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Baz, vinyl plank is the way to go. I have a 7mm German floor in my family room. My thinking was it will get beat up and replaced when kids are grown. This damn thing is so good that there's no sign of wear. I told my wife the new floor is scratch resistance. She now drags the the table across the room knowing the floor will be replaced with hardwood again someday. There's not a scratch on it so it will take abuse well. It has texture and it does look like wood from 3' away. I use a high density backing to eliminate noise for the downstairs bedrooms. This was done about 10 years ago and I spec out this German flooring only because I felt the Chinese import was not good enough. Now, I install these flooring (All Chinese made and most are damn good too) in all my rentals. They are easy to install, press fit and it clicks together. One thing we discovered is that once clicked together, it doesn't like to come apart. If you get it apart, it will no longer hold itself tight because the clicking parts are broken.
Do get the install tool. It allows the installer to get the pieces from the walls tight.
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