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Types of Adidas Track Jackets

I couldn't find a guide on the various types of Adidas Track Jackets as there appears to be several variations.  These are my personal notes based on observations and for most part I noticed 6 characteristics to look for:

  1. Logo - there are slight differences based on the specific model of Track Jacket.
  2. Material - most are either pure Polyester or a Cotton-Poly Blend (generally 50/50)
  3. Collar - track jackets generally zip up to a pop-up collar, other styles like the Superstar lack a collar.
  4. Sleeve Stripes - most have the standard 3 stripes running length of each sleeve.
  5. Full Zip - these open in the front with a full zipper.  I'm skipping those quarter-zip varieties of jackets for now.
  6. Front Zip Pockets - these usually have 2 front pockets that zip up.

Non-Trefoil Varieties

Typically these have no logo or use the triple stripe triangle logo and will call the Tiro Style.  They are also usually pure 100% polyester, but I've seen a few Cotton/Poly blends.

  1. Essentials - Adidas lettering only.  Also called the Tricot or Tricot Track (TT).
  2. Tiro - Adidas lettering with triple stripe triangle logo above.
  3. Core - Tiro Style Logo.  Main difference is a single stripe running length of each sleeve.
  4. Condivo - Tire Style Logo.  No collar and bomber/varsity style like a Superstar SST.  The stripes on the sleeves usually are the same color as the jacket and more subdued.
Trefoil Varieties

These generally use the trefoil logo and generally follow the Firebird logo layout.  They vary in composition on the Cotton/Poly Blend ranging from 30/70, 40/60, 50/50 and so on.  There are also some that are pure 100% Polyester.
  1. Firebird - Adidas lettering w/ trefoil above. 
  2. Beckenbauer -  Adidas lettering w/ small trefoil to the right. 
  3. Superstar - Firebird style logo.  Often also included SST in the name.  No pop-up collar and more a bomber/varsity style jacket.  Piping on the front and back in addition to the sleeve stripes.
Nylon
  1. Lock up - Firebird style logo.  100% Nylon.  Additional style difference another trefoil and lettering on the sleeves about a foot above the cuffs.
More Variants
I'm sure there are plenty more varients and sub-styles.  These appear to be the more modern varieties and split between trefoil for the Cotton-Poly blends or the triangle logo for the pure Synthetics.  The Synthetics tend to be much cheaper and Essentials can be found for about $20-30 online almost everyday.

Cotton-Poly's tend to go for at least $50 and closer to full retail.  As I only have Essentials, its hard for me to say why and I'll at least try on a few of the Cotton-Poly blends before considering picking one up.

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