Bonded Leather Better than Leather??? Not even close!!!

As you all know I am a major leather FAN. I love leather and I am always looking a new items and new products and I love to see any articles on leather. Well today I read and article on bonded leather that I have to say made me crazy. It was an article about bonded leather being a great product for upholstery. First I have to say that bonded leather is perfect for the book binding market. It works well for this type of manufacturing and is perfect for the consumers that buy leather bound Bibles etc... but not for upholstery. Over the past few years I have visited so many retail floors and seen the bonded leather furniture and when I pointed out the fact it was bonded and not true cow hide the sales person on the floor had no idea what I was talking about or how to respond. Retails have been selling the bonded leather and now they have been caught or they figured it out. Not sure which. If consumers are buying leather they want true 100% genuine cowhide leather, not and imitation crushed up glued together material called leather. Most retails are taking bonded leather off the floor and deciding NOT TO SELL bonded leather for upholstery. That is the right approach. It just does not have the same stretch and give as real leather and it is stiff and will never feel like real leather. It will never wear or perform the same for long term performance. The fact is it is NOT Real LEATHER. If we do not tell consumers the difference then Bonded leather performance will give our 100% leather upholstery a bad name due to lack of performance. The only great thing about the bonded leather is the fact that the manufacture can get great yield because it comes on a roll like fabric.

I applaud the retails who have decided that quality will rule and the consumers deserve the truth on products.