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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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The Performance Review of HOKA ONE ONE Rocket X 2

After 3 years, HOKA finally upgrade the carbon plate racing series shoes Rocket X 2.

HOKA has continued its creative streak in running shoes over the past few years. But it has to be said that HOKA is a little behind in carbon plate racing shoes field. Will the new released ROCKET X 2 help HOKA occupy the leading position in the market? We would like to share the performance review of Rocket X 2 with you today.

  1. The brand-new Rocket X 2, HOKA finally abandon its traditional EVA rubber insole and use PEBA supercritical foaming material, which improve the energy feedback of insole. The official said that it improves about 44% of the energy feedback. It’s more resilien
  2. Except the new foam material, it also upgrade the carbon plate. Rocket X 2 still uses Y shaped carbon plate structure. But it adjusts the structure. The area of carbon plate on half-sole is obviously increased, which improve the resilience. The Y shaped design also improves the stability.
  3. Rocket X 2 uses high technology synthetic gauze material which is lightweight and ventilated. The comfort level is excellent.
  4. Comparing with Rocket X, Rocket X 2 also upgrade the vamp and outsole. The heelpiece of Rocket X 2 abandon the stiff counter supporting structure. The outsole of Rocket X 2 has more durable rubber. And it uses hollow-out design on the middle position to reduce the weight.
  5. The height of Rocket X 2 half-sole is 31mm and heelpiece is 36mm. The drop height is 5mm.

The height of Rocket X half-sole is 25mm and heelpiece is 30mm. The drop height is also 5mm.

  1. The unit weight of Rocket X 2 US9 is 210g, and the unit weight of Rocket X US9 is 212g.
  2. After putting on the shoes, the feeling of Rocket X 2 is totally different with Rocket X. I can feel the resilience of Rocket X 2 obviously.
  3. For the performance, Rocket X 2 is suitable for most of people. The Rocket X is more suitable for capable advanced and elite runners on daily jogging and intensity training. And Rocket X 2 is soft, it’s suitable for common runners on daily training. The excellent elasticity can also give runners a boost during high-speed training or competition.
  4. The fitness of Rocket X is excellent, so does Rocket X 2. But the heelpiece of Rocket X 2 is not thick, so you need to wear thick socks to improve the protection.

10. Overall, the performance of Rocket X 2 is excellent. The Rocket X 2 is HOKA’s most powerful running shoes to date. Comparing with other thick-soled carbon plate running shoes, the Rocket X 2 offers better stability.

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ASICS GEL-KINSEI BLAST Performance Review

Highlight:

  1. The insole of ASICS GEL-KINSEI BLAST uses 4 different technologies.
  2. The GEL-KINSEI series shoes are inspired by the armor worn by Japanese samurai warriors.
  3. It’s presented with the image of samurai sword.

ASICS GEL-KINSEI BLAST was originally launched in Oct, 2021. And it keeps releasing new colorways. After more than one year, ASICS GEL-KINSEI BLAST has been upgraded. Many runners and shoe fans like the GEL-KINSEI’ series shoes.

The GEL-KINSEI series shoes are inspired by the armor worn by Japanese samurai warriors. The appearance is special. Now it’s integrated with BLAST series running shoes, both the appearance and comfort level are good.

The original GEL-KINSEI was released in 2006 and ASICS called it ‘The future of running.’ Inspired by the armour of the Oriental samurai, the designers wanted to make a running shoe that would be protective and flexible like armour. The idea also influenced the appearance of the shoes, including the composite material that mimics armor structure, and the insole configuration (solyte lightweight material, impact guidance system, segmental exposed GEL etc.). With excellent material and modern appearance, it became the synonym of ASICS top running shoes at that time. It was also awarded the ‘GOOD DESIGN AWARD’ in Japan that year.

This series was stopped after releasing GEL-KINSEI 6. The original GEL-KINSEI debuted in 2019. ASICS released brand-new models in 2021, GEL-KINSEI enters a new generation by integrating with the idea of BLAST series running shoes.

