Clark W. Griswold
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Yes. that saddle would always be a poor choice. When they need to use RX and bring medical stuff into it you know it is not designed by anyone in the medical field who knows anything about saddles. Wider with massive amounts of soft padding is not generally a good thing. The person at the shop was correct. You want something to give your ischial tuberosity (sit bones) support and gel generally cannot support them only let them sink in a provide pressure points.
My butt happens to like the Brooks Cambium C17 Carved. However your butt might be different and you should reach out to your local fitter or find a shop with a sit bone measuring device and start from there.