I choose Flexsteel performance fabric rather than leather. That's a great question. Both have lots of features, both have lots of benefits.
Performance fabric, scratch-resistant, stain-resistant, odor-resistant. If you've got families, pets, kids, if you have rambunctious football game parties or baseball game parties at your home and they might spill beer or Coca-Cola or a chili dog on your furniture, I would go with the performance fabric from Flexsteel.
If you want more refined leather furniture that sits and feels like you love, that you sit down every day and rub the great hand of the leather on the Flexsteel leather furniture, leather everywhere you sit and touch, I'd go with leather.
It's a matter of personal preference. You're worried about spills and thrills on the furniture, buy performance fabric. You want a great hand, buy leather.
Either way, you'll make a great choice. Flexsteel furniture, made for comfort, made for you.