ASICS GEL-KINSEI:

  • It has 6 generations during 2006-2017.
  • It’s inspired by the armour of the Oriental samurai to pursue the cushion protection and supporting performance.
  • The original GEL-KINSEI debuted in 2019.
  • ASICS added the trampoline structure of BLAST in 2021 and released the brand-new GEL-KINSEI BLAST.

The GEL-KINSEI BLAST continues the samurai spirit. The insole of GEL-KINSEI BLAST uses 4 kinds of different technologies.And It’s presented with the image of samurai sword.

GEL-KINSEI BLAST is just like the creator in the story of Japanese manga ‘Strong Armour’. ASICS combines modern techniques to create new KINSEI. Through the density of knitted fabrics and color block configuration, the shoe body interprets the gorgeosity and elegance of Japanese armor. The insole uses FF BLAST, FF BLAST PLUS foaming material, PEBAX propulsion plate and GEL materials. The configuration is excellent.

The shape of outsole and insole is great. It integrates with the arc-shaped structure of BLAST running shoes.

The characteristics of ASICS GEL-KINSEI BLAST:

The superstratum of insole is FF BLAST technology, and the substratum of insole is FF BLAST PLUS technology.

The insole is inserted with PEBAX propulsion plate.

The heelpiece and outboard forefoot sole has GEL.

The half sole integrated with the trampoline structure of BLAST series running shoes.

The outsole uses AHAR wear-resisting rubber material.

The drop height of men’s model is about 10mm (the height of half sole is about 20mm, and height of heelpiece is 30mm).

The drop height of women’s model is about 10mm (the height of half sole is about 19mm, and height of heelpiece is 29mm).

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Unboxing & Closed Look: PUMA STEWIE 1 QUIET FIR

PUMA teamed up with Breanna Stewart of the WNBA’s seattle storm to launch the STEWIE 1, which is the first women’s signature basketball shoes to be commercially available in nearly 20 years.

PUMA STEWIE 1 QUIET FIRE

The black shoebox is covered with Stewart’s personal logo.

The shoe tag on the side of shoebox

The vamp uses multi-zone single-deck mesh fabric, which offers excellent air permeability and comfort level. The air holes arrangement sequence is inspired by Polaris.

The vamp has hot-melting coating on the important positions. It improves the strength and offer good supporting protection.

There are 6 couples of shoelace holes. The front 2 couples uses webbing to increase the supporting stability.

The shoe tongue of STEWIE 1 is shortened and the vamp is dilated. The advantage is improving the fitness, and the disadvantage is that it’s unsuitable for the guys who has high step.

The rear 3 couples of shoelaces holes are added with leather material, which can improve the lateral supporting fitness and also can improve the durability.

The lining of heelpiece is not too thin and not too thick.

The outboard vamp has PUMA logo above the hot-melting material to strength the lateral supporting performance.

The heelpiece is covered with a big area of black leather with stereoscopic ripple pattern.

The gradually varied yellow green is jointed with black. The color contrast is bright.

The force bearing point position of outboard forefoot sole is widened to improve the lateral moving stability.

The insole of PUMA NITRO FOAM is light and offers good feedback and stable buffer performance.

The yellow green and black semitransparent rubber outsole

The forefoot outsole uses spindrift water ripple pattern. It also has Stuart logo and PUMA logo.

The width of EUR40.5 half sole is about 110.78mm.

The rear outsole uses radial pattern, which offers more stability.

The scar mark represents two of Stuart’s Achilles surgeries.

The width of EUR40.5 heelpiece is about 96.78mm.

The surface of shoe-pad uses fabric material. The reverse side has brush coating..

The length of EUR40.5 shoe-pad is about 262mm.

The width of EUR40.5 halfsole shoe-pad is about 90.45mm.

The thickness of EUR40.5 shoe-pad is about 5.47mm.

The EVA material insole fabric

The unit weight of EUR40.5 is about 407g.

