So far, so good! Watching some internet videos helped. What I wish I would have known was that the planks should all be very tight together every single time. One slip here and there causes bigger gaps later. Also, install full horizontal lines, end to end (even if you have joining rooms). If you cannot avoid a small gap (because your home is over 100 years old and nothingbis level), I recommend using a thin bead of Big Stone caulk in the color of Iron Stone...It matches perfectly and is flexible.

I've installed two laminate and two Luxury Vinyl Plank (LVP) flooring systems previously. I purchased three bedrooms worth to match that of the living room and main hallway's worth of previously installed flooring in a newly-acquired rental property. I've installed 75% of the new planks so far through the three bedrooms. I took good caution to prepare the plywood subfloor, clearing it of carpet tack strips, padding staples, joint compound splatters and construction adhesive messes left from the builders and prior carpet installers. I also painstakingly applied self-levelling compound to the low points in the floor which exceeded Select Surfaces specs, and applied screws to eliminate sub-flooring squeaks. This is the first flooring system I've installed with the "Drop and Lock" system, as opposed to the "Angle Angle" system of locking mechanisms. After some Googling and YouTubing, I learned that it requires shaving the length groove and short groove to fit the planks around and under door jambs and through thresholds. Once learned, it is the typical puzzle-piecing as the Angle Angle systems. So far, I like the feel and sound of the flooring. The 14mm thickness makes it seem dense and quiet under foot. When finished, I'll have to trouble-shoot previously=existing floor squeaks from the basement (underneath the subfloor), as the dude who installed the living room and hallway flooring failed to seize the opportunity to do so when he yanked the carpet and had the subfloor exposed from the top. While I prefer LVP for its waterproof characteristics, and its ability to be scored and snapped as opposed to laminate which must be cut with a saw, I am grateful for having found this product at Sam's. If you decide on laminate over LVP, I recommend this product. I think it is a good value for the $2/square foot. Additionally, I was pleased to get a call back from the customer service line after leaving a voicemail just 30 minutes prior. I pleasant man with a Canadian accent addressed all my questions and gave me additional pointers to make my installation smooth and relatively worry-free. He seemed very knowledgable about the product, and flooring systems overall. A couple tips he shared here: - aminate expands and contracts with humidity - LVP expands and contracts with temperature - laminate installations should have breaks and transitions between bedrooms and hallways to accomodate expansion and contraction and alleviate potential buckling; if you don't, there is a good chance the hallway may buckle as it is a weakpoint in comparison with the bedrooms (OK to flow from a bedroom into a closet; also OK to flow from a hallway into a closet) - LVP can flow with no transitions through the entire level of a home with no requirement for transitions anywhere except at a change in level (elevation)

The floor looks great, put it in my sons room. Had a friend instal and he said it was easy. Even though it had a built in padding, I bought additional padding

So far so good, looks great have not seen many in box damaged pieces. Floor is still being laid so this is not a complete review. I will say I like it a lot and liquid does not soak in

Excellent product. I've installed many laminates and this by far is the easiest. I had to remove the living laminate after I installed due to my need to build up the unevenness. I was able to remove with ease and reinstall when leveling was complete.

Great looking floor. Easy to install. Only disappointment is that it looks more brown than "silver".

This is a nice color and the product is made with durability, just could not return some of the damaged flooring that were damaged in the box. No way to return pieces for a exchange for pieces that were not damaged.

I love the way this looks - gorgeous! I also like the thickness and the already attached padding. However, I have never worked with such delicate flooring before. That must be why a lot of the pieces were already damaged, coming straight out of the box! Flooring should not be this delicate! I did lay the bad pieces aside, to see if I could use them later (if I needed one end cut off, and it happened to be the bad end of one of the boards), and I've been able to use quite a few. The club sells a 4-pack of various molding strips, but if you need longer ones, or more of one item, or even stairnose molding, you have to buy it directly from the manufacturer. The club also ran out of these packs very quickly. It's unfortunate that you spend so much money on this flooring, and then when you have to buy from the manufacturer, you get HEFTY shipping charges on top of the inflated prices for the molding strips. You have no other option though! Had I known all of this, I most likely would've went elsewhere for different flooring.

Stop do not buy, spend the extra dollar for pergo. The click together pieces break very easily. After opening 3 boxes and becoming very frustrated my wife and I reloaded the 25 boxes we bought back in car to return. Next day I went to homedepot and bought Prego out last flooring much easier install.

The flooring was not recommended for mopping. Not even damp mopping. It also did not connect together good. I definitely would not recommend this flooring for anyone who wanted a clean floor.