We had the Azek at our last house. I see someone mentioned the heat issue. If it gets direct sunlight it does get hot on the feet.
I found that mold would build up on the deck as the water gets trapped between the boards and the joists. Drove me nuts keeping it clean.
If I were to do decking again I would go with standard PT wood and just use composite for the handrails (no splinters, etc). Since the structural pieces will be pressure treated (posts and joists) I found no big improvement of composite over regular PT. Both still required maintenance.
Go 12 or 14 inchs on center to avoid the sagging boards as well.
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