Overall:

“It’s a special honor to partner with PUMA to release the first women’s signature basketball shoes on the market in nearly 20 years”, said Breanna Stewart.” I hope the STEWIE 1 can promote and develop the status the status of female athletes in all sports and inspire all young people to believe that personal signature shoes and any career achievement can be achieved.”

The same size of women’s shoes is 5mm longer than men’s shoes. The shoe tree is not wide. Large shoe tongue is convenient for putting on and taking off. It reduces the length of shoe tongue and increases the vamp area. If you have high instep, it should be unsuitable.

As it increases the vamp area, after fastening the shoelaces, you can feel the comfortable fitness. The vamp is reinforced with hot-melting material, the supporting performance is good. The insole uses NITRO FOAM cushion. The overall resilience is moderate, and the feedback of rear sole is obvious. The overall performance is great.

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The Characteristics of brand-new Adidas Ultraboost Light

In 2013, Adidas unveiled the epochal Boost insole technology to the world for the first time, which not only revolutionized the insole technology of running shoes, but also introduced the benchmark Ultraboost running shoes. After 10 years of testing, Adidas brings a new revolutionary innovative materail Light Boost to create the lightest Boost to create the lightest Ultaboost Light running shoes. Comparing with Ultraboost 22, it not only reduces the weight of insole by 30%, but also increases the resilience force by 4%, and further reduces the carbon footprint by 10%, helping runners to feel the upgraded foot feeling.

Adidas Ultraboost Light re-evolves the classic Boost insole technology. The insole consists of many energy capsules. When the foot touches the ground, hundreds of the Boost energy capsules immediately detonate their energy, giving extreme shock resistance, comfort and feedback to the foot.

  • Light BOOSTinsole: comparing with previous BOOST, the unit intensity is 30% lighter. It’s very light.
  • E.P anti-rollover system: it optimizes the L.E.P anti-rollover system shape, from X to U. It can strengthen the insole, improve the resilience and stability. The whole resilience is increased to 4%.
  • PRIMEKNIT+ vamp: It uses PRIMEKNIT+ material, which offers excellent air permeability and comfort level. It’s soft like socks, and offers great fitness to the foot.
  • Continental™outsole: The nature high-performance rubber material can grip the ground well to overcome different weather and road conditions.
  • Carbon footprint emissions: comparing with previous generation, it reduces 10% carbon footprint. It’s a pair of light and environmental running shoes.

Adidas Ultraboost Light has several colorways. The main model ‘Dynamic red’ highlights the lively tone with vivid orange and light blue, while the details of the vamp also maintain the classic Ultraboost style. The women’s model collected and analyzed the feet and steps of 1.2 million female runners. Further optimizing the support and comfort of heel, arch and instep, and developing a shoe model more suitable for women. The 10th anniversary limited color scheme ‘classic black’ was released at the same time. The inspiration comes from the first pairs of shoes using Boost technology-Energy Boost. There are many colorways for your choice.

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Unboxing & Closed Look: PUMA FUSE 2.0

Multi-functional comprehensive training shoes are designed for daily fitness training. It’s suitable for a variety of types of sports. It’s professional and suitable training equipment, which can help us to avoid being injured. Let’s have a look at PUMA FUSE 2.0 power type training shoes. It’s designed for strength.It has good stability, fit and traction performance.

PUMA FUSE 2.0

The red shoe box is printed with PUMA logo.

The outer layer uses big mesh and high strength fabric vamp.

The shoe head is added with hot-melting cover to improve the protection.

There are 6 couples of shoelace holes. The first couple of shoelace holes uses braid to increase the supporting stability.

The one-piece shoe tongue is added with foam material on stress position to reduce the oppressing sensation to instep.

The full-length inner sleeve uses soft fabric, which fit the feet well.

The translucency of PUMA FUSE 2.0

 

The shoe collar was thickened to improve the durability.

The seam crossing positions of the vamp are treated by pressing glue.

The surrounding TPU plate on the heelpiece offer good supporting performance and stability.

The width of EUR42 heelpiece surrounding TPU plate is about 75.88mm.

