Looking to get some feedback on a New saddle For leaning.
Needs to be comfortable for walking And not bulky As I’m on public.
Using Latitude Classic 2 Now .
Had Cruzr,TX5 minimalist,Method 1 And Method 2
I lean mostly. My two saddles are a Cruzr XC and a Deluxe Wood Hunting saddle.
They are both 1 panel, pleated designs. I have the feeling that 2 panels are somewhat lost on a leaner, but I could be wrong. The only saddles I've tried are Tree Hopper Recon (2 panel sling), Cruzr XC, Deluxe Wood, and a few Tethrd saddles.
Of the two, the Cruzr is my backup and the Deluxe Wood is my primary. The Deluxe Wood is as well made with as good of materials as can possibly be expected for a saddle you would buy (to make it much better you'd probably have to charge like a grand or something). The materials are heavy duty (within reason...don't want a 10 lbs saddle), the buckles are Cobra rated buckles, and the stitching is as close to perfect as a human can achieve when sewing up 4 layers of webbing at a time (on the loops you will see the lines become slightly less parallel because the fabric is doubled over and the stitches there are not for body weight support but rather to keep loops in their doubled over shape).
The best made saddles are from the smaller companies where the owners are directly involved with saddle production and were the ones that currently do or did make the saddles themselves.
Wood Hunting, TX5, CGM, and Overwatch saddles fall in this category and all but TX5 are owned by folks that are active members here.