- Jul 22, 2016
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Got my pair of Pure Platinums in today from the second wave of restocks earlier this week.
With all of the good reviews and such, maybe in my mind I set the bar too high or was expecting a little too much.
I ordered a 12.5 which is my normal TTS for my everyday shoes. Very rarely, in some basketball shoes will I need to size up to a 13, but in these maybe actually sizing down? I'd be interested to see what a 12 feels like as I still have some wiggle room...but maybe that's a good thing.
Walking around in them, feels different, maybe a little odd first. For me, I can feel the emptiness or drops where there is no contact or air bag present. For lack of better description, it's like a hollow feeling in the middle of my foot where there are no air bags, but I can definitely feel the air bags on the outside of my feet when I walk. Maybe I'm used to wearing other Nike models with Zoom, Lunarlon, etc around the whole foot that I can feel the support with each stride. It is faintly reminiscent of the pod system in the Lebron's (except they are much lower to the ground than these) with regards to feeling the actual unit during strides.
Walking over tough terrain or or a low lying object, is pretty responsive and impressive. You can feel the air bags conforming to the object you're stepping on to maintain the support that it gives your foot if that makes sense.
I don't have mine tied, well they are in the slip knots how nike shoes come with, but my left shoestring has a smudge on it right out of the box!
That pretty much sums it up, for my initial thoughts, might give them a full test drive tomorrow. What's Nike's return policy again? Can I return even if the soles show wear and tear on the pavement?
With all of the good reviews and such, maybe in my mind I set the bar too high or was expecting a little too much.
I ordered a 12.5 which is my normal TTS for my everyday shoes. Very rarely, in some basketball shoes will I need to size up to a 13, but in these maybe actually sizing down? I'd be interested to see what a 12 feels like as I still have some wiggle room...but maybe that's a good thing.
Walking around in them, feels different, maybe a little odd first. For me, I can feel the emptiness or drops where there is no contact or air bag present. For lack of better description, it's like a hollow feeling in the middle of my foot where there are no air bags, but I can definitely feel the air bags on the outside of my feet when I walk. Maybe I'm used to wearing other Nike models with Zoom, Lunarlon, etc around the whole foot that I can feel the support with each stride. It is faintly reminiscent of the pod system in the Lebron's (except they are much lower to the ground than these) with regards to feeling the actual unit during strides.
Walking over tough terrain or or a low lying object, is pretty responsive and impressive. You can feel the air bags conforming to the object you're stepping on to maintain the support that it gives your foot if that makes sense.
I don't have mine tied, well they are in the slip knots how nike shoes come with, but my left shoestring has a smudge on it right out of the box!
That pretty much sums it up, for my initial thoughts, might give them a full test drive tomorrow. What's Nike's return policy again? Can I return even if the soles show wear and tear on the pavement?