WORKPRO Laminate Flooring Installation Kit - Rubber Mallet with Fiberglass Handle, Knee Pads, Heavy Duty Pull Bar, Solid Tapping Block and Spacers - Premium Wood Flooring Installation Tool

As long as you know how to use them...worked perfectly. Hammer did a great job at not cracking the tile. However be careful when using the claw and hammer. If your not lined up perfectly can chip. Very durable.

Excellent product, easy to use

The hammer is a good hammer for the job the pull bar and block work great but the shims do not stay in place well and the thickness is not very good find it better to just use a peace of the flooring as a spacer works better but over all a good tool set

I’m not a pro but I have some experience and this set saved me on my project. Good tools, good amount of shims. Can’t beat the price for everything included.

I had to buy this kit while I was working on a floor install. I had an installation kit already, but the pull bar was beginning to bend. The pull bar in this kit is much thicker and a bit longer than what I had. The mallet is heavier too.The only issue I found was the lip on the pull bar is a little tall to fit under the drywall in spots. I didn’t deduct any stars for that because I could mill it shorter if I needed to.The spacers are basically shims, which I used for a different application.

I purchased this for a 600 square foot, 1/2" thick engineered flooring installation in my home. For $22 my expectations for quality weren't that high. I'm originally from the electrical trades and rarely buy low quality tools. I've installed 3/4" hardwood flooring before but this was my first engineered flooring project. I figured for $22 bucks a lower quality kit will get me started and if it doesn't last, then lesson learned and I'll purchase a better one if needed. I have to say the quality exceeded my expectations. The pull bar is heavy gauge and has felt pads so it doesn't scratch the floor as you use it. I also was expecting a fisher-price type hammer but the hammer is a decent quality FOR WHAT IT'S DESIGNED TO DO. The spacers (actually shims) came in handy as well. Those complaining that they are shims as opposed to spacers do not understand the intent. Walls are often not perfectly plumb, so you sometimes do not want equal-sized spacers against the wall - you want variable sized shims to put pressure on the first course to keep it straight, based on the assumption you snapped a square line for the first course. If you use equal sized spacers, the first course will now be aligned with the more than likely out of plumb wall, making the remaining rows out of square. Inexperienced users should not leave reviews. Keep in mind....the pull bar, hammer and tapping block are not meant to endure heavy blows - they're meant to "tap" pieces and ensure a snug fit. Realistically, you use a little more force than tapping, but you're doing something wrong if you need to whale on the hammer, block or pull bar. That means you're forcing pieces to fit together, indicating something is wrong with your installation. I can only imagine those that said the bar bent or the tapping block or hammer fell apart are subjecting them to forces they're not designed for and that shouldn't be needed if you're installing the floor correctly. Anyone busting these tools is clearly not using them properly. So that being said....I wouldn't buy this for professional use and I'd recommend it ONLY for installing laminates, vinyl and engineered flooring - NOT for 3/4" hardwood flooring - you'd need a heavier-duty set for that. But for a few DIY laminate/engineered wood floor projects, I think it's a good buy. This kit will be around for my next engineered flooring job upstairs. Update Jan 2021: I just completed another engineered flooring project upstairs (720 sq ft) using the same kit. It's still good enough to keep, even though my flooring is all done. See the pictures of the tools AFTER installing over 1300 square feet of engineered hardwood flooring. I seriously don't know what people are doing to break them. Obviously inexperienced at installing floors.NOTE: I purchased this item on Amazon for full price and have no affiliation to the seller. I try to write helpful, unbiased and insightful reviews because I also read reviews prior to making my own buying decisions. I notice many reviews lack helpful information, are not well written or give poor reviews based on not reading directions, inexperience or failing to read the product details prior to purchasing. Writing valuable reviews helps pay it forward.

Just finished a hundred square foot room. My first time installing vinyl planks. The mallet performed well. The bar performed well. To use the block, one MUST use a scrap piece between it and your planks. I bought a different one that fit the planks better as well. I couldn't get a good solid backing from the provided spacers for me to hit the planks against. I had to cut some plywood and fit around edges which worked really well.

got this because we decided to do laminate flooring in our house. Roughly about 1200 square feet. This kit was a godsend. The spacers are more like shims which really is my only pet peeve, but I used one of my scrap pieces of plank as the spacer and then made use of the spacers as a extra added measure to steady them up. The mallet is good, had no problems with that, the tug bar is great as well. No issues with that. The tapping block is really sturdy and solid. All in all great set at a great price.