Quick feels about the Daytona's... They came in today, initial impressions weren't overwhelming surprise like it was for the Volcano's. Which for me felt perfect out of the box. The Daytona's, I'd say they lived up to my expectations which weren't high or low. Having a ton of NB's on my shelves, I was expecting these to surpass all my NB's in materials... not quite. The materials on the Daytona's are 'different', nice, but not the 'nicest' I've ever felt on an NB, but I feel like that's personal preference... Don't get me wrong they're definitely premium and I'm not disappointed by that at all.
Some loose strands from the material cuts but not a big deal you can just pick it off. No dented toe box in my pair, I'm an 8.5 perhaps larger sizes are suffering from this? Slight mark on the inside of my right pair but hardly noticeable, might bug you if you're ultra OCD. Overall pretty nice material choices and quality is up there no doubt.
I loved the colorway and blocking though and don't think it's too overkill in the flashy or busy area as it looks great on feet! Not much for pink on shoes, but Ronnie did it well here. It's just subtle hits and the pink is all 3M, which is really nice. Initially I dropped the lace locks off, but it looks odd without it so I went back to it and I feel the subtle contrast with the lace locks adds to the shoe. Tried all 3 laces and the whites won it over for me. I liked the ropes, the beige were OK too but the whites just make it look really clean.
The shape and toe box being a 1600, and my first 1600, actually don't bother me that much. It doesn't banana curve up as much as some of the 1600's I've seen before and there appears to be no apparent or stiff toe shield in it which makes the shoe, if bought true to size, fit the foot pretty well.
Never walked around in 1600's before but pretty comfortable shoe on feet, cushy, I think the insole is a more premium one too and it's not clunky like a 1300 or 577 but a smoother ride closer to a 1500 or 998 but not on a 990 level. Doesn't rise as high in the heel as the 998 but a bit higher then the 1500 if you're familiar with those.
I went true to my NB size and they fit nice. A bit of room in the toe box but half sizing down would make it too tight for me. No where near a snug feel so if you're looking for that feel in this shoe, it's not there, but it's a roomy comfortable wear.
Americana's arrive on Thurs, can't wait to see this suede -faux denim look.
-TLDR Terrific quality, colorway and enough extra's to make it worthwhile.
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