The factory switched to real leather when they learned of it. But I wonder if the non-seating surfaces are still made of that same horrid China-made vinyl.
You are being generous with that statement since it was at least a 2 year period before they switched. Also it was a tad misleading to advertise use of "Ultra Leather" when it was a cheaper substitute.
Yes I guess I was. I agree with you.
Going back as far as 2007, I thought I was paying more to get leather, just to find out after I had the rig a while, that it was generic vinyl. I did not feel good about that discovery. The name "Ultra Leather" was very misleading. Had we known back in 2007 it was simple vinyl, we likely would have opted for cloth throughout and save some good money. But at the same time, we have been happy with the vinyl. It worked out after-all for us. It cleans easy and is strangely comfortable. But we don't have any flaking going on like some of you here.
We originally ordered cloth for our dinette to save money, but those original cushions were so problematic in many different ways that I later bought vinyl cushions with upgraded foam. Since the change, we can sit at our dinette 4x more before needing to get up.
Here were our original uncomfortable cloth dinette cushions. They were thicker but my 180 pound body crushed the foam feeling the plywood bottom. The cloth did not allow us to slide either. We left glued to the cushions, unable to shift our weight without lifting ourselves.
Here are our current day upgraded vinyl cushions. If you look close, you can see they are notably thinner. They are surely more dense. Not just more comfortable, but because the cushions are thinner, the dinette is more roomy. So in our situation, the change was for the better.
