Looking to buy a synthetic western saddle?

don't. I've seen a few decent synthetic saddles, but even then I'd prefer my old beat up real leather saddle to a fake one. Most synthetic saddles don't stay in place and don't have the support across the horn area that a regular saddle would. We don't care for our western saddles (oiled maybe once every 2 years) and they're still trucking 36 years down the road. If you are absolutely set on a synthetic, be sure to get it from a tack store that will allow you to "borrow' it for 2 weeks, that way you can try it out in a few different cirstances and know if you really like it. Any decent tack store will allow this, but online usually doesn't, then you can get stuck with a saddle you hate.