Leather jacket vs PU leather??? Major difference?

Question

Found a leather jacket I like but it's about $250.
Found a second jacket that looks about 99% just like the other one, but is only PU leather for $60.
Would it be better to just fork over the extra cash for the leather one?

Answer 1

PU is short for polyurethane, which is plastic. Plastic jackets don't last, they look good for a while but then start to wear out quickly. Meanwhile a leather jacket is longer lasting, wears well and will actually change its shape and molds itself to the contours of your body and fit like...well -like a leather glove. Additionally, plastic jackets can't be washed or dry cleaned, they can only be surface cleaned. Leather jackets can be taken to the dry cleaners and they will use a special leather cleaning process that will make your jacket as good as new. Plastic jackets are hot and sweaty, they plastic traps in all the heat and you will feel wet and clammy. It's like wearing a plastic bag. Leather breathes, letting you stay warm and comfortable while allowing air to circulate around you. A plastic jacket will last a couple years at most. With proper care a leather jacket will be wearable for decades. My dad still wears the leather jacket he wore when he hero-worshipped James Dean and Marlon Brando back in the fifties and it still looks good. Finally, leather is an all natural material, eco-friendly, and from a renewable resource. No part of a cow goes to waste, everything is used and cows aren't endangered.. Polyurethane comes from petroleum products, in other words crude oil. And at this moment in time millions of barrels of oil are killing all the life in the Gulf of Mexico, making fake polyurethane leather one of the most animal unfriendly materials on the market. A good leather jacket is an investment that you should be able to wear for years.

Answer 2

As a designer of leather and PU jackets, I can tell you there are merits to both. Longer life in leather and breathability as commented to you before. Nothing replaces leather. PU is a sort of plastic and there are all types of qualities in PU and Leather. If you're concerned with Price, go for PU and you can get a style for right now for lower cost.

I'm actually looking into making a combo of PU for the most part, high quality and leather where the wear and tear is to give it longer life. I myself am curious how this will come out. I don't feel there's a reason PU can't have leather trim, if Cotton or Wool can have Leather. It's just another material.

Answer 3

You can get PU leather jacket for a good price at http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?index=fashion-mens-clothing&tag=elan5-20&keywords=pu+jacket



As far as the difference goes, you'll see that actually leather jackets cost a lot more than the PU leather, which means the material used on these types of jacket isn't high quality, basically you can say they are fake. But the style of these types jackets is my kind of jacket because they look cool and I can actually afford it over real leather jackets which can be well over $100.

Answer 4

Pu leather is just waste because it is faux leather fake leather,artificial leather,ragzeen, it is not of good quality and also uncomfortable to wear and looks untidy too real leather look shiny soft -sheep leather or cow leather real leather is awesome i love the real leather .It is always safe and look new as compare to Pu

Answer 5

Leather jackets go out of style after a couple of years. Why fork out hundreds if dollars when you can achieve the same look for far less

Answer 6

why dish out the extra cash?? im pretty sure pu leather is just fake leather?? i just think its the better option cos then you have more money to buy other clothes :)