^ I might be slightly wrong but - Lakai had two kinds of vulcanized soles. The Select and the New one, but both types were done in the previous factory and it seems that will carry on existing under the new korean factory - or some kind of mix between them is or will happen.
The Select one has this pattern:
And is the one in all models with the Select suffix - Manchesters, Carrolls, MJs, but only few of the current models still have it.
I always find it pretty comfy and reasonable durable, even tough I believe there was a difference between the first batch of Selects and the rest of the production through the years 'cause I had two pairs of MJs 1 that were noticeably not alike. I even have one of the first Belmonts that still don't show any tear symptoms - not for skating tough but 5 years old anyway.
The New one has this other pattern:
Picos, Carroll 5, etc... This one is, in my opinion, super comfy straight out of the box but I believe that they introduced it right when the quality started to drop.
I hadn't had the chance to try the new factory version of the New vulc wich looks like this:
The new Marcs and Marianos, and all the new versions of the continued models.