The one-piece rubber outsole

Both sides of outsole have upturning design. The inner side offer supporting performance and the outer side increase the stability. It can offer all-round protection and stability.

It offers more stability for powerful training.

The PUMA Grip outsole offer powerful traction performance and durability. It can offer comprehensive support for kinds of training like jumping box, burpee and weight training.

The FUSEFlex groove allows the half sole to naturally bend during movement, increasing flexibility and reducing energy loss during movement.

The FUSEFlex groove can improve the flexibility when training.

The width of EUR42 half sole is about 112.41mm. The widen half sole design can offer comfortable stability when powerful training.

The pattern of heelpiece is flat.

The width of EUR42 heelpiece is about 86.69mm.

The one-piece dismountable foaming shoe-pad is covered with fabric material. The reverse side has a lot of lines to improve the force of friction to avoid slipping.

The length of EUR42 foaming shoe-pad is about 270mm.

 

The width of EUR42 half sole shoe-pad is about 94.35mm.

The thickness of EUR42 half sole shoe-pad is about 10.15mm.

The width of EUR42 heelpiece shoe-pad is about 62.94mm.

The thickness of EUR42 heelpiece shoe-pad is about 10.85mm.

The surface of insole fabric is thick non-woven material.

The unit weight of EUR42 PUMA FUSE 2.0 is about 372.5g.

There are many colorways for your choice.

Overall:

If you like strength training, you must don’t want to miss PUMA FUSE 2.0.

The widened outsole and adjusted height of shoe head can help to strengthen your toes and offer supporting performance. The one-piece cushioning insole with PUMA Grip outsole offers strong traction performance and high durability, and it can offer professional protection when training.

The size is half size bigger than standard size. The width of half sole is moderate. Although it uses full-length inner sleeve, but the opening of shoe tongue is big, so it’s convenient for putting on and taking off. The insole is a little stiff, so you won’t be easy to be injured when making powerful training. The upturning outsole design offers excellent stability, so the feet won’t be easy to be sprained when training.

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Unboxing & Closed Look: ASICS GELHOOP V15

ASICS GELHOOP series basketball shoes has excellent performance. Now it released the brand-new GELHOOP V15. Let’s have a look at its appearance details today.

ASICS GELHOOP V15

It’s normal ASICS shoesbox with ASICS brand logo.

It uses breathed coat vamp. The mesh fabric is covered a layer of PU thin layer. It guarantees the air permeability and durability.

The shoe head has a big area of coating to improve the protection.

The transparency of ASICS GELHOOP V15

It has 7 couples of lacing holes.

The shoe tongue uses big mesh fabric material.

The half inner-bottie design fits the feet well.

It has ASICS’s classic tiger claw logo on the side of vamp. The logo can improve the lateral supporting performance.

The shoe collar design can fit the foot very well.

The inner side of shoe collar adds hot-melting material to reduce the abrasion.

The shoe head position uses stitching design to improve the durability.

The upturning design of outboard forefoot insole offers better lateral support.

The FlyteFoam lightweight insole technology offers excellent cushion performance.

The separated NON MARKING rubber outsole is suitable to wear on indoor court.

There are a lot of crossed pattern on the outsole. The deep pattern reduces the overall weight.

The TRUSSTIC system is longer. It offers more force conduction and stability.

The arch position has two triangle ventilated holes to keep the ventilation.

The TRUSSTIC SYSTEM extends to both sides of insole. The inner side suppor the arch and the outside reinforce the stability to improve the rigidity.

The shoe-pad has a lot of ventilated holes.

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

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

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

The insole fabric is EVA material. The sticking stitches is used to reinforce the shoe head.

 

Let’s compare the difference of ASICS GELHOOP V15 VS ASICS GELHOOP V14 appearance:

ASICS GELHOOP V15

ASICS GELHOOP V14

The outside of ASICS GELHOOP V15 (L) VS ASICS GELHOOP V14 (R)

The inner side of ASICS GELHOOP V15 (L) VS ASICS GELHOOP V14 (R)

The front side of ASICS GELHOOP V15 (L) VS ASICS GELHOOP V14 (R)

The ventilated holes of ASICS GELHOOP V15 (L) shoe head is bigger. It’s surround with reinforced coating.

