Imo it varies on the colorway. Some are more comfortable than others. As for the 11s that dropped with the lower cut patent leather from 2009-2015, the only pair I could compare was the Cool Greys and they were ok in terms of comfort underfoot but the quality control was horrible! One tongue was longer than the other and it made the fit feel weird on feet. I eventually had to sell em because of that.
Goat shoe period.The GOAT 11
My grail since it’s the first Jordan I wore.
I can see the pieces of my shattered soul in the reflection of your shiny patent leather.
How do you even go through 1 pair unless it’s like your only pair
. They aren’t big creases but you can tell they were tried on. They are near the inner side near the toes. They are legit getting worse and worse.
This is exactly why I say the newer PL sucks. It's cheap. I tried to cop 2016 slightly used SJ from GOAT years ago and all of the PL was ruined on all pairs, even the "good" used pairs. It's terrible.Bought a pair off stock X, left shoe came with creases in the patent leather already
A problem with this is because they have the shoes already laced up this could be avoided if they left them unlaced like back in the day the tightness of the laces most of the time brongs out that inner crease even if not tried on
That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about lightly worn pairs with very little dirt on the bottom having foggy and scratched-up PL. It has nothing do to with how they are laced. When looking at gently worn pairs, no matter how little worn, the PL doesn't have that shine. Even with my pairs, after a wear or two the PL has to be wiped down again. It's not a huge issue, but it's a deal breaker (at least for me) when considering buying gently used pairs at a decent price, but people are not caring for the PL and want to charge over retail. What you are describing is how PL cracks, which does happen over time (for example, my 01 Colombias JUST started cracking in recent years), but my 2011 Concords have cracked at a much faster rate. I get it, but yeah overall the PL quality is just cheaper, which is why I don't get too crazy when rating the current iterations over previous retros.
The 2011 concords are one of the worst 11 retros that and the 08 cdp and the 2012 “bred” such bad quality and had that banana shape, I find the 2016 sj 2018 concord 2019 bred and 2021 pairs getting better, try using coconut oil on the patent leather my 16 sj has that cloudy look to them but adding the oil helps
This is why I hate the whole “closed cell PU” BS that gets brought up all the time with 3s and 4s. I’d much rather they go back to the softer, more comfortable open cell material that the originals had. Just produce more pairs every 5-7 years.
