black hole. This is the worst customer service ever. It's imposible to return damaged product and get your money back. I will never buy any product from Sam's Club again and I will cancel my membership. I hope I will be able to get my money back soon.

Would give it no stars, flooring is garbage, worst I have ever tried to install, do not buy!!! Tried to install, flooring doesn’t want to lock together and becomes unlocked when installing another row, will expect a full refund for wasting my time and money, select surfaces flooring is good and locks together easily, should have stuck with that brand. Shipper damaged several boxes too, was a bad experience from the beginning, highly do not recommend!!!