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Deconstructed Report of ASICS GELHOOP V15 

ASICS GELHOOP series basketball shoes released the brand-new generation V15. It improves the comfort level and cushion performance. Let’s have a look at its inner structure.

ASICS GELHOOP V15

Splitting the left shoe from middle position

ASICS GELHOOP V15 A-A side profile

Separating the vamp and insole of right shoe

The half-sole inner sleeve design is mesh fabric material which fit the foot well and improve the air permeability.

The reverse side of shoe head adds hot-melting material to improve the vamp strength.

The surface of shoe-pad uses fabric material. The shoe heel has upturning design.

The reverse side of shoe-pad is densely covered ventilated holes to improve the air permeability.

The length of EUR42.5 shoe-pad is about 277mm.

The width of EUR42.5 shoe-pad is about 94.24mm.

The thickness of EUR42.5 shoe-pad is about 5.84mm.

The surface of insole fabric is made of EVA. The arch position has ventilated holes.

The reverse side of insole fabric uses non-woven material.

The stitches of insole fabric is close.

The FlyteFoam lightweight insole technology offer good cushion performance. The starting speed is fast.

The insole of half-sole adds 6 grooves to improve the exercising flexibility.

The ventilated holes on arch position adds mesh fabric material which keeps the air permeability and prevent the dust into the shoes.

The dark blue is EVA material which is used to prevent the GEL contacting with glue. Then the GEL will lose the cushion effect. The wathet blue is GEL, which offer good resilient feedback.

Let’s have a look at the side profit to see the position of these two materials.

The length of EUR42.5 dark blue EVA material is about 41.18mm.

The width of EUR42.5 dark blue EVA material is about 33.66mm.

The thickness of EUR42.5 dark blue EVA material is about 2.88mm.

The length of EUR42.5 wathet blue GEL cushion material is about 29.76mm.

The width of EUR42.5 wathet blue GEL cushion material is about 22.05mm.

The thickness of EUR42.5 wathet blue GEL cushion material is about 3.01mm.

The NON Marking rubber outsole

The thickness of EUR42.5 half sole rubber is about 3.78mm.

The thickness of EUR42.5 rear sole rubber is about 3.16mm.

TRUSSTIC SYSTEM is bigger, which brings more power conduction and stability.

The length of EUR42.5 TRUSSTIC SYSTEM is about 137.20mm.

The width of EUR42.5 TRUSSTIC SYSTEM is about 71.24mm.

The thickness of EUR42.5 TRUSSTIC SYSTEM is about 3.71mm.

The thickness of EUR42.5 half sole (insole+outsole) is about 13.39mm.

The highest arch position (insole+outsole) is about 21.52mm.

The thickness of shoe heel (insole+outsole) is about 23.18mm. The drop height is about 9.79mm.

Let’s compare the difference of ASICS GELHOOP 15 & 15 inner structure.

ASICS GELHOOP V15

ASICS GELHOOP V14

V15（above）& V14（bottom）A-A side profit comparison

V15(L)& V14(R)vamp front side comparison

V15(L): The ventilated holes on shoe head is bigger. And it has reinforced coating surrounding the shoe head.

V14(R): The ventilated holes on the shoe head is small and closely. The big toe’s position has reinforced coating.

V15(L): The shoe tongue uses big mesh material. The lining of shoe heel is rough.

V14(R): The shoe tongue uses fine mesh fabric material. The lining of shoe heel is smooth.

V15(L) & V14(R): the reverse side of vamp comparison

V15(L) uses half-sole inner sleeve design.

V14(R) uses independent shoe-tongue design.

V15(L): The shoe heel inclination is small.

V14(R): The shoe heel inclination is bigger.

V15(L) & V14(R): the surface of shoe-pad uses fabric material.

The reverse side of shoe-pad is densely covered with air holes.

V15(L) & V14(R): The surface of insole fabric is EVA. The arch position has air holes.

V15(L): It uses FlyteFoam lightweight insole technology. The half-sole has 6 grooves. The arch position is ventically arranged with air holes. The shoe heel has GEL.

V14(R): It uses FlyteFoam lightweight insole technology. The half-sole has 5 grooves. The arch position is horizontally arranged with air holes. The shoe heel has GEL.

V15(L): The outsole is made of NON MARKING rubber. The arch position has extended TRUSSTIC SYSTEM.

V14(R): It uses NON MARKING rubber outsole and has TRUSSTIC SYSTEM.

