Leather or Vinyl for Captains Chairs
We are updating our 9 year old unit. Have looked at and sat in dozens of seats. The ones we found and like the best are vinyl. Is there a huge difference in feel over time? These are amish made from a...
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Cloth! Vinyl is too hot and sticky and leather seems to need either a lot of maintenance or breaks up in a fairly short time.
We hate the seats in our rig (Flexsteel) with what I think is ultra-leather. It's not just the fabric that we hate. They're too big (particularly the fore/aft length of the cushion), there's no height adjustment (DW's feet don't reach the floor), no cushion-tilt adjustment and there's no vertical shock absorber.
I drove transit for three years after my first retirement. The coaches had a Recaro driver's seat with cloth upholstery. It had all the above adjustments and an air suspension/shock absorber. Throw in a steering column with two universal joints, a telescopic section and a wide-range tilt steering wheel, anyone between 4'6" and 6'10" could get a driving position that was comfortable for an 8-hour shift. I rarely get more than 90 minutes in the RV without a break for relief of hamstring cramps and DW can't drive the beast at all.
We hate the seats in our rig (Flexsteel) with what I think is ultra-leather. It's not just the fabric that we hate. They're too big (particularly the fore/aft length of the cushion), there's no height adjustment (DW's feet don't reach the floor), no cushion-tilt adjustment and there's no vertical shock absorber.
I drove transit for three years after my first retirement. The coaches had a Recaro driver's seat with cloth upholstery. It had all the above adjustments and an air suspension/shock absorber. Throw in a steering column with two universal joints, a telescopic section and a wide-range tilt steering wheel, anyone between 4'6" and 6'10" could get a driving position that was comfortable for an 8-hour shift. I rarely get more than 90 minutes in the RV without a break for relief of hamstring cramps and DW can't drive the beast at all.
