Is Eco microfiber leather good for basketball?

There are mainly 4 types of materials that can be applied to basketball surface, and this article will introduce all these materials. We hope that you can find your best choice after your reading.

• Cow skin. Selected from the first layer of natural skin on the back of the yellow cow, emphasizing ball control feel, the skin is astringent but not sticky when encountering sweat, the bounce is soft and moderate, extremely easy to control. But it’s expensive, and not easy to maintain, which is only for indoor wooden floors, and is usually used for professional games. Currently the U.S. NBA professional league use such basketball leather.
• PU synthetic leather. With the strengthening of people's awareness of environmental protection, PU synthetic leather is an emerging. It is used to replace the traditional natural cowhide products of new materials, basketball made of it, is waterproof, wear-resistant, mildew-resistant, suitable for indoor and outdoor dual use and has other numerous advantages.
• PVC synthetic leather. Although slightly inferior to PU synthetic leather in feel and low temperature resistance, still its waterproof, wear-resistant, mildew-resistant, anti-saline ability are better than PU synthetic leather. What’s more, it has price advantage, is a popular indoor and outdoor dual-use basketball skin material.
•  PU material. PU leather basketball is popular in basketball market. The surface of PU has small capillary pores, which can absorb the moisture attached to the surface so that the surface remains dry. Thereby it overcomes the phenomenon of losing control caused by sweat.