Hi there. I have a box of the Coretec Red River Hickory on my floor -- as a sample. It is pretty smooth to the touch. I can't speak to the advantages/disadvantages. But i suppose if it were textured, it may hide scratches better? Although these floors are supposed to be (rather) scratch-resistant. We have not installed the floor yet so... Good luck!

DONT go with Ciaro Oak here is our experience...We put Cairo Oak by Coretec in out new build home from flooring liquidators in late 2021. We have 4 kids ages 9-1 and thought a LVP would be the most practical way to go. While I still agree LVP is great with kids this flooring is AWFUL! The color Cairo oak specifically eats anything it touches. Its sadly in our whole main floor so we are on it most of the day. This flooring makes holes in socks and in the knees of pants in literally two seconds. It has become quite costly replacing pants and sock for four kids. It is specifically this flooring. We have had other LVP flooring in past homes with kids and did not experience this. I tried reaching out to Coretec and got a careless response. It is very upsetting to spend such a large amount of money on flooring for a well known brand only to get a crappy quality in return. If you are looking at Cairo Oak from Coretec..keep looking. I wouldn't even recommend the brand after the way they handled their customer service.

@jupiterbaseball Unsure if you still need it but https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5396961/coretec-calypso-oak-noble-oak-or-pembroke-pine-photos#n=355 has a lot of good cyril discussion.

I agree. The COREtec visualizer makes Cyril oak look very light, but it does not look that way in pictures that others have posted on Houzz.