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Bought the all silver colorway and have been wearing them around the house all morning (on carpet) so here are my initial impressions
Fit: Width is abit narrower than medium but for me, it makes a very nice snug fit around the arches and heel. Arch support is medium high; I don't notice anything about it being slightly forward though. Length is slightly short but nothing bad comes out of it. However, the toe-box is kind of narrow so for those with wider feet or those who like roomy toe-boxes, this shoe is probably not for you.I would like is a touch more room in the toe-box as it is abit narrow but other than that, the fit is very nice. I'm wondering if there will be abit more space once the shoe is broken in.
Materials: The entire outside covering of the shoe is plastic so I bett here won't really be getting dirty. Or if they do, they will be easy to clean. Other people have noted that this shoe feels stiff out of the box but I have not really noticed any stiffness. The front and medial (inner) sides of the shoe have a thicker plastic.
Design: The large amount of plastic (or whatever it is) makes the shoe feel incredibly stable. There are numerous perforations all over the shoe to increase ventilation and the tongue is mesh. In addition, there is a ventilation system built into the bottom of the shoe and the insole has peforations to allow air to enter from the bottom of the shoe. This probably also would allow water (and dirty) to get in though. I wouldn't recommend this for clay courters if they don't want clay getting into their shoes. But since I'm a hard court player, I think its a nice addition
The eyelets though don't seem very sturdy because they aren't enforced. In fact they are just fabric straps that you feed the laces through. The first 2 eyelets and last one on the lateral side have metal rings though. Also, the last eyelet on the medial side is kind of strange in that you have to feed the lace upward. The while it holds the lace tightly so if your shoe-laces come undone during a point they won't loosen up too quickly, it isn't reinforced so I'm questioning it's durability; I think all top eyelets should be reinforced because that's where the laces get stressed the most.
UPDATE: The narrowness of the shoe is kind of annoying. I can lace it loosely but that I'm still kind of worried about my toes/side of my foot getting hurt when playing. Also, the cushioning don't seem to be very good. I'm starting to feel some pain in the heel.
UPDATE: Went up 1/2 a size and they are just too narrow in the toebox. Will just wait for my BV replacements to come back
That's all I can think of at the moment. I might go 1/2 a size up to see if it helps with the narrow toebox.
Thanks for reading
Fit: Width is abit narrower than medium but for me, it makes a very nice snug fit around the arches and heel. Arch support is medium high; I don't notice anything about it being slightly forward though. Length is slightly short but nothing bad comes out of it. However, the toe-box is kind of narrow so for those with wider feet or those who like roomy toe-boxes, this shoe is probably not for you.I would like is a touch more room in the toe-box as it is abit narrow but other than that, the fit is very nice. I'm wondering if there will be abit more space once the shoe is broken in.
Materials: The entire outside covering of the shoe is plastic so I bett here won't really be getting dirty. Or if they do, they will be easy to clean. Other people have noted that this shoe feels stiff out of the box but I have not really noticed any stiffness. The front and medial (inner) sides of the shoe have a thicker plastic.
Design: The large amount of plastic (or whatever it is) makes the shoe feel incredibly stable. There are numerous perforations all over the shoe to increase ventilation and the tongue is mesh. In addition, there is a ventilation system built into the bottom of the shoe and the insole has peforations to allow air to enter from the bottom of the shoe. This probably also would allow water (and dirty) to get in though. I wouldn't recommend this for clay courters if they don't want clay getting into their shoes. But since I'm a hard court player, I think its a nice addition
The eyelets though don't seem very sturdy because they aren't enforced. In fact they are just fabric straps that you feed the laces through. The first 2 eyelets and last one on the lateral side have metal rings though. Also, the last eyelet on the medial side is kind of strange in that you have to feed the lace upward. The while it holds the lace tightly so if your shoe-laces come undone during a point they won't loosen up too quickly, it isn't reinforced so I'm questioning it's durability; I think all top eyelets should be reinforced because that's where the laces get stressed the most.
UPDATE: The narrowness of the shoe is kind of annoying. I can lace it loosely but that I'm still kind of worried about my toes/side of my foot getting hurt when playing. Also, the cushioning don't seem to be very good. I'm starting to feel some pain in the heel.
UPDATE: Went up 1/2 a size and they are just too narrow in the toebox. Will just wait for my BV replacements to come back
That's all I can think of at the moment. I might go 1/2 a size up to see if it helps with the narrow toebox.
Thanks for reading
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. Prob not since there are new colorways for the spring
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