I guess I'll agree to disagree with folks on the soletech vulcs being bad at that time. I've only had one shoe that had a sole separate and it was the Jinx 2 I think. Every other vulc treated me well from soletech.
They were some of the better quality (materials and performance) skate shoes I PERSONALLY had growing up until I leaned into cupsoles. My experience is anecdotal but I never knew anyone had these issues with those shoes until I joined slap. People I skated with never or rarely had these issues back then.
I may get kooked for this, but I believe a handful vulcs of the late 2000s going into the early 10s were built and skated better than a chunk of vulcs out right now. Hsu Mid, Square One, Theory, Jameson 2 (original, not what's out now), First Blood (Bobby W), Maverick (Nike 6.0), DVS Munition/Militia, Arto 2, and Sheckler 2 were all shoes that didn't give me the "bad vulc experience" of the late 2000s that's being referenced.
Vulcs have come along way in quality, though. Vans latest releases seem to actually be hitting that mark for a lot of people. LRAB is working on it, so good for them. Blazer Mids have been constant, thankfully