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I don't see the leather in bonded leather... and you won't see it either !! I bought a new office chair on Sunday, returned it on Friday. Not because It's made with bonded leather. It was a name brand with a 10 year warrantee but I didn't like some of the features. If you research bonded leather you will see the facts: The top surface of bonded leather is NOT leather. It's polyurethane. It's a manufactured product that comes on rolls similar to Naugahyde. Here's the deceiving part... Although there is real leather used in manufacturing of bonded leather, it starts with scraps shredded and broken down to fibers (the key word here is fibers and not pieces) then it's mixed with chemicals and extruded as an emulsion that gets sandwiched (or bonded) between a paper or cloth backer and the polyurethane top. I found out about bonded leather a few years ago when shopping for office chairs and I've seen a few videos. My opinion is they all make it sound so convincing that you are getting 'leather' at a fraction of the cost of real leather. The truth is, you cannot see or feel leather in bonded leather. |
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BK, in some cases it's double. A $300 chair could be $600 in real leather. But you have to consider other factors. The more expensive chair would typically have a stronger frame and better padding, so it's not only the exterior covering to take into consideration.
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