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Anyone bought vans classics lately?(who doesn't hate vans) has the quality dropped significantly or anything?
I bought a pair of regular Eras a month or so ago. For a few years prior I was wearing Skate Customs in all suede. The last pair of Custom Skates fell apart pretty fast, and I didn't even skate in them. I figured for that price/quality I'll go back to regular Eras and put in some better insoles. So I tore out the insoles and put in some older UltraCush. I couldn't use PopCush insoles cause I had no room left for my toes. The regular Eras with Ultracush took a little bit of breaking in whereas the Custom Pro/Skate were comfy right out of the box. So I guess long winded way to say the regular ones seem pretty regular from what I remember? A little tighter than before maybe? We'll see how long they last. Unsure what I'll get next. Might abandon Vans and get sperry topsiders or some shit, and I've been wearing vans nearly exclusively for like 25 years.
Sick thanks. I'm like 65% vans for the last 25 years but I prob regret more than half of my non vans purchases.
Aus sites got a bunch of pig suedes for like 70% off I think I'll take the gamble. Funny I still run the insoles out of my TNT 2s from like 06 or something. I must have put 20k KMs on them and they still feel better than anything else and so far they fit into most classic vans once you rip the stock out (altho I actually like keeping the stock in for as long as possible)
This, completely me too!!!
I bought quite a few from the sales going on at the moment and the Classic versions are still good, if not a little funny in sizing for a few of them, feeling a bit big in some pairs actually, but I think the full suede versions of all those shoes are still really good and hold up better than the canvas sided regular Classic versions anyway.
Depending on whether they are the really new ones or just old stock, I noticed the really new ones are a bit more sticky in the gum sole as well, so maybe as someone had said they changed something to make it a bit softer, but either way they still grip like nothing else and I run plain Jessup, which is finer and needs less work anyway, compared to some other grip brands.
Also the insoles were glued in better and were harder to get out, but I am used to that too, so it just took a little more effort and these Old Skools, Sk8 Low and other styles are good to go for me.