The ventilated holes of ASICS GELHOOP V14 (R) shoe head is small and closed. The position of big toes has reinforced coating.

The shoe tongue of ASICS GELHOOP V15 (L) uses big mesh fabric material. The inner lining material of heelpiece is rough.

The shoe tongue of ASICS GELHOOP V14 (R) uses small and closed mesh fabric material. The inner lining material of heelpiece is smooth.

ASICS GELHOOP V15 (L) uses half inner sleeve design.

ASICS GELHOOP V14 (R) uses independent shoe-tongue design.

ASICS GELHOOP V15 (L): the heel-piece stabilizing plate was put on the middle position.

ASICS GELHOOP V14 (R) : the heel-piece stabilizing plate is biased to the outside of heel-piece.

ASICS GELHOOP V15 (L): the introvertive range of heel-piece is small.

ASICS GELHOOP V14 (R): the introvertive range of heel-piece is bigger.

ASICS GELHOOP V15 (L): the axis of rotation of forefoot sole is biased to the inner side of forefoot sole. The outsole uses crossed pattern.

ASICS GELHOOP V14 (R): the axis of rotation of forefoot sole is biased to the centre of forefoot sole. The outsole uses herringbone pattern.

ASICS GELHOOP V15 (L): The Trusstic system is lengthened. The ventilated holes are arranged vertically.

ASICS GELHOOP V14 (R): The Trusstic system; the ventilated holes are arranged horizontally.

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

ASICS GELHOOP V15 (L) & ASICS GELHOOP V14 (R): The reverse side of shoe-pad is densely covered with ventilated holes.

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

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

Overall:

Based on GELHOOP V14, the GELHOOP V15 upgraded the details to improve the comfort level.

The size is standard. The width is moderate. It’s easy to put on and take off. The shoe tongue is thick, so it won’t press the instep after fastening the shoelaces. The insole uses full-length FlyteFoam lightweight technology, with lengthened Trusstic system, the performance is excellent.

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Unboxing & Closed Look: CONVERSE BB PROTOTYPE CX MID

CONVERSE released the brand-new series shoes ALL STAR BB PROTOTYPE CX. The model uses streamlined design. The big upturning design is attractive. The ‘CX’ indicates that it uses CX foaming cushion insole. Today let’s have a closed look at its appearance.

CONVERSE BB PROTOTYPE CX MID

The shoebox is the classic one. The right side of the black shoebox is star arrow logo, and the side face of shoebox is CONVERSE.

The shoe tag on the side of shoebox

The vamp uses thick fabric material. And the surface has special coating.

The tag shows the introduction for the vamp coating.

The intensity of the color change depends on environmental conditions. After a total of approximately [16 hours] of exposure to UV light, the links will no longer change color. The color changing ability cannot be restored. If you are interested in it, you can have a try.

The effect was evident when ultraviolet lamps were used.

The position of big toe is added with leather material to improve the protection.

There are 5 couples of shoelace holes. It uses rapid lacing system.

The side of vamp has star & arrow logo. The shoe collar is reinforced with leather.

The thick shoe tongue & exaggerated long heelpiece of shoes

The big upturning shape is special.

The upturning material on both sides of forefoot sole improves the lateral supporting performance, and it also reinforce the fabric vamp.

The upturning design of shoe heel extends to the shoe collar, which improves the stability and supporting performance.

CONVERSE PERFORMANCE BASKETBALL CX – AIR ZOOM

The outsole uses one-piece rubber.

The pattern uses water ripple pattern. It’s embedded short horizontal stripe and the pattern is deep.

The arch position is adducent, and it isn’t covered with outsole. It has inserted TPU stabilizing plate to improve the strength of insole.

The inside rubber of heelpiece is also adducent to reduce the uncomfortable feeling when exercising.

CX foaming cushion insole

The surface of shoe-pad uses fabric material. The reverse side uses environmental protection recovered materials. It has brush coating to prevent slipping.

