After much back and forth over many months, I was sent new cushions. Honestly, they're not much better. The fabric still wets out, water gets under the cover and soaks into the cushion, and is stained by anything that touches it. The inside of the fabric does have a coating on it that should theoretically keep water from soaking through, but it is seemingly ineffective. Perhaps they've assumed that because there is an inner coating, there is no need for any sort of water/stain repellent on the outside? Another issue seems to be the stitching that is supposed to prevent water for getting through the seams isn't 100% effective, so when water gets in, it stays in.

I still cannot understand how Sunbrella determind the fabric was performing as expected... it certainly does not perform as advertised. I cannot leave my cushions out in the rain without getting wet let alone let me kids sit on them for dinner without staining them. We're also in Florida and the cushions sit outside. I don't even bother getting them out unless we're having people over.

I have some inexpensive lounge chair cushions I got on clearance from Target that have performed significantly better than the Rain cushion covers and they're 10+ years old.

Unless Sunbrella has changed the fabric considerably, I would not waste my money on it. You're better off going with whatever outdoor fabric over foam that dries quickly. And opt for mesh fabric/covering on the bottom so water can drain out. Unfortunately, this means you can't flip them over, but at least the water can drain out easily so when they inevitably get wet they will dry easily.

Yeah I am very confused. I got samples of both standard Sunbrella Outdoor, and the Sanbrella Rain. I folded them to form like a small pot and put 1 inch of water on both. After 2 minutes no water passed through, this on both of them. THe bottom part was 100% dry. I need to try again tomorrow, maybe times matter. Or maybe when installed they are stretched. Ebel representative suggested not to use Rain and to go with standard Sunbrella with Reticulated foam, and if any water enters it just drains out. But she didnt seem to have much experience with Rain, they dont really sell it, mostly cause color choice is poor.