what is the differences between PU and genuine leather in the shoes
PU leather's advantages and disadvantages

How to choose PU and Genuine leather for women shoes consumers?

How to choose PU and Genuine leather for women shoes consumers?

PU leather (as known is polyurethane leather) is a leather which is 100% artificial made by thermoplastic polymer for mainly making shoes and furnitures. It is always an alternative to real leather (genuine leather), the appearance of PU leather is similar to genuine leather, but the price of PU is far lower than genuine leather

There are some good points and drawback of PU leather.

PU leather’s ADVANTAGES:

    • CHEAP and VALUABLE.

    • PU leather is more cheaper than genuine leather, the reason is PU is easier to produce and manufacture than the real leather.

    • Easy to clean.

    • PU leather is easy to clean because it does not absorb water.

    • Variety styles.

    • PU is easy to be made into various colors and styles, there are more choices for consumers when buy some PU related products such colors and lines. In addition, PU leather will not dry out over time.

    • SUSTAINABILITY.

    • PU is more environment-friendly, it uses less resources to make in comparison to genuine leather.

PU leather’s DRAWBACK:

    • APPEARANCE.

    • The appearance of PU leather is not beautiful as leather. It looks synthetic. Also, PU leather doesn’t develop the same luster or patina as real leather over time.

    • BREATHABLE.

    • The breathability of PU leather is not worse than leather.

    • LIFE OF USING TIME.

    • It is easy to be cracked over the time.

    • SMELL.

    • It can smell chemicals or plastic.

    • PERFORMANCE.

    • It can puncture or tear easily.

    • ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY.

    • It is made by plastics, but plastics don’t decompose.

All in all, PU is a good solution for alternating genuine leather in case of price and some listed reason. Consumers can choose to buy PU or Genuine leather products by their individual preferences. Our company could produce shoes by using both of those two materials, Please come to our store see what shoes you are interested in!!!!!!!

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