Hardwood vs engineered bamboo

Any carpenter or specialist who do wooden flooring around? Which is better of the both?

I did loads of reading up on bamboo (on the internet)

It seems there is loads of tat about and its often mainly horrible glue. So in the end we avoided it

Depends which hardwood I guess. I’d prefer bamboo over balsa.

Some bloke called darcy will be along shortly…..

Not sure he knows what he’s on about.

Smells nice though.

Musty.

Well he does earn a living on his knees

To be honest engineered timber or Bamboo should effectively be the same
in which would be different if it was to be made from its solid form

Bamboo

Engineered hardwood if you’re choosing.

I’ve fitted bamboo as a floor and as a worktop. I like it and its naturally water resistant but…..it scorches like a bugger when you cut it. Probably cos its so hard. Not something you
Can’t deal with but just worth noting.

It is also really heavy (dense). From personal experience I won’t be accepting any more work top jobs in 4th floor flats from now on. 4m lengths of bamboo worktop will wreck anyone’s back in time !

Our bamboo is, frankly, shite.

Not stable (big gaps opening up over this year), and the lacquer is so rubbish that it not only scratches easily but the scratches are really obvious.

Better bamboo products may be available, but this wasn’t the cheapest by a long way, and I wouldn’t touch it again.