Is it time for you to purchase a new handbag, backpack, or travel bag? Are you wondering whether to choose canvas or leather as the best suitable material that perfectly matches your requirements, purpose, and expectations? Some of the circumstances and factors that we need to keep in mind while the selection of bags are:
• Weather and climatic conditions in your locality
• Purpose and utility of the bag
• Affordability and value for cost
• Ease and time to spend for maintenance of the bag
• Impact on environment: Preservation of nature and animals, Recyclability and Biodegradability
Let us discuss the unique features of both the materials that are prominently used to produce all types of bags. This will guide you regarding the advantages and disadvantages to be considered, depending on which you can take a call regarding material of bag.
LEATHER BAGS
Advantages:
• High durability and strength.
• Sturdy to endure rough and tough handling and heavy weights.
• Extended service period.
• Weather, water, and dust proof ability.
• Style and elegant vintage appearance.
Disadvantages:
• Leather treatment, enhancing, and conditioning products involve chemicals, contaminants, and toxins hazardous to environment and natural resources.
• Encouragement to animal poaching and endangerment.
• Untreated leather gets easily stained by absorbing water or oil and attracting dust.
• Lack of flexibility, breathability, and resilience.
• Highly expensive and overpriced products.
• High repair cost and complicated as well as time consuming maintenance process.
COTTON CANVAS BAGS
Advantages
• High durability, strength, reliability, and long-life period.
• Skin-friendly, soft, easy, and light-weight to carry even large volumes of goods many times the weight of the bag.
• Highly flexible, breathable, versatile, and resilient to carry clothes and accessories or vegetables, fruits, and perishable items.
• Sustainable resource and environment-friendly fabric as production and maintenance do not involve harmful chemicals and toxins.
• Combination of classical and trendy appearance.
• Available in various sizes, shapes, designs, patterns, colours, prints, functionalities, and price ranges.
• Easy, simple, and low-cost upkeep, maintenance, and repair process.
Disadvantages
• Canvas gets easily stained by absorbing water or oil and attracting dust, however treatment with wax solves the problem.
• Informal and mismatch with formal business attires and purposes.