About Leather Honey
Leather Honey traces back to the early 1960s, when a retired chemist and Daniel McGowen, a businessman who had recently taken over his father-in-law's Philadelphia-based manufacturing company, set out to build a better leather treatment. Most leather conditioners of that era relied on solvent-based chemistry that was flammable and left a harsh odor; the two spent years perfecting a solvent-free, water-repellent, non-toxic formula instead, testing it with a controlled experiment before it went to market. That same recipe has been sold under the Leather Honey name since 1968. The company remains family-run today -- current CEO Shawn McGowen is the grandson of the original inventor.
The catalog centers on the flagship Leather Conditioner, sold in 4-, 8-, 16-, and 32-ounce sizes, alongside a companion Leather Cleaner, combined clean-and-condition kits, dedicated application cloths, and a separate suede and nubuck cleaner line. Products are made in the USA and sold through Leather Honey's own site, brick-and-mortar retailers, and national auto-parts chains, as well as its Amazon storefront -- which the company says has grown over roughly 14 years into the top-selling listing in Amazon's Upholstery Care category, backed by nearly 68,000 customer reviews. On RevRated, the Leather Honey Leather Conditioner is one of our top picks for leather care in our Best Car Interior Cleaners reviews, with one of the deepest review bases of any product we tested in that roundup.
Brand website: leatherhoney.com
What Leather Honey makes
Leather Honey's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines we know best from our own testing are marked with a star:
Leather Conditioner (4, 8, 16 & 32 oz)
the deep-penetrating, solvent-free formula sold since 1968, in four bottle sizes for cars, furniture, and leather goods -- featured on RevRated — featured on RevRated
Leather Cleaner (4, 8 & 16 oz)
a companion cleaner meant to run before conditioning, to lift surface dirt and grime rather than sealing it under the conditioner
Complete Leather Care Kits
conditioner and cleaner bundled with application cloths for a full clean-then-condition routine
Application Cloths
dedicated cloths sold separately for working the conditioner into leather
Suede & Nubuck Cleaner Kit
a separate formula for suede and nubuck surfaces, outside our current roundups
Why we recognized Leather Honey
The RevRated Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our hands-on category reviews. Leather Honey earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: bought, run on real vehicles, and judged on merit.
Leather Honey products we rated highly
Leather Honey Leather Conditioner (8 oz)
With more than 67,000 verified reviews at a 4.5-star average, it's the most-reviewed leather-specific product in our interior cleaner testing and the top-selling item in Amazon's Upholstery Care category. The deep-penetrating formula works oils back into the leather fiber matrix rather than sitting on top of it, which is what lets it restore flexibility to dried, stiff, or cracked leather rather than just masking the damage temporarily -- users report the suppleness holding for months after a single application. It's a conditioner rather than a cleaner, so we pair it with a dedicated leather cleaner first on visibly dirty seats, but for restoring and maintaining leather that's already clean, it's one of our top picks.
Read the 7 Best Car Interior Cleaners of 2026 guide →What earned Leather Honey the recognition
- Nearly 68,000 Amazon reviews at a 4.5-star average and the top-selling listing in Amazon's Upholstery Care category, one of the deepest review bases of any leather product we've tested on RevRated.
- A solvent-free, non-toxic formula developed in the early 1960s specifically to avoid the fire-hazard solvents and harsh odors common in leather conditioners of that era, verified through a controlled experiment before it reached the market.
- Made in the USA and sold under the same family formula since 1968, still led today by the McGowen family -- CEO Shawn McGowen is the grandson of the original inventor.
- Genuine fiber-level moisturization rather than a surface coating, restoring flexibility to dried, stiff, or cracked leather instead of temporarily masking the damage.
- One of our top picks for leather care in RevRated's Best Car Interior Cleaners roundup, tested alongside general-purpose interior cleaners and other leather-specific formulas.