We chose Krypton and have received our 51 boxes. We're still doing floor prep and will be a while before we start installation. Nathan is installing Krypton now, and looking at stair nosing.

Good bamboo (ie. the $12/sf price point) is very dense. Any wood floor can dent with heals. It depends on the size of the heal (is it a 'Queen Mum' wide-body heal or is it a 3" stiletto?) and the size of the human wearing it (the movie 'Kinky Boots' comes to mind). A 250 lb man in stilettos is going to put very big dents into pretty much any wood floor he walks on....the pounds per square inch come into play when dents are created. A bad bamboo or bad engineered hardwood is going to dent easily. They are perfectly fine on stairs. They are still rigid wood-like floors. In fact cork does very well on stairs (the softest hardwood in the world!!!). The FINISH is what scratches. The FINISH is what takes all the abuse. A bad factory finish will scratch like the dickens...and look like it needs to be refinished inside of 15 years. That's one of the differences between 'good' bamboo and 'bad' bamboo. A high-end bamboo product is going to cost you some SERIOUS money. I'm not kidding. It is HEAVILY engineered. In fact it can be 30% adhesive (glue...holding the grass together). It can be carbonized. It can have upto 15 coats of UV cured Aluminum Oxide urethane applied to it. Just because it is all produced in China doesn't mean it is cheap/cost effective to purchase. It isn't. The independent importers are very specific about who they source from (a bad batch can bankrupt them) and what type of product they sell. All of that 'human input' has a cost. The mature bamboo (7+ years old) is expensive. It is hard to harvest. It is harder to process (because it is so thick and strong). It requires VERY EXPENSIVE adhesives (allowed in the EU = darn near Zero VOC levels = very expensive). And the finish (15 layers) take ++ time to create and cure and stack, etc. Keeping it climate controlled is SUPER IMPORTANT = very expensive. It is required at time of creation, during transport (on the ship) and when it arrives in port/warehouse facility. And it is HEAVY. Heavy = dense = expensive to ship around the world. And THAT'S why $12/sf bamboo is worth it. But the $4.99/sf cr@p isn't. A solid white oak 3" plank (character grade) = $4.99/sf and WELL worth it.

SuperCore SPC flooring from WeShipFloors.com. There is a lot of info on their website. The section, Flooring 101, is worth reading. The Xtreme line of SuperCORE has a 30 mil wear layer. There are a lot of colors to choose from in the 3 lines offered, Essentials with 12 mil wear layer, Originals with 20 mil wear layer and the Xtreme. In a couple of months there will be some new colors and some tile looks to choose from, too. If you look at the thread here on Houzz, Adura Max vs CoreTec, you will find photos of SuperCORE installs and a lot of info and reviews of the flooring. I have 51 boxes of the color Krypton from the Originals line in my garage waiting for install. If you’re not familiar with the differences in WPC and SPC flooring, Google SPC versus WPC flooring and learn why SPC might be your best choice. If you decide you like what you see and want samples of SuperCORE, use the green Request Samples button on the page for each color, and the samples will be free. WeShipFloors.com has a YouTube channel with videos of floor color comparisons and a short install video. Best of luck in choosing your new flooring.

I may need to clarify(?) that I have no connection with Flooret. I’m just a DIYer (not by choice!) and I had at least 25 samples of flooring over the previous year or so. Without exiting out, I think someone mentioned Evoke flooring. We had Evoke laminate and ended up removing it after a year in order to put the Flooret in all of the public areas of the house. Nothing wrong with the Evoke laminate, but I was too paranoid of getting it wet. We had totally removed all of the 15-year-old laminate (not the Evoke) and that was in pretty bad shape (water damage and old). I hope that makes sense.