I had a large 120 count of Cascade Action Packs, so those don't let you measure the amount of detergent used, as each pack is the same amount. I guess you could open them up and use less that way, but it would be a bit messy. I've only got two of them left, so will be going by the Miele store this week to buy their detergent tabs. There are 60 in a box, but each Miele tab has a line in the middle, so you can break it in half to use (which would give 120 loads). The person at the store gave us a couple tabs a while back to try out, and we only used half in the Normal and Pots/Pans cycle, and they worked fine. So to answer your question..... When I used the Express Wash with or without the Turbo mode, I also used the pre-measured Cascade Action Packs. When the Turbo mode was off, everything was clean. With the Turbo Mode On, it lowered the total time from 20 min to 15 min, but there was some bubbly detergent left the bottom of the unit. I think this is because there might have been too much to begin with for such a short cycle, as the Cascade packs are all the same size, and that the short wash and rinse cycle didn't have enough time to rinse all the detergent away. But when using the Normal and Pots/Pans cycle with or without the Turbo, it is fine when using the Cascade packs, as there is enough time for it to wash and rinse away at the end. Just to add, I've noticed that over the 3 months using the Diamante with the Cascade packs, that a few of my 10-year-old steak knives are starting to wear down around the three rivets on the center (the rivets look like they are breaking apart on the sides), and that my very old cast iron skillet looks like there are now a few rust spots on it. I'm not sure if this is because of the Cascade detergent being too harsh, or because I use the Pots/Pans cycle most of the time since we do a lot of cooking. Once I get the Miele detergent tabs, I'm going to just try the Normal and China/Crystal cycles to see if that cleans my cookware as good.

This will be my final update. My Diamond W Coretek "Breckenridge" has been installed into my new home. I have not yet painted the walls or moved in, but I feel I can make a judgement on the floor. I am VERY happy with how it looks. It has a matte look to it (not glossy), which I like. With many fake floors, if the sunlight's glare shines on the floor, the glare often highlights fake-looking indentations that manufacturers put into the planks to make them look rustic. I hate that, and I am happy to report that when you look at these planks in the sun's glare, what I see is simply a grain pattern (no weird divots or anything like that) that I feel actually looks pretty real! While there are a lot of "knots," I really like how it looks and I do not feel that there are too many knots. This install job is not glued to the foundation (downstairs) or glued/screwed to the subfloor (upstairs). It is floating. Yet, when I walk on it, it feels very solid (as if it were glued down). There is a "quarter round" (or something like that, I forget the name), along the bottom of the normal baseboard. This extra baseboard piece is attached to the wall yet is not attached to the flooring. The flooring is then NOT installed all the way to the wall, but about 1/2" short of the wall. This extra baseboard piece covers this gap between the flooring's edge and the wall, and the gap allows the flooring to expand and contract without buckling or bubbling up. (Note that this extra piece has not yet been installed in the two photos shown below). As of now, without having lived on it yet, I couldn't be happier. My flooring guy turns out to be great, and he said he is a fan of this particular Diamond W product. He really had nothing negative to say about it. His only advice is that the floor can temporarily "buckle" or "bubble" in areas, most likely facing east or west, where you have a patio door with no overhang where the floor is exposed to daily periods of very hot direct sunlight. So, in those fairly rare cases, he recommends a window covering to diffuse the light/heat. On a side note, shame on Diamond W for having such a horrible website. I mean, seriously, shame on you. You give your customers one terrible photo of this product/color, and you expect us to be able to make a quality assessment? And, in your photo, you actually have a very poor install job shown with planks that are not properly staggered? There are some industries that simply need to experience a revolution of efficiency, and the flooring industry is one of them. Shaking my head... A final note: To anyone seriously considering this product, I highly recommend you simply buy an entire box of the stuff in the color you prefer for around $75 and lay it out yourself. I don't think any quality judgements can be made with just a sample from a flooring store. I was able to get a box delivered to me in less than one week.

