Honestly the blue tint does help, look at Space Jams compaired to cool grey 11s and concords or even Bred 6s compared to Olympic 6s after being worn the same amounts of times. I actually un DSed mine around the same month and wore them each the same amounts of times and the ones with the blue tint have less of a yellow tint due to the addition of the blue. It also changes how bad the clear soles look after being heavily worn. I'll take any process that works honestly. But for me I just hope the paint is more Durable, the Suede Doesnt bleed or fade as fast and THE SOLES DONT YELLOW 2 wears like my 2 pairs of CDPs Carmines did. I dont mind yellowing on anything because they will be yellow longer than they will be icy but not after 2 wears. Jordan brand can get re-released shoes right sometimes, its rare but it happens( White Cement 3s and 4s, Olympic 6s, Grapes, Fire Red 3s).
Nowhere did you mention in your post that you clean the shoe after each wear. The blue tint only makes the yellowing look worse. Sounds like you're buying what they're selling in both senses. You think the blue tint helps, it's bs. If anything the blue tint makes them look worse when they start to yellow. If you clean your outsoles with soap and water after EVERY wear, and not just wiping, I mean getting a toothbrush and scrubbing, your clear soles will last longer. I've seen '10 CG XI's, in fact my cousin has a pair and they already look worse than my '01 pair, that blue tint isn't what some think it is. I don't know about the newer SJ and Concords. When I get around to wearing mine then I'll see but def cleaning after every wear works as opposed to not cleaning them and thinking the blue tint will slow it down.
It all depends on perspective. Been cleaning my shoes this way since '95 with the Air Max Penny 1's. My reasoning for doing that is totally different than the younger dudes that do it.
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