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Nike - Court Vision Low - White/Blue 9.5

Bummed on the quality of Adidas having gone through my 3rd pair and all wore out within a year.  Both Superstars developed a hole on the right foot on the outer side below the little toe; the tailor’s bunion.  The Stan Smith’s developed tears on the upper sole.

I’m going to give Nike another go and added a pair of Court Vision Low to minimize usage of my AF1’s and also to prepare me for eventually a pair of Jordan 1’s.

Court Vision vs AF1

The closest comparison I have are with the Air Force 1’s and the Court Vision are a cheaper version.  Build quality looks coarse and I don’t have confidence it’ll hold up as well as the AF1, but at 1/2 the price, it’ll do fine as a beater pair of white shoes.

I’ll see how they go and likely go for a pair of Jordan 1 Low in the classic red/white/black color way.  From what people are saying go either lows or highs on Jordan 1’s as mids build quality might not be up to par.

Inventory Check 2022

  1. Converse - All Stars White - Beaters
  2. Nike - Court Vision White/Blue - Beaters
  3. Nike - Milers - Black/White - Gym
  4. Nike - Air Force 1 - White - Nice Shoes
  5. *** Nike - Jordan 1 - Red/White/Black - Future Pair
For now my Triple White AF1 are the best shoes I have in terms of looks.  I hope to complement them with a pair of Air Jordan 1’s but spending more time learning about all the options out there and likely will settle on a classic set in a lows format.

Depending on how the Court Vision’s fare I may grab another color way with a Red or Black color way.

Update - 10/3/22 - 3rd day Review
Break in period is similar to the Stan Smith’s and might take 1-2 weeks.  It’s not as supple and smooth like the AF1’s.  I get the most pain in the toe box and these are sized 9.5 vs 9 on the AF1, the Milers are 10, but these seem to fit right at 9.5 so I didn’t want to size them up, neither.

Looks, they are decent and better than the Adidas Superstars.  The only small thing that bugs me are the perforated holes in the upper sole above the toes.  Why couldn’t they simply copy the same pattern as the AF1’s?  It’s not a big deal, just aesthetics, but I’ll get used to them.

Update - 6/6/23 - 8 month review
These shoes are still painful in the toebox and I should have gone 1/2 size larger.  Next time it'll be Size 10.  They also breakdown faster in the sole and don't give good high arch support.

I'm trying a new aftermarket insole and while it solved the sole part, it seems to have the toebox tighter causing pain on my small toe.  Might be the shoes are just too small.














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