Bamboo fooring from iFloor? Dogs?

[northerngirl]

Does anyone have bamboo floors from iFloor? good, bad? We have looked into purchasing some vertical grain, natural, bamboo from them. Our other option was from SimpleFloors.
I have been reading so many mixed reviews of bamboo floors and dogs. Ours are 50 lbs, 2 of them, we also have 2 cats. The key is to keep their nails trimmed? And to stay away from the carbonized kind bc it's softer. I had my heart set on it and now I am having second thoughts. Any advice?
BTW it will be our living room and dining room that are connected, ~400sqft

[cuttiebearmom]

I know a couple of people who installed bamboo when it first became really available a few years ago. One person still loves it but the other 2 don't like how it is holding up.

Some of the environmental aspects of bamboo are not that straightforward either. Check out this article if you are interested: http://www.slate.com/id/2193239/

[EFmom]

From what I understand, the strandwoven bamboo is much more durable than the standard variety. And like the pp mentioned, carbonized doesn't hold up as well.

[nd_deadhead]

No experience with bamboo, but we have wood floors and a dog. We trim the dog's nails at least once a week - or as soon as I can easily hear him clickity-clacking across the floor.

[rubyeta]

we installed carbonized bamboo in our upstairs about a year ago. We have a 75 lb dog. It is pretty soft, and is somewhat scratched already. that doesnt bother me though, it just makes our house look "well lived in". I am interested to see how well it holds up in the future.

[northerngirl]

Well I've been looking around some more and have found that the "strand" type of bamboo flooring is more durable (as pp said) than the standard bamboo flooring that I was originally looking at. I checked at the Simple Floors place and they have it at a price in our budget and I've talked dh into it. He was hoping we could get a lighter shade as with the other stuff we were looking at, but this type is so much more durable. I ordered some samples and we are probably going to order soon after they arrive (assuming we like it). We are planning on selling the house in 4 years or so, so I am also looking at a resale value as well. Then we can find out if bamboo is something we would want to do in our next house (hopefully a more permenant one). I will update after installation. It's exciting to think we will not have a nasty plywood floor anymore