Armstrong Flooring L6577 Weathered Way Laminate Floor Coverings

Started my floor in July, it’s October now. I am having issues with Armstrong flooring to match the same shade even though they are the same “code” of color. Nothing more frustrating than looking at a half done floor & have it two different shades of the same color.

I'm torn on reviewing this one. The flooring itself is great. I bought it to cover a small hallway area into a closet that transitions between two rooms that have different flooring that I was unable to match. Unfortunately my order (though purchased at the same time) shipped from two different warehouses across the country for each other. I received the first part of the order about a week before the other but since it was right at Christmas time I went ahead an installed the one case that covered the hallway area but not inside closet. I first noticed that both end of the box were badly damaged and that the flooring itself had significant damage on the ends. Since I was only laying the planks one width long, I could cut off the ends so that didn't bother me too much. The first part came out great and when I received the second box I got right to work on cutting the (again badly damaged) ends off the flooring so that it could be installed inside the closet. It wasn't until I started to install the first piece that I noticed the significant difference in the color and pattern of the flooring. Its definitely similar but certainty not the same. I checked the boxes and all of the tags match up but apparently there is such inconsistency in the manufacturing run, that product that is sold on different sides of the country looks completely different. It works out "ok" for me because you never see the difference in color unless you open the closet. Moral of the story, unless your doing a very small flooring job, do not buy laminate flooring through amazon. It will come in damaged and quite possibly not even match. Had I been trying to do a big job that was out in the open, I would have been pissed.