Vegan car seat vs leather car seats

Vegan car seat

Pros	Cons
More Affordable	Stain and spill absorbent
More breathable/Perforated	New car smell lasts less time
More comfortable	Less luxurious look
Little or no maintenance	Touch of the seat surface

Leather car seat

Pro	Cons
Luxurious appearance	Tend to be more expensive
Easy to clean from spills	Most are not perforated
Tend to be softer	Tend to slip and stick
New car smell lasts longer	Hard to maintain
High resale value

Vegan car Seats

Benefits of Fabric Seats

Let’s talk about the benefits of cloth seats first. The advantage of cloth seats is that they are more affordable. When you look at vehicles with cloth seats, they are most likely cheaper than cars with leather seats. Another advantage of cloth seats is that they are more comfortable overall. With cloth seats, you don’t have a grip, or the cloth doesn’t stick to your body. You don’t have slippage since the friction between your clothes and the seat keeps you in place, and you don’t get burned either since these seats are pretty perforated.

This brings us to our next point, and that’s because fabric seats are more breathable and they are perforated. This means that they will stay at a stable temperature, so you’re not going to burn yourself, and fabric seats are virtually maintenance-free. After a while, you’ll have to vacuum them to keep them clean, and you can probably steam them from time to time, but overall, you don’t need as much maintenance with fabric seats as leather seats.

Disadvantages of fabric seats

One of the drawbacks of cloth seats is that they stain and absorb spills much more easily than leather seats. Let’s say, for example, you have a juice of some sort, and you spill it directly on your fabric seats. Your fabric will eventually absorb it. Then it will dry inside and leave behind a stain the color of the juice.

Another downside to cloth seats is that the new car smell tends to fade much more easily. You can smell it faintly, but overall, the new car smell is pretty much gone. The new car smell would last much longer if you had leather seats in a car.

Another downside to having these cloth seats is that they don’t look as luxurious as leather seats. Some manufacturers do better at making their fabric seats look more suitable than others.

Fabric seats also tend to be rough. For example, if you had a cheaper fabric insert on your seats, they can be a bit scratchy.

Different vehicles may have too soft fabric, which can also tear very easily. That could also be another drawback.

When you want to protect or change the look of your entire vehicle, using durable seat covers can be a big help. Seat covers allow water drops to bead up and wipe off with a soft cloth.

Then another disadvantage of fabric seats can also be their lower resale value, as fabric seats are usually much cheaper than leather seats. If you opt for cloth seats, you can expect your vehicle to have a lower resale value because of your choice of seats.

Leather car Seats

Benefits of Leather Seats

Overall, leather seats tend to look much more luxurious than cloth seats, which is the case most of the time. Leather looks much more elegant and, if you will, high quality than your typical cloth seats.

The advantage of choosing leather seats over fabric is that they are easier to clean up from spills. For example, let’s say you spill something on your leather seats. You can quickly grab a towel and wipe it off.

When you want to protect or change the look of your entire vehicle, using durable seat covers can be a big help. Seat covers allow water droplets to bead up and wipe off with a soft cloth.

Another advantage of leather seats is that they are much softer and more pliable than fabric seats, which tend to be rougher. Sitting inside leather seats is much softer, and you feel like you’ve gone the extra mile and paid a little more for a little more comfort.

One significant advantage of choosing leather seats over cloth seats is that they tend to keep the new car smell much longer.

Another benefit of having leather seats is that they will have a higher resale value. Fabric seats are cheaper or less expensive than leather seats, so if you choose your leather seats over your fabric seats, the vehicle will tend to have a higher resale value because you paid that extra money, and in the long run. It will also have a slightly higher value than your cloth seats.

The disadvantages of leather seats

If you choose leather seats over cloth seats, you should know that you will most likely pay more for your leather seats than your cloth seats.

Another thing you will probably notice is that most of them are not perforated. As in perforated, this means that when the seats are perforated, you have these little dots in the seat, so on a hot day, for example, you’re going to sweat a lot more while sitting inside the leather seats. You’ll probably stick a lot more, too, especially if you’re wearing shorts or something. Your thighs will stick to the leather seats when you sweat because they are not perforated.

Another problem that could happen is if you slide around a lot more in the leather seats than your cloth seats because your clothes and the cloth will cause friction and hold you in place. Whereas if you have the leather seats, your clothes and the leather will not have as much friction between them, so you will slide around a lot more while driving.

Another disadvantage of choosing leather seats over your cloth seats can be that they are harder to maintain, and one of the main reasons for this is that you need special wipes to clean the leather. Because if you clean the leather with water and a towel, you will stretch or expand those leather fibers, and as a result, you will get stretch marks. The leather will start to stretch. Over time, the leather isn’t hold up as well as the fabric seats.

How to clean leather seats

The first step is to vacuum the seats. Make sure to get into the seams to remove any loose dirt. Next, use a car leather cleaner to remove the dirt, oil, and grease that cause the shine. Spray the cleaner on the seat, one section at a time, and work it in with a firm sponge, soft brush, or cloth to lift the dirt. This dirt is now trapped in the foam.

Next, use a clean, damp cloth to wipe the seat. This will remove the foam underneath, leaving a clean matte leather. Dry it with microfiber, and you’re done.