Every body and every butt is different. When I was riding DF, everyone extolled the Brooks saddles. I bought one, tried if for a year. The only saddle that ever made me cry. Now that I have a recumbent I've started meeting others with recumbents; definitely discovered I much prefer the mesh style seat i have to the hard formed seats with pads that some bents have. Bents seem no less adaptable in terms of types of seats but it does seem like they are more model specific, whereas you can put just about any saddle on any DF bike. A little more standardization would be nice I think. Just because the mesh suits me now doesn't mean I might not find a different type of seat more comfortable later on, and AFAIK, you can't just put on any seat brand on any bent brand. Be nice if I was wrong about that...... although I have had zero butt discomfort so far.