Author Topic: New Balance # containment thread  (Read 765571 times)

0 Members and 3 Guests are viewing this topic.

fs1/2cab

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • SLAP Pal
  • ******
  • Posts: 1953
  • Rep: 595
    • a short part avatar image
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4560 on: September 12, 2022, 11:01:46 AM »
Expand Quote
Expand Quote
Okay so I got the package with the 306, 508 and 440. All in a US 7 because I have cute, weak feet.

306 - my toes are swimming but the insole is nice
508 - feels way too big overall and my heel slips
440 - great snug fit, just wish for slightly longer laces

Thanks for coming to my ted talk and have a great afternoon ya all.
[close]

Man this is comical to me because I fucking haaaaate how long the laces are for 440's in a US 10. I literally have to double knot them and they still flop and that is laced all the way to the top.
[close]
Interestingly enough, the laces in my 440 Highs are perfect if I lace them up all the way. If I lace them up to one hole down, they're a little too long and floppy.

I just have strange feet and ankles I think ^^
What about the square foot shape of the 440? Will that change over time and wear? Only tried a Ollie yet and that felt good. (I have 40° fever and feel funky)
IG: @flowterspace

iw0

  • Trade Count: (+1)
  • SLAP Pal
  • ******
  • Posts: 1072
  • Rep: 500
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4561 on: September 12, 2022, 11:11:28 AM »
Expand Quote
Okay so I got the package with the 306, 508 and 440. All in a US 7 because I have cute, weak feet.

306 - my toes are swimming but the insole is nice
508 - feels way too big overall and my heel slips
440 - great snug fit, just wish for slightly longer laces

Thanks for coming to my ted talk and have a great afternoon ya all.
[close]

Man this is comical to me because I fucking haaaaate how long the laces are for 440's in a US 10. I literally have to double knot them and they still flop and that is laced all the way to the top.

lol same here, i end up double knotting and tucking between the laces and tongue

Xen

  • Trade Count: (+8)
  • SLAP Pal
  • ******
  • Posts: 8214
  • Rep: 937
  • U neg cuz UR insecure-glad I got under your skin

hobochimp

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • SLAP Pal
  • ******
  • Posts: 1133
  • Rep: 277
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4563 on: September 13, 2022, 02:48:09 PM »
Anyone know any updates about when the white/cream and gum 808s drop?

Vintagebody

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 655
  • Rep: 76
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4564 on: September 13, 2022, 10:06:01 PM »
I've seen many reviews complain about NB's thread pattern getting worn fast. Can say the same with my 306's.
How are the 808s here? As I understand, they have deeper pattern, so should last laster just from that

Bubblegum Tate

  • Moderator
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • SLAP Pal
  • *****
  • Posts: 24474
  • Rep: -1042
  • Slap's Resident Sneakerhead
  • SLAP OG SLAP OG : Been around since SLAP was a mag.
    Bronze Topic Start Bronze Topic Start : Start a topic with over 1,000 replies.
    Gold Topic Start Gold Topic Start : Start a topic with over 10,000 replies.
Ethan Bubblegum Tate - Captain of the Harlem Globetrotters, lecturer of Physics at Globetrotter University.
Tate is one of the best posters that's not me

Olympus Mons

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 225
  • Rep: 10
  • VX1000
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4566 on: September 14, 2022, 09:56:13 AM »
Is there any money in skateboarding film anymore?
I dunno about money, but the fun is boomin.

notmikerusczyk

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • SLAP Pal
  • ******
  • Posts: 1282
  • Rep: 280
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4567 on: September 14, 2022, 11:11:10 AM »
@rothdigga what are the odds there will ever be vegan 440's/440 hi's? :)


LebowskisRug

  • Guest
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4568 on: September 14, 2022, 11:25:09 AM »
I've seen many reviews complain about NB's thread pattern getting worn fast. Can say the same with my 306's.
How are the 808s here? As I understand, they have deeper pattern, so should last laster just from that

What I see and have experienced with NB is not that the tread wears fast, but that the uppers are so durable that you usually wear through the tread before blowing out an upper. I see this as a feature and not a bug.

toe_knee

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • SLAP Pal
  • ******
  • Posts: 1109
  • Rep: 202
  • Get bent
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4569 on: September 14, 2022, 12:09:28 PM »
@rothdigga what are the odds there will ever be vegan 440's/440 hi's? :)

I think pretty good considering Ryan lay rides for them, he seems to like that shoe as well
You want some queso?”
Dan Drehobl to me at make a wish, while handing me a hotdog

iw0

  • Trade Count: (+1)
  • SLAP Pal
  • ******
  • Posts: 1072
  • Rep: 500

somedudefromnj

  • Trade Count: (+2)
  • SLAP Pal
  • ******
  • Posts: 1010
  • Rep: 66
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4571 on: September 14, 2022, 02:07:57 PM »
Expand Quote
@rothdigga what are the odds there will ever be vegan 440's/440 hi's? :)
[close]

I think pretty good considering Ryan lay rides for them, he seems to like that shoe as well

Ryan lay is the first time in a while that I bought a shoe just because I saw someone skating them

Edit:
Ryan Lay is not a time and I can't make sentence

Lol. Eldee is definitely a human. He’s like a raider on horse back who’s kinda scared to do battle. Somehow he closes his eyes and swings his sword wildly and wakes up in a pile of dead orcs.


chris.

