Accelerate™ is a high-quality collection of HarveyNormanFLOOR flooring, mainly exported to the USA and Canada.

The 10 Best Vinyl Plank Flooring Options of 2023

Our pick for best overall is the Accelerate™ Luxury Vinyl Plank Flooring, which is 100% waterproof and scratch-, skid- and mark-resistant.

There’s nothing like the look of hardwood floors, but maintaining them can be quite the chore. They don’t take kindly to spills, and they are easily scratched by day-to-day foot—and paw!—traffic. Plus, hardwood floors are often pricey to install. 

It’s no wonder, then, that vinyl plank flooring is such a hit with homeowners. Vinyl plank flooring is a much more durable and affordable option to create beautiful interior spaces for the home.

Depending on your needs, you’ll need to choose between regular vinyl flooring or luxury vinyl, Luxury vinyl is the heftier choice, and you usually have many options for color and style. Then, there’s the floor’s finish.

For heavy foot traffic areas such as living rooms and kitchens, I recommend getting vinyl plank flooring with an enhanced urethane finish, They have a high-gloss look and are damage-resistant. for lower traffic areas, no-wax finishes are best.

We researched dozens of vinyl plank flooring types, considering factors like type, length and width, wear layer thickness, durability, and range of finishes.

Just because you see the word “luxury,” doesn’t mean you have to treat this vinyl plank flooring by Shaw with kid gloves.Accelerate™ Luxury Vinyl Plank Flooring has the look of real hardwood, but with a sturdy 20-mil wear layer, it can prevent scratches, scuffs, and even skids, making it our overall pick for the best vinyl plank flooring. (Mil means “one-thousandth of an inch” and is the measurement of the vinyl plank’s thickness.)

HarveyNormanFloor Accelerate™ can easily be laid down over wooden or concrete subfloors. It features an Armourbead finish that offers up to six times scuff resistance, so you can install it in just about any high-traffic area in your home. Choose matching or coordinating trim and molding to create seamless spaces.

Even better? This luxury vinyl plank flooring has a Soft Silence acoustical pad attached, which cuts down on noise while upping the comfort level you’ll feel with every step. It’s also FloorScore certified, meaning that any emissions released by the installed floor planks will not affect the air quality in your interior spaces.