Nucore is a thicker plank and has been around a little longer.
Nucore tile reviews. Love this flooring, bought in online had it. There were a few reasons that nucore stood out to us: Style and quality with a nucore floor nucore flooring can offer an array of advantages, making it one of the best brands for any project.
We have to redo our floors after less than a year later. It is “sound resistant, soft underfoot, and resistant to mold & mildew.” i took that statement right off. While they did provide me the flooring, all these opinions are mine.
This is the only flooring product. Nucore vinyl flooring didn’t specifically include what their wear layers are made of. They also have over 100 styles, compared to the 61 from duralux.
Nucore has pretty mixed reviews outside of floor & decor’s website (which disables reviews) but it’s also slightly cheaper: It looks and feels just like real wood, working well in. We bought nucore after reading positive reviews (at the time) and later found it to be complete garbage.
However because its's strong it does require a little more effort to cut and. We bought nucore after reading positive reviews (at the time) and later found it to be complete garbage. Their planks are also likely susceptible.
In terms of size the smartcore planks are 5” x. It has a thicker wear layer. We found that nucore was slightly cheaper on the low end, but some styles are more expensive than smartcore’s highest priced lvp and lvt.