  • Trade Count: (+1)
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 804
  • Rep: 184
  • SLAP OG SLAP OG : Been around since SLAP was a mag.

rothdigga

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 839
  • Rep: 565
  • SLAP OG SLAP OG : Been around since SLAP was a mag.
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4573 on: September 14, 2022, 04:02:54 PM »
@rothdigga what are the odds there will ever be vegan 440's/440 hi's? :)
I would put those odds at high to very very high...

notmikerusczyk

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • SLAP Pal
  • ******
  • Posts: 1282
  • Rep: 280
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4574 on: September 14, 2022, 06:06:45 PM »
Expand Quote
@rothdigga what are the odds there will ever be vegan 440's/440 hi's? :)
[close]
I would put those odds at high to very very high...
:) i can't wait! vegan 440's would without a doubt be the best vegan shoes on the market


Gray Imp Sausage Metal

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • SLAP Pal
  • ******
  • Posts: 14894
  • Rep: 76
  • We're just 2 lo(b)s(t)ers sitting behind a screen
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4575 on: September 14, 2022, 06:08:44 PM »
Expand Quote
@rothdigga what are the odds there will ever be vegan 440's/440 hi's? :)
[close]
I would put those odds at high to very very high...
quoting so you don’t go back on your  word!

Impish sausage is definitely gonna blow up as a euphemism this year

Berky

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 386
  • Rep: -19
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4576 on: September 14, 2022, 06:31:15 PM »
Just got a pair of 1010’s. I feel like my heel is slipping around a good bunch. Do you guys lace them all the way up, or should I size down?

Xen

  • Trade Count: (+8)
  • SLAP Pal
  • ******
  • Posts: 8214
  • Rep: 937
  • U neg cuz UR insecure-glad I got under your skin
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4577 on: September 14, 2022, 07:48:11 PM »
Just got a pair of 1010’s. I feel like my heel is slipping around a good bunch. Do you guys lace them all the way up, or should I size down?

Size down half a size, if you're lucky they won't be too tight.

LebowskisRug

  • Guest
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4578 on: September 14, 2022, 08:36:55 PM »
Mine did that at first and just stopped once they broke in. I don't advise sizing down. I made that mistake on a pair after reading advice on here to do that with the versions that do not have a mesh toe and they were definitely too short and compressed my foot too much. I just lace them all the way and pull on the laces to tighten them and no slip anymore. I think it's because the rear of the shoe is quite stiff until broken in.

Underpressureflips

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 245
  • Rep: 39
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4579 on: September 14, 2022, 09:27:09 PM »
Just got a pair of 1010’s. I feel like my heel is slipping around a good bunch. Do you guys lace them all the way up, or should I size down?

Mine felt that way at first but then it went away. I’m not even sure it’s heel slip, but some kind of mindfuck when you are used to the heal bump things.

Xen

  • Trade Count: (+8)
  • SLAP Pal
  • ******
  • Posts: 8214
  • Rep: 937
  • U neg cuz UR insecure-glad I got under your skin
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4580 on: September 14, 2022, 11:30:41 PM »
Expand Quote
Just got a pair of 1010’s. I feel like my heel is slipping around a good bunch. Do you guys lace them all the way up, or should I size down?
[close]


Mine felt that way at first but then it went away. I’m not even sure it’s heel slip, but some kind of mindfuck when you are used to the heal bump things.

I had massive heel slip in the 1010s, wearing a size US10, even with big socks, tight af laces, heel slip; for a size 10, they were easily a half size too big on me no way in hell I could have skated them, they might as well have been flipflops. The 9.5s, were too snug. These were leather, not the mesh variant.

The 808s have finally given in a bit (two overnight stretches and constant wear around the house with 2x thick pairs of socks); now, wearing my normal socks, they feel good enough to skate in and break in the rest of the way...it's not that they aren't wide enough it's that the toe cap design doesn't allow for any wiggle room vertically so it feels cramped. Hopefully the mesh variant drops so I won't have to bother with all the pre-stretching.

FWIW, I tried all of that stretching on the 9.5 1010 with zero luck; someone got a nice gift at a spot one day.

rawbertson.

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • SLAP Pal
  • ******
  • Posts: 8870
  • Rep: 651
  • yo yo, yo yo yo yo
    • my youtube avatar image
  • SLAP OG SLAP OG : Been around since SLAP was a mag.
  • User is on moderator watch listWatched
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4581 on: September 15, 2022, 09:59:16 AM »


man i was going to say a black and red originally!!! damn!!!
ONTARIO CANADA

Fongstarr.

