Do you like the look of fake / counterfeit / imitations / facsimiles of natural materials?

If not, then just go with the real thing, true hardwood flooring.

I don't understand the draw to using FAKE hardwood flooring made of PLASTIC throughout a nice house.

Begin gathering samples of French and European Oak engineered flooring 7-11" is a good range. You can get that group of oak species in flat sawn because they don't have the open grain of North American oak species. And don't finish with a black grain unless filled like NA white oak.

Flooret is a quality LVP direct to consumer supplier. They are now supplying a Swedish engineered wood oak product. Sylvan Balboa 11". You can find similar product under the Malibu name at HD. This could be a Chinese product using Russian harvested lumber. It's impossible to find info on Malibu. You'll see because of grain/color this flooring is popular and the demand is creating supply questions

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No comparison between the two as engineered hardwood is real wood and for many situations it is the only kind of "real" wood floors one can have.

I think the lighter colors are a better choice because they are easier to maintain. They don't show dust like darker floors. Also I think dark shows flaws and scratches more than the light floors did. I needed work done after my engineered wood had been installed and they still look very good after more than 3 years of service including in the kitchen.

LVT is made from petroleum products.

I've had engineered hardwood in both my condo and now my house with 2 dogs and no issues. I now have white oak.

Are you following any sort of budget that is why you are considering LVP?

LVP is cost effective and easy to install but I would always go with Engineered hardwood.

My parents have a basic quality LVP in their small house and it looks nice. I don't think you notice the floor because they have it nicely decorated and other personal touches catch your attention first. They are happy with it for the most part.

We went with pre-finished engineered wood floors in our custom build. We have 3 dogs so we chose one with a slight texture to hide scratches as much as possible. I do have some scratches at the back slider caused when the dogs see a critter outside and are desperate to get out the door. Two are 60 lb, fit, high energy dogs with high prey drive, so quite active. If we were going to let some scratches and patina bother us, we would have just used porcelain tile instead!

This is our 4th house with wood floors, but the first with engineered. We went with a hard wax oil finish due to the fact that you can refresh the finish in specific areas and don't have to have the whole floor refinished. You need to only use the products recommended/sold by the manufacturer for cleaning, refreshing and oiling. You can spend hours reading debates between hard wax oil finish lovers and polyurethane finish lovers ... there seems to be little middle ground!

We have wide plank engineered white oak on main floor but did LVP downstairs in basement. We have three kids and a dog. No regrets

What brand of white oak engineered did you use? This is what I'm considering (main level) with LVP in basement.

I used Kahrs white oak. Very happy with the quality.