Customer Reviews for TrafficMaster Allure Ultra 12 in. x 23.82 in. Aegean Travertine Noche Luxury Vinyl Tile Flooring (19.8 sq. ft. / case)

Thank you to all the previous reviewers. I almost didn't buy this product based on your content about having patience and what a pain this is to install. All who wrote "patience required" were not joking! I put a floor in my kitchen that is 10' x 20' (not counting the real estate taken up by the cabinets) and it took me two weeks of patient and deliberate work. I didn't rush it and that is why I was able to do this. I recommend checking out my photos for a look at the tools I used to do this by myself. Not pictured are the oscillating tool, variable speed Dremel with cutting wheel, and more dumbbells. The first row goes down easy. Subsequent rows will test your patience. I used dumbells and kettlebells to hold down previously installed pieces as I worked my way left to right and at times, right to left. Without the weight to hold the previous pieces in place, they will pull out as you attach the short side and the long side of the next piece. Just like previous posts, I also recommend putting the short side first by lifting the previous piece up a little bit and then put the long sides together, again, by holding the previous piece in your second hand. Then use your third and fourth hands to weild the rubber mallet and the deadblow hammer with tapping block to put the pieces together. This product does not click or snap together as indicated in any video or instructions. The instructions in the box were NOT for this specific Allure product. You'll see two mallets in my picture, a rubber mallet and a deadblow mallet (hammer). The rubber mallet is necessary to coax the pieces into place without damaging the edges of the "snap & click" assembly. I highly recommend a deadblow hammer, tapping block, and pull bar to help install pieces against a wall and in the open as you go, and especially on that last row. Holy cow! Use the cardboard interleaving to make templates. They are the exact size of the flooring pieces. For intricate cuts that are right against door molding you can use a Dremel or an oscillating tool but please be careful and take your time. Recommend and oscillating tool or Japanese flex saw to cut the bottom of door molding to allow the flooring to go underneath it. It looks better and because you can't put shoe molding at the foot of door molding. For my installation I left the original (and cheap) contractor-grade roll vinyl laminate in place. I used a staple gun to tack down the edges of the original vinyl that curled up when I removed the shoe molding. Didn't want the new flooring popping up later. Keep the little kids out of the room because you'll be spouting expletives. Check your pieces as you open each box. I used 11 boxes for my DIY project and had four pieces that were unusable as whole pieces due to damage on the edges (the gray edging). You can save yourself some time on the "almost done!" end of the job by cutting, staining, and polyacrylic coating the shoe molding for next to your cabinets. I didn't have any and had to add this to my task list. I am glad this project is done and I'm sure I saved myself two or three times the cost of the material in labor cost but I wouldn't do this again on a bet! Do I recommend it? Yes, but...have patience and take your time. I'm no professional, just a basic DIY'er. Good luck to all! I'm available if you need to vent.

We used this product on our bathroom, it looks beautiful, easy to install, the flooring is very thick. Have yet to really use it though. Too expensive.

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Easy to install and easy to cut to size when needed

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I needed the Carrara Tan but since it was discontinued I had to settle for Carrara White. Totally bummed.

Looks great! Easy to install, low cost, most of all solid, won't damage.

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Easy to assemble. Would have replied sooner but not down in the kitchen, yet. We put it in the laundry room first to try. Really like it!

I really like the flooring, I was hoping that it was going to have more marble, meaning more black in it. I was making my kitchen black and white, the picture of it showed it darker, so I thought that it was black...The flooring goes with my cabinets.

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Love it

The type of surface on this tile holds dirt, and it scratches very easily. I would not buy it again.

Looks great, easy install, highly recommended

Received on time and well packaged. Contractor installed. Finished job is excellent.

I rate this as average because it's difficult to "line" up the veining. Also it's a bit misleading to use the word "white" in the name...there's very little white.

Had trouble with occasional small gaps. Not sure why - wondered if some pieces weren’t completely straight or parallel. I liked the look of the tile though I much prefer the adhesive style over the click type.

Looks great & fairly easy to install.

I was looking for a vinyl flooring pattern that was not wood appearing as it would abut to my preexisting hard wood floors. I’m very pleased with the appearance and it does look great installed.

A great product. Very attractive and durable. There does need to be more variations in the designs on each sheet though. Best way to cut it is not with a box cutter but a bench saw.

Good product although you can't get Carrara white anymore.

Not as easy to install as the description states. It is beautiful , but I do not recommend to install over existing tile. It is soft and funny sounding.

Love my new floor. Have had people ask where I got it. Looks great. Just as shown.

The pattern could vary more I mixed several boxes and still found it difficult not to the same tile near it’s exact match. I was able to install myself however I wouldn’t exactly call it Click-Lock installation, since most tile don’t Lock and have to be reinstalled after the next piece is added.

tiles were easy to install and fits directly over old floor tiles so no mess. It looks like marble. looks great in powder bathroom

this flooring is much more attractive in the picture . When it was down on the floor it was really very industrial ( And not in the stylish way ). Definitely not what i wanted . More so , the tiles were very difficult to cut -- cracking and splintering . We took them up and returned the unopened boxes . I would NOT recommend this item at all .

This flooring was so easy to install. We installed it right over our LVT that was not installed properly by local company. This was 1/3 the price of what we paid for the other floor and I love this floor so much better. We did scratch it pretty bad moving our (very heavy) stove over it. So do take care when moving appliances around on it. Our floor has been in for a week and I love how soft it is under foot and super easy to clean and no grout lines to deal with. It looks fantastic. Hoping it holds up well over the years.

I am a carpenter by trade.This product is not for a novice to install.

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This particular one was excellent, actually worked with the one I had previously purchased (where another didn't). It was easy to work with, cut and fit and looks really great on the floor.