@Devin, our Guardian Oak has held up great. No scratches that I can see and that is with a dog, a cat, and two kids. We have felt on the bottom of all the furniture, but I did just check the bottom of the stairs where the cat and dog regularly chase each other with audible scratching as they rush around the corner. I couldn’t find anything. With the animals, we vacuum almost every day. It does show dust and dirt, but we’d rather see it and vacuum regularly than unknowingly walk through kid crumbs. :) Our only issue has been the install concerns I mentioned. We get some movement at the end joints still, as they had trouble going together in spots. Shaw suggested CA glue as the solution, but I haven’t been brave enough to try that yet.

@Jenny Medinger I hear you! I have agonized. Napa Dry Cork was actually one that I thought for sure I'd be installing. Def buy a box of whatever you are thinking of b/c the sample boards really don't give you enough of an idea. I spent $140 on a box and glad I did. The planks do look great -- it's a beautiful floor. But the light pieces were too grayish/yellowish for my house. I then decided to get a box of Napa Tannin since it looked warmer to me. But the dark planks were a little too dark for my house. So I decided that while I love both in other people's pics, I knew that having planks with that much variation were going to do it for me. I'm 99.95% sure I'm going with Coretec's Hayes Oak which is wider, with very low variation between planks. Again, even though boxes of unused LVP sucks to spend the $ on, it would suck worse to install something that you don't like once you see it in your home.

I got the Max. Feels great so far. I am getting new furniture so can’t see if that’s an issue yet. I have my kitchen table where I work and that doesn’t seem to make any dents. I put a small area rug under my office chair that’s on rollers, just in case of scratches.

https://www.flooranddecor.com/vinyl?prefn1=waterResistance&prefn2=color&prefv1=Waterproof&prefv2=Brown&start=0&sz=48 I know there are not many stores in your location, but you'll probably cut the cost of the material in half if you find something at Floor & Decor in Mesa