With the development of industry and the advancement of technique, a lot of people can not tell the material of the leather on their hand is real leather or fake leather , because the fake leather are being more and more similar to real one.  The cowhide is the most widely used in the market nowadays. You might be confused what are the differences between fake leather and real leather. Several differences has been listed in the following content: 

1. Durability. There will be fracture, mildew and fade on PU patches in several years. Unlike PU leather, real leather has much better quality . A lot of real leather clothes are almost the same as the new one even decades later.
2. Permeability. Unlike PU leather , real leather is hard to tear or puncture. As long as you observe carefully, a lot of pores can be seen on the real leather, which attaches great importance on the permeability. 


3.Cutting-Edge. The edge of PU leather is so neat that without any blur. However, the edges of real leather are rough but natural. Of course, if customers need beautiful edges, oil edge technique can be used to cover the edges.
4. Smelling. PU leather has various odour , such as plastic ,fishy, etc. As for real leather, the smell is much nature and acceptable. There is a way to test the leather is real or not. You can fire leather with lighter--- the smell of PU leather is pungent and odorous, but the real leather is not.

5. Backing. The backing of PU leather and real leather is very easy to distinguish. Generally, the backing of real leather is very tough and coarse , because it is composed of lean meat of animal. For the PU leather, the surface is flat and smooth. 
6. Flexibility. Although PU leather is also very soft, you will find that the softness is not so natural as real leather. The softness of real leather is very comfortable which is very similar to our skin.

Paying attention to the leather that you buy should meet your demands, althouth real leather is more expensive than PU one. There is an important reason to recommend you buy real leather: a part of people is allergic to PU leather. As a result, we prefer to advise customer to buy real leather.   

Hope our brief introduction of the differences between PU leather and real leather will do you a big favor. If you have any question, please contact us at the first time.