It's fortunate that you posted here instead of on the Paint forum. *eyes rolling* (not at you, lol)

You'll still get a heated debate, here, but nothing like you would over there.

I've got a sample of their Maple Glaze that seems to be a dead ringer, colorwise, to a paint that FC recommended for my office.

LOL....I know people will always have strong opinions and that's fine. My experience with their new paint has been with painting my Living room with their 'ultra' paint. I'm painting a medium brown color on the walls and I did the entire room in two coats. I was planning on painting the celing in the room the same color and after the fact, the HD person had mixed the gallon in Behr's standard stuff. I ended up using the entire gallon on just the celing and had to do three coats. So to me, I definitely noticed the difference in how the two paints cover.

Love it. Thanks for posting this and I agree with Parma this will be a hot thread no doubt!

I have to say I agree with the article and have for some time now. I was a big BM purchaser for many years but not any more there prices are unwarrented beyond words. I will say no one formulates colors like BM - my whole house is BM colors but that is the extent of it. I have gotten great quality, durabilty and coverage with Behr and I find that BM paint is alot of 'hype'. Even if it were better then Behr it is for sure not almost double the price better..heck its just paint! But it is a personal choice to what someone wants to buy and what price point so to each their own. I am glad that alot of other paint brands are starting to step up their game.

I look at all of the old cans of Behr paint lining my shelves before I knew that anything else existed. There are no new cans.

I guess despite how bad you may have thought something was you should try it again later on in case there are improvements.

But then I go back to my basement, look at all of those Behr cans and think 'Nah - I'll stick w/ what I know to have been working well for me for the past few yrs.'.

I'm not a SW person but saying SW and Dutch Boy are "icons", umm, SW I'll give you, Dutch Boy, eh, not so much.

In addition to BM, I have tried P&L (hated it), F&B (liked it, but not an additional $30/gal worth of like) and C2 (liked it a lot), but I keep going back to BM Aura, I am flat out impressed with the self leveling aspect and the fact that you can recoat in an hour (and when the woodstove is cranking, it's dry in *minutes*, not that I recoat that soon, but I think you could). My dad had a painting biz, and he would only use BM, so I think part of my prejudice is being loyal to his memory and part convenience, living in the boonies, BM is the closest place to buy real paint.

Thanks to charlieinnj for posting the article.

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I think Consumer's Reports has rather different standards than do we enthused decorators. To be honest, scrubbing, staining, and mildew aren't my top three considerations.

Fine Paints of Europe is the best paint I've ever used, and BM comes pretty close.

Last time I repainted the interior of my home (too many years ago to admit after seeing the frequency of paint re-do posted here :-)I consulted consumer reports to find the best paint. They raved about and recommended Lowe's brand (is that Behr?) so I drove to the nearest one (30 miles) to buy it. It was horrible, horrible, horrible to paint with - thin, runny, didn't cover, etc. I haven't repainted, not because it has held up so wonderfully, but because I was so traumatized by the experience. I'll never listen to CR again for paint recommendations as they obviously have different standards. I'm going to listen to the folks here, most of whom I think have similar expectations as me.

Olychic, Lowes sells Valspar, Behr is at HD.

I used a custom colored Behr in the two-story LR and kitchen in our old house. We lived there for seven years and before we put it up for sale, we had all the walls washed. Cleaned up beautifully and looked brand new. We were on a budget and it suited our purposes well. We had light coming in from all angles and, in a situation like that, maybe the full spectrums aren't as important as they would be in a room with one directional light.

I used C2 in the main bath and loved it, Ralph Lauren suede in the MB and got so many compliments. Powder room had a short lived line from Lynette Jennings (don't recall who made the base). Her palette was just lovely. I think the color was Thyme and I sure liked it better than the Svelte Sage I have in the hall bath now.

There's a paint for every budget and expectation.