Someone reported having revwood select and said moving furniture on it caused the color to fade. Like scooting in and out dining chairs. I was ready to order it today. Has anyone else had issues with revwood select discoloring due to furniture scooting?

hi @Joey - please see photos below. They are not very good photo--due to my bad phone camera and lack of light AND because we're still in the midst of renovations. I will post more in 3 weeks when the kitchen is closer to done. hi @Sheriff821 -- First of all, after spending all this time managing the renovation of my 93-year-old Mom's house myself, as a complete newbie, I can tell you, objectively, this issue is super confusing, but when you understand it, it's simple. I'm finding this same phenomenon with many--if not most--products in our renovation, like cabinetry. Manufacturers are located god knows where--I would say probably often China, but I'd be making that up. However, this part is true: the product gets bought by a range of companies one degree of separation from the manufacturer. From there, some those companies rename the product depending on where they are selling it--or even which big box stores they get a contract to sell to. Other companies at that level sell to other wholesalers who then also may rename it. I found out after my inquiry here, and way after we purchased this flooring from a high-end flooring store (which was, in turn, 2 degrees of separation from the big company that contracted to sell/distribute the product from the actual manufacturer), AND after I was finally able to reach one of the main wholesaler's customer service agents, who was kind and helped me untangle some of this, among other things, that HOME DEPOT actually carries this product. I was there buying a vanity and happened to walk by a display of OUR expensive boutique-y flooring. And yes, the very same exact product. Totally different name of the product. The flooring company name was totally different. It broke my heart a bit, because Home Depot was much less expensive than the local Mom and Pop store from which he purchased it and which also installed it--and did only a B+ or A- job of installing it, for a lot of money. Not an A+ job but A+ pricepoint. NOTE: this flooring is easy to install (I discovered because I hired a rather talented handyman in town, but not a flooring expert or carpenter, to lay similar flooring in my office, and he bashed it out beautifully in a few hours, for 1/2 the price of the Mom and Pop shop), so even for a 1200' space you probably don't need the very highest-end flooring pro, but if you can swing it, a high-end expert will have greater accountability than a no-name handyman (or an installer through a big box store--which everyone, even sales people at big box stores, will tell you to avoid). So, the long story is that. It is likely the exact flooring you want--Churchill--is ubiquitous throughout the United States and Europe, but goes by different aliases. Again: that is because all these various retailers and Mom and Pop shops and contractors can give you a price, and you cannot easily comparison shop. Furthermore, sometimes these companies simply let one name fade away--but the same company re-names the floor so it may appear to be a new offering. I just checked and see the floor we got now goes by even more names! Additionally--which I don't imagine is by design--you can't easily find reviews and look at customer photos since they all go different names. Meaning, the companies who claim the floors as their own are different and have different names. One big global company may call this exact same flooring 10-12 different names. In Northern California it's one thing, in SoCal, NV, and AZ another, in TX another, in Florida another, upper midwest and Chicago another, etc. All the same "company" -- and this isn't even counting any other companies that carry it. I remember one unhappy woman who posted here--an interior designer--saying I was making a mountain out of a molehill and when someone here nicely asked how everything went and I let them know very well, she piped in, basically "Toldja so, maybe next time stop unnecessarily fretting." That's why I am taking the time to break it down for anyone unfamiliar with the "reno game" or whatever it is. It is anything but intuitive, but as they say: IYKYK...If You Know, You Know. And now we know. Incidentally, same with our cabinets....4 different names of what one would think are the manufacturers, but they're branded differently and it's hard to find out who actually makes them all. And--more to the point--almost impossible to comparison shop. With that said I unreservedly recommend these floors--whatever name they are going by. When I interview carpenters and workmen for our other work they all remark on how nice and high-quality these floor are. Every single day my mother and I loved them. They are dreamy and distinguished without being uptight. * * * PHOTOS Been waiting to post photos until renovation is complete---it's been taking forever---cabinets FINALLY arriving this Thursday, after 8 months. I wanted to share photos here when everything was finished and looking great. So--these photos TRULY don't begin to show 1/2 how gorgeous these floors are. They're incredibly beautiful, elegant, understated but create a lovely lovely effect. They look more "rustic" and textured in these photos than in reality. In reality, they are light and smooth with just the most understated hint at texture. The knots in these photos are prominent but in reality, the knots are grey, not black or dark. I would say the photos of the product are VERY accurate, so maybe that is also so with "Churchill" or its equivalent. [EDIT: I took a screenshot of a photo on a website of Churchill--not of the flooring but of a kitchen with the flooring showing an island--did a Google search of that image and, yes, the flooring appears to exist under different name and companies--good luck!] If our flooring is at all representative, the overall effect is subtle and gracious. I will post better photos in 1 month when the kitchen is presentable with the correct cabs and counters--repainted with all new furniture.