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • SLAP Pal
  • ******
  • Posts: 11428
  • Rep: 311
  • SLAP OG SLAP OG : Been around since SLAP was a mag.
    Bronze Topic Start Bronze Topic Start : Start a topic with over 1,000 replies.
I'll fuckin
I'll fuckin
sew your asshole closed, and keep feedin you
and feedin you, and feedin you, and feedin you!

pedro_mayn

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 600
  • Rep: 90
  • 1-800-PP-5-DOO-DOO
    •  avatar image
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4583 on: September 16, 2022, 02:10:14 AM »
Expand Quote
@rothdigga what are the odds there will ever be vegan 440's/440 hi's? :)
[close]
I would put those odds at high to very very high...

My homie is getting flowed stuff from NB and rates the 440 lows a lot and they do look solid in person, definitely will cop some if vegan variants dropped!
i don’t think any of you are real, i think slap was invented by my mom to make me think people want to talk to me


FUBAR

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 875
  • Rep: 231
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4584 on: September 16, 2022, 02:46:02 AM »
Can’t wait to get a pair of 808s and walk around, telling everyone I’m just new boot goofin.

nitro89

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 149
  • Rep: 88
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4585 on: September 16, 2022, 04:20:03 AM »
Expand Quote
Expand Quote
@rothdigga what are the odds there will ever be vegan 440's/440 hi's? :)
[close]
I would put those odds at high to very very high...
[close]

My homie is getting flowed stuff from NB and rates the 440 lows a lot and they do look solid in person, definitely will cop some if vegan variants dropped!

i jumped ship from the adidas matchbreak supers to the 440 lows as i wanted to go back to a cupsole to protect my feet more. since the swap my feet dont tend to ache after a heavy session and there holding up well even against fresh grip.
definitely recommend the 440's.
"Skateboarding doesn't owe you shit. It owes you wheelbite in the rain" - Jake Phelps"

Fongstarr.

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • SLAP Pal
  • ******
  • Posts: 11428
  • Rep: 311
  • SLAP OG SLAP OG : Been around since SLAP was a mag.
    Bronze Topic Start Bronze Topic Start : Start a topic with over 1,000 replies.
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4586 on: September 16, 2022, 11:57:44 AM »
I'll fuckin
I'll fuckin
sew your asshole closed, and keep feedin you
and feedin you, and feedin you, and feedin you!

somedudefromnj

  • Trade Count: (+2)
  • SLAP Pal
  • ******
  • Posts: 1010
  • Rep: 66
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4587 on: September 16, 2022, 03:28:49 PM »
Ugh i have my 288s sitting at my moms right now and feel like a little ass kid waiting to get them

yes I sent them there so the wife wouldnt kill me





have another pair coming here monday haha

Hated the 440 hi at first but put them back on after wearing the 212 for a bit and they feel much better for some reason

definitely all in my head

Lol. Eldee is definitely a human. He’s like a raider on horse back who’s kinda scared to do battle. Somehow he closes his eyes and swings his sword wildly and wakes up in a pile of dead orcs.


Paco Supreme

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • SLAP Pal
  • ******
  • Posts: 4545
  • Rep: 525
  • One Trick Pony
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4588 on: September 18, 2022, 03:06:58 AM »
Okay so I got the package with the 306, 508 and 440. All in a US 7 because I have cute, weak feet.

306 - my toes are swimming but the insole is nice
508 - feels way too big overall and my heel slips
440 - great snug fit, just wish for slightly longer laces

Thanks for coming to my ted talk and have a great afternoon ya all.

Seeing as you and I share the baby feet/grown man thing, how would you say the 440 fit? I’m looking at some of the Tom Knox ones to kick around in as a cup chiller

fs1/2cab

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • SLAP Pal
  • ******
  • Posts: 1953
  • Rep: 595
    • a short part avatar image
Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Reply #4589 on: September 18, 2022, 08:02:19 AM »
Expand Quote
Okay so I got the package with the 306, 508 and 440. All in a US 7 because I have cute, weak feet.

306 - my toes are swimming but the insole is nice
508 - feels way too big overall and my heel slips
440 - great snug fit, just wish for slightly longer laces

Thanks for coming to my ted talk and have a great afternoon ya all.
[close]

Seeing as you and I share the baby feet/grown man thing, how would you say the 440 fit? I’m looking at some of the Tom Knox ones to kick around in as a cup chiller

Not gonna lie, the fit of the 440 is pretty perfect for me. I got some suede ones, so can't tell you about leather. A tiny little bit too snug at the pinky toes but I think they will stretch over time. I like it that these shoes are nicely snug above of the feet. Hope that makes sense, English isn't my first language.
IG: @flowterspace