# Ventilated seats **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [May 13, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ventilated-seats/79279 "2013-05-13T16:42:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![melott](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/melott/32/10827_2.png) [@melott](https://community.cartalk.com/u/melott)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ventilated-seats/79279/1 "2013-05-13T16:42:25Z")
Sounds like a nice idea, but seems to me all those little holes would be a cleaning nighmare. One coffee spill, and you have an impossible cleanup situation. Does anyone have actual experience with these things? ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ventilated-seats/79279/2 "2013-05-13T18:17:56Z")
Many cars also have an air filter in the seat for that system. Much like an air filter for the engine or a cabin filter for the A/C ventilation system. Referred to in the industry as a “fart filter.” Maintenance can be tough like you say, peanut butter is a nightmare to get out. But then again do the people who buy cars with heated and ventilated seats really clean their own cars, or does the detailing service take care of that? ---
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ventilated-seats/79279/3 "2013-05-13T18:55:54Z")
This is a job for… SHOP VAC ! No spill too tough. No need to scrub the mess in deeper… No sopping with paper towels… No long drying time. SHOP VAC to the rescue. ( Yes, you can use your houshold vacuum if sucking up dry residue, but with a shop vac you can use nice hot water to clean a soaked in spill…and get it all up and out. ) ---
**Author:** ![melott](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/melott/32/10827_2.png) [@melott](https://community.cartalk.com/u/melott)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ventilated-seats/79279/4 "2013-05-13T20:00:33Z")
I can afford such a car, in that I am thinking about buying one, and I do my own car cleaning. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ventilated-seats/79279/5 "2013-05-13T21:55:36Z")
Anybody here got one? Are they more comfortable, less sweat inducing? ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ventilated-seats/79279/6 "2013-05-13T22:09:19Z")
Perforated leather seats have been around for a long time, whether they’re power-vented or not. Cleanup isn’t a big deal. If you spill something goopy, you might have to (carefully) use a toothpick in the holes, but that’s pretty rare. I’ve never had to clean mine beyond normal leather cleaning/conditioning, but then I also have a strict “no eating in the car, ever” rule. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ventilated-seats/79279/7 "2013-05-13T22:16:07Z")
But do they work? Are they less sweaty? ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ventilated-seats/79279/8 "2013-05-13T22:27:56Z")
We have them in my wifes Lexus. The Lexus is an 07 and haven’t had an issue with it yet. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ventilated-seats/79279/9 "2013-05-13T22:33:57Z")
Yes, they work, good to have in TX. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ventilated-seats/79279/10 "2013-05-13T23:20:24Z")
I don’t notice much difference between the perforated leather in the TL and the solid leather in the MR2 from a “how hot are my legs” perspective. But then both cars have very frosty air conditioners, so I’m rarely hot in either one of them. If heat is an issue, you’d want actively-cooled seats like in the RL or other higher-end luxury cars.