Adidas NMD thread

oth was botted as usual. also got the link right away but sold out. for anyone else out there, don't buy the bkan service.
 
Just tried on the trace cargo R2. Very uncomfortable. That single oversized block on the medial side of the shoe just digs into your arch. The discomfort from it is so prominent that I couldn't even feel the boost
 
tl;dr lots of things.

I have collected PK pairs for the past year, here's what I use if I don't have a reference shoe that I purchased from an auth retailer.

Inner tag:

 - correct font and placement of text, country of origin (Vietnam vs China)

Tabs

 - text is mirrored on left to right shoes

Upper 

 - if its a camo PK model, pattern between left and right shoe should be mirrored

 - color

Upper seam tape

 - check color/reflectivity/position

Stripes 

 - correct thickness

 - align with boost/blocks and aren't positioned too far back

 - correct color/reflectivity

Blocks

 - color/texture

 - nips on rear blocks

 - font/color/reflectivity of front "Adidas"

Rear heel support (where many fail)

 - correct material/cut/trademark logo

 - position

    - if stitched too high it creates a bulge that makes the shoe look fat and flat

    - if stitched too low it makes the shoe look narrow/muffin top

    - correct position gives the PK NMD its runner silhouette

Sole

 - top down view looking into the hex pattern, you will see production nipples  in the boost (7 dot pattern)

 - bottom up view looking at the left and right of the sole, you will see production nipples in the boost (7 dot pattern)

Boost

 - nips, start at 1, go up to 3, and are approx 1.5cm apart (further apart along the side of the shoe and narrower on the top row of the back of the shoe but still around there, its pretty uniform and not random like most fakes)

 - lines on boost front to back

 - TPU texture, reflectivity, color

Box

 - not a good way of authenticating unless its special Consortium packaging, Adidas uses yellow, black and blue boxes, but obvious fake is obvious in regards to tag fonts

Just checking boost or box is the worst since nips/lines can be faked and so can packaging.

Trying them on and feeling the boost is the only true way to authenticate. TPU does not feel like EVA.

Thanks for this! Much appreciated
 
Does any one know which shipping partner Foot Asylum uses in the US? I purchased a pink Trico for my wife and shipping on DPD isn't showing me anything.
never bought from footasylum but offspring uses DPD too. Afaik, when u click on their shipment tracking, u have to wait a while more before the info eventually loads.
 
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