In our previous home we had engineered maple throughout an open concept kitchen area. I liked the look, it wore well and was easy to keep clean. The marketing was that it could be refinished". I highly doubt that, as it had an aluminum oxide coating. By the time that was sanded off, there would have been NO maple left.

We currently have solid maple on our main floor, and last spring installed LVP in our lower level. There's nothing like the real thing, but IF I were building a new home (at this point in my life), I would put LVP throughout all but the bedroom areas.

We used a Supercore product from weshipfloors.com from there 8mm thick/5G line, and are very pleased with the quality.

We did glue down Engineered hardwood (white oak) on slab. I have 4 large dogs including a 150lb St. Bernard, and it’s amazing. I love my floors so much. Pay attention to wear layer! That’s all that really matters. My floors feel like real wood, because they are! My wear layer is 4mm thick which was the lowest I was willing to go. Hurst hardwoods has affordable hardwood with a thick wear layer which I almost went with, but I found a local place in my area with a better color that was having a great deal. My dogs slipped on the LVP we had before and they sort of felt like plastic and didn’t look that great even though they were really nice. My dogs don’t slip with with the ones we have now AND they don’t scratch.

IMO hardwood is the best, so short of that engineered hardwood would be a 2nd choice. LVP is good in basements or commercial use. It is water resistant and durable, but no replacement for real wood.

I've had sand & finish in place hardwood, engineered/glued down hardwood, and now LVP in a guest house. While I LOVE the real hardwood over 3/4" subfloor best for the softer feel on my feet and rich look, I'm satisfied with the look and wear with the engineered hardwood we replaced it with. (when we went from family room only wood floor to whole house wood floors, we had to put in engineered floors (or thought I had to), as we didn't have space underneath the appliances for the additional 3/4" subfloor). We recently installed LVP (SPC) flooring and it's my least favorite. While it looks great in photos, it has a plastic look and feel. I wouldn't do it again personally. It's possible that I just chose the wrong LVP.

For what it's worth, our current engineered hardwood floors have been through two floods.

In each case, we had fans and heavy machinery in the house for 3 weeks pulling out water. Contrary to water mitigation folks, who recommended we replace the entire house floors, we never did and 95% of the flooded boards still look good as new. The other 5% have the surface finish peeling, but lucky for us, it's mostly against the baseboards and isn't too unsightly. I need to get it repaired some day, but haven't bothered to so far and it's been 4 years.

Engineered Hardwood is indistinguisable from solid hardwood flooring once installed. If you like the look and feel of hardwood floors i wouldnt hesitate to go with engineered hardwood.

LVP is plastic and nothing they do to it can change that it will feel like plastic. And while it might fool a camera, youll instantly know your on a platic floor.

as for longevity - there’s no reason a good engineered hardwood floor won’t last a generation.

We have engineered hardwood in our main level with LVP in a couple bathrooms and the mudroom. Between engineered hardwood and LVP I would choose hardwood every time. I like the LVP in the mudroom for the dirty/snowy shoes, and I like it in the basement bath for warmth. However you have to be very selective with the rugs you use (no rubber or vinyl backing, for example). For that reason I wouldn't want to deal with it in my whole house.

Our LVP is tile look, and FWIW I don't think it feels like plastic. But I also don't walk around my house in bare feet all that often so YMMV.

We have engineered floors and had the garbage disposal leak and ruined the whole flooring. We put fans and tried to pull up the water, but the engineered wood was really thin and it was ruined. Now we are faced with getting it replaced. I absolutely hate it because you always have to watch your floor for any water that could ruin it. We haven't had a Christmas tree in 10 years because a friend of ours had her tree stand leak and could not tell because of the tree skirt. Ruined her floors and she tried to have them sanded but they were too thin. I just don't think it's worth it because I have to immediately get any little drop of water up. It's not so bad on top of the wood, but if it seeps underneath it causes a sort of buckling and it looks horrid. I would NEVER have it near dogs, or in the kitchen or bathroom. I will definitely get LVP when replacing.