AJ I High Winterized/Element GORE-TEX

Fast delivery from SNKRS.
Color on the darker pair is really weird. The other day, it looked for sure green in hand. Today they're lookin blueish.

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Color looks solid here.. I hear they are more green though. These look navy.
 
Wasn't sold on these initially but after seeing the pics in here I kinda want. There is no shortage of these available on the secondary market. I'll wait for these to drop.
 
I still need the sail pair. Gonna try and wait it out... I guess the shipments are trickling in to retailers. The particle grey pair showed up at a couple places this week. Hopefully the sail will do the same and then I'll snatch a 9.5 on the resale market.
 
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I was fortunate to get these on the SNKRS app despite the app refusing to save my new address on the app. These are solid in terms of style and functionality. I'll need to try out those Move insoles to increase the comfort of these.

I currently have the ACG Mountain Fly Gore-Tex as my primary for inclement weather and I feel that's going to continue. Those are amazing because of the boot-like design, ease of slipping on and off, and an extremely well-cushioned React foam with its carbon fiber plate inside. It is all-black though, so for the days where I'd like to break the all-black look and I want to throw in some more style, these Jordans will do! 👍

By the way, since shape gets talked about a lot... is it me, or does it look closer to the 85 mold than the actual 85 mold retro? The back is literally straight up and down, the ankle cut is higher than the OG Retro High, the Swoosh is bigger... the toebox might not be as close though.
 
I wore mine for the first time, it was pouring and I had to go to a car show with Lexus. We need more of these! I usually wear my Vapormax utlities but I prefer these as high tops. I loosened the laces up quite a bit and nothing got inside. Love how they look too. I can confirm the green is a weird shade depending on lighting. The shoe does not feel heavy at all.

The only issue I have is since the tongue is stitched and part of the shoe, it’s rubbing the top of my foot (size 13). Loosening the laces more helped a bit.

Overall a huge fan. Super functional!

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