V15: The thickness of EUR42.5 half-sole(insole+outsole) is about 13.39mm. The thickness of shoe heel (insole+outsole) is about 23.18mm. The drop height is about 9.79mm.

V14: The thickness of EUR42.5 half-sole(insole+outsole) is about 12.52mm. The thickness of shoe heel (insole+outsole) is about 23.43mm. The drop height is about 10.91mm.

V15(L): The unit weight of EUR42.5 is about 335.1g.

V14(R): The unit weight of EUR42.5 is about 336.3g.

The deconstructed parts of V15

The deconstructed parts of V14

Deconstructed Report:

Vamp: The breathed coat vamp is covered with a layer of PU thin layer, which keeps the good air permeability and stability. The shoe heel is filled with thick foam. It’s comfortable.

Insole: The FlyteFoam lightweight insole technology with extended TRUSSTIC SYSTEM offer good cushion performance and stability. The shoe heel has independent GEL, which offer comfortable cushion.

Overall: The appearance of ASICS GELHOOP V15 basketball shoes continue the design of GELHOOP series shoes. It adjusts the insole structure and enhances the scrolling. The cushion performance of shoe heel is also improved. So the overall performance of GELHOOP V15 is improved a lot.

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Asics Gel Kayano 23 Performance review

Speak of Asics , we have to talk about the series of Kayano . Since the Kayano become more and more popular in the world .After advertising a lot ,it is popular till to the 23 generation of products, which proved its unparalleled status. If Asics is the king of running shoes, then the Kayano series is the shining crown in the king .

Since release from last year ,people talk a lot ,so we will see it today .

 

Appearance :

It is still have the style of Asics , compare with last version,we can see the midsold and vamp have arrange ,which look very great .

Kayano 23 focus on the colorway this time , besides two version Lite show , there are more and more colorway aviable . It has been  called the highest face score in the historical .because of the design of shoes and more colorway. So one of friend said he bought one pair of beautiful and professional running shoes .I bought a pair of brown with fluorescent yellow ,which  a calm atmosphere with men show .

Material

Vamp followed the last generation of FluidFit technology, this technology used in Kayano 23 seems more holistic , thin and soft . It will make people feel more comfortable , actually the inner layer of foam will make more comfortable when playing . In addition, it is very permeability when running . As we we know , we like the comfortable shoes with more permeability and professional shoes in running , especial in summer ,the temperature is higher . In the early summer, the temperature is over 20 degrees centigrade outside . We need it urgent . However when we wear it ,we feel it very comfortable ,seems can feel wind when running .Although Asics used this technology as early as the Kayano 20 era, but  the FluidFit tech on Kayano 23 was the final success.

The hard backing and heel of the shoelace form a completely wrapped rubber material, so that the vamp of the Kayano 23 can always firmly control the feet. As a stability running shoes, the vamp support can be described as the acme of perfection.

Midsole

The biggest change in material is used FlyteFoam , this  technology wasused in the Gel-MetaRun  originally ,which popular in that time .it is also set off a wave of panic buying. According to Asics’s official presentation, FlyteFoam material is lighter than regular EVA material, up to 55% ,while cushioning performance is 76% after testing .

The feedback of this new material is great which  the start to the end of the process, we can feel the cushioning performance very well .It really did its work .there is not have any longer hesitate when we running . Especial every step when we fall down  and start .

It is almost the standard Dynamic DuoMax support system with hard TPU combination, so that supporting is very strong. Surprisingly, as a normal runner,I am not feel not comfortable in running with Kayano 23 .In the past, such a strong support design will be very suitable for people who are professional , now, even if the normal people also can playing it when running

Outsole

The durability of running shoes has always been a top question to runners, the outsole of Kayano 23 also service two different rubber, one is better wear resistance AHAR + material, the other is the front palm used Bubble AHAR composite material. The lifelong time of  Kayano 23 should be further extended in the case of thickening the amount of rubber on the inside of the forefoot and heel. In terms of grip, the Kayano 23’s non-slip and grip performance on cement are quite good, It can be said if wear Kayano 23,then the outsole will be safely after road friction.

Overall，the Flytefoam system really makes the shoe shine and gets me excited for it to be introduced in the other lines of ASICS that I like to run in.The seamless upper material is great, but it seemed to sacrifice room in the toe box because of this. It also ran somewhat on the narrow side fit wise.