 

The length of EUR42.5 shoe-pad is about 271mm.

The width of EUR42.5 forefoot sole is about 94.96mm.

The thickness of EUR42.5 shoe-pad is about 4.39mm.

It uses environmental protection recovered insole fabric.

The unit weight of EUR42.5 is about 421.7g.

Overall:

CONVERSE BB PROTOTYPE CX MID vamp is stitched with leather and fabric. And it uses special coating. The performance is excellent. The forefoot sole uses ZOOM AIR cushion with CX foaming cushion insole. The cushion performance is excellent.

The size of CONVERSE BB PROTOTYPE CX MID is standard. The width of forefoot sole is moderated. The upturning area of both sides is big. So if your foot is wide, it should be unsuitable for you. After fastening the shoelaces, the ankle position is comfortable, but as the shoe collar is a little stiff. We suggest to wear the thick socks. I can feel the resilience from the ZOOM Air cushion of forefoot sole even if just running and jumping . The CX cushion of heelpiece is neither too hard, nor too soft. The outsole is widened, so the overall stability is great.

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The Characteristics of Nike Vaporfly 3

NIKE Running serves the runners and the future of running through innovative design, including those who want to take their personal best to a higher level. In the brand-new NIKE Vaporfly 3, NIKE helped the runners to speed up again through constant refinement and improvement.

  • The brand-new Nike Vaporfly 3is a pair of all-purpose running shoes that helps runners conquer all kinds of distance.
  • The kep upgrade is the Vaporfly 3’s lightweight design: smoother transfers, improved stability and increased energy feedback.
  • The new design details includes geometry shape ZoomX insole and Flyknit yarn vamp.

Based on Nike Vaporfly 2, the designers focused on the lightweight design of Vaporfly to meet long-distance runners’ demands for endurance, including smoother transfers, improved stability and increased energy feedback.

The cushion configuration of Nike Vaporfly 3 keeps the same. The full-length carbon fiber plate Flyplate and ZoomX insole gives runners more propulsion. The geometry of insole is rised around the forefoot, and the elastic foam provides a comfortable and stable feeling to the foot.

NIKE Running senior product manager Elliott Heath says, Vaporfly 3 ‘Prototype’ pays tribute to the development process. The feedback from the athletes and daily runners always provide an important reference for our innovative designs.

The color design of the first released Prototype pays tribute to the development of the Nike running team. The pattern in the insole represents the number of Flyknit vamp iterations the team tested (57) and the fitting person’s identification number (20126-23). The representative Nike logo and all-white silhouette pay homage to the Vaporfly, which debuted in a breaking 2 test in 2017.

Nike Vaporfly 3 ‘Prototype’ and more colorways will be released from April.

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Releasing Information About Air Jordan 37

The Jordan Brand has gotten many positive feedback in the market due to its excellent performance.

So does the released Air Jordan 37, many basketball fans love it as it has luxury technology configuration.

▼Air Jordan 37 High version

After releasing the AJ37 high version, the low version is also exposed.

The vamp is made of black and white. The lining is decorated with red.

For the material, the vamp is stitched with leather and mesh fabric, and it also uses Arkema yarn., which offers excellent air permeability and guarantee the great fitness.

The upper padding of low version is thicker.

Although it’s low version, it still can fix the ankle well.

The insole configuration hasn’t been exposed at present. But we guess that the configuration of low version should be the same as high version. It’s constructed by Zoom Air Strobel with Zoom air cushion. Then it’s blended in Formula 23 material, which offer excellent energy feedback and resilience.

The outsole uses rough pattern with big area of special-shaped carbon plate, which not only guarantee excellent traction performance but also offer enough rigidity.


Overall, the insole configuration of Air Jordan 37 Low is the same as high version.

The vamp of Air Jordan 37 Low is stronger.
It’s said that the brand-new Air Jordan 37 Low will be released at the beginning of 2023.

Air Jordan 37 Low
Item No: DQ4122-100

Releasing Date: The beginning of 2023