Nike Dunks Are Dumb - YouTube

When we started talking about doing a video on the Nike Dunks,

I could not wrap my head around why these are so popular

because they just, they look cheap they look like Jordan 1s.

They're really not interesting in any way.

And then they told me that they sell out instantly anytime there's a drop

and then they resell for three to four times the price.

So we're going to cut them apart and try to answer three questions:

How much of the shoe is leather and the quality thereof?

What's on the inside of this shoe?

And are these shoes worth the money?

So let's start dissecting the shoe by cutting a few of these panels off or apart

to see if this is leather, if it's not,

because sometimes it's really hard to tell with Nike's really cheap leather.

So I’m gonna pop this Swoosh first.

And as you can see, it is real leather so let's do this back heel panel here.

That's leather as well, then to this lace panel.

That is leather too and then to the toe.

Both of these panels are leather as well.

So surprisingly, this whole shoe, the whole upper is made of leather.

And it's about one millimeter thick

but it is so cheap and so fake filling, it might as well not even be real leather.

Because the way they make this leather is they take all the really low quality hides

that have all the flaws, all the imperfections.

They trim off the very top layer to give it a nice even texture on top.

Then they lay down a fat layer of polyurethane or plastic on top.

Then they emboss a fake leather print on the top.

So they end up looking cheap, they look fake, they crease.

Literally the first time you bend this leather it creases because of the plastic on top

and most importantly, with this much synthetic material on top of real leather,

it slowly separates and slowly fakes

and that- those creases slowly become a separation and a little bit of a bubble.

You can already see it, we- I literally we've worn these for the b-roll.

You can see there's a bubble right there

because that polyurethane separates from the leather so easily.

It's just a really sneaky way to hide a really terrible leather

while still being able to call it leather

and having people associate the higher quality benefits of leather to the shoe.

But in all reality, almost all the benefits that you get from leather

are gone when you use this cheap of a leather.

It's like McDonald’s chicken nuggets.

If you ask McDonald’s: are the chicken nuggets, chicken?

Like yeah, technically it's chicken.

-But is it chicken? -Like well, technically, there's chicken in it.

-But is it chicken? -Well.

By name it's chicken, because if you actually call it what it actually is,

which is just mostly bread with some ground up mystery meat and a lot of filler

that doesn't retain any of the nutritional value of real chicken nugget nuggets,

nobody would buy them.

And that's how I view this leather

and to show you how cheap and how not-leathery this leather is,

if we put a flame to it, you can see how fast that polyurethane or that plastic on top

starts curling up, starts smoking, starts melting and that's not what leather does.

And it's the top layer so it's all, it's all about the image of leather

so to me this this leather is the chicken nuggets of the leather world.

But as for the rest of this shoe,

I actually really do like this cup sole.

Because it is fully stitched all the way around, it's not a fake stitch

and that stitch goes all the way through the upper into the interior of the shoe.

And I highly doubt that anyone's ever had any issues with this separating

because it's glued as well.

And so, it is a very solid construction style with the cup sole.

But what about the midsole? And to me that's kind of the crux of this shoe is.

How is it built on the inside, what are the materials?

And that's, to me, either the make or break aspect of this shoe

whether it's worth it or not, and so let's cut this thing in half.

Okay, I got it chopped in half

and it would be one thing if I, if we cut this in half at the- the retail price

but we bought these at the resale price.

And when they're so terrible or at least the leather's so terrible,

it's extra painful to cut apart a shoe when you paid three times the retail price.

But let's see what's inside.

So the midsole is just a big chunk of foam.

And I actually like this a lot better than some of the other shoes

we've cut apart in this price range by some of these big brands like the Stan Smiths

that have that lattice structure and the columns on the inside.

Because I like this foam more because it doesn't give you

those high pressure points where that lattice structure intersects.

It molds your foot a little bit better, it's more comfortable underfoot

and it doesn't collapse as much if you're a bigger guy.

So really, this is basically just the Air Jordan without the air unit.

So the final question: are they worth it?

For a 100 bucks, I get it.

They're a vintage-style sneaker.

They're full leather even though it's garbage leather.

They're a decent construction with the stitching and everything.

And I think that it's on par with other Nikes and it's,

it's actually cheaper than what I expected it to be for such a popular sneaker.

But for anything more than $100 for the resale prices,

Dunks are dumb.

I- do not waste your money on Dunks, they they're just a very basic shoe.

And most videos I start off with the planning phase and the- the idea phase

not really liking the shoes or being impartial to them,

but by the end of the video, I kind of get where they're coming from.

The materials have won me over and the unique designs and all these aspects,

I get to the point where I understand

why people are willing to pay that resale price to get a more rare shoe.

Kind of like the Yeezys where there's a limited quantity

and they're really unique and they're just kind of a wild shoe.

But with these, they're so basic and so cheap and they drop them so often,

that I feel like I’m taking crazy pills when I see people freaking out about these shoes.

I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!

And how much hype's around them and when people are paying 300 or 400 bucks for them.

Like our graphic designer Sam said,

it just feels like it's a template to do collaborations off of them.

Change the colors slightly, the materials slightly

just to make a crazy amount of money.

Kind of, at least to me, they're kind of a bland sneaker with the bland construction.

That are forced to be substantially more money

for literally no other reason than people buying them up on every single drop,

putting them on these resale sites and jacking the price up just to make more money.

And maybe I’m being a little harsh on them

because I care a lot more about the materials and the tech

and the science behind everything, but I’m open to having my mind changed.

So if you're a Dunks diehard and you think I’m missing something here, I am really curious

but I feel like, I feel like I’m missing something and I just don't get these.

So, to me, Dunks are dumb and I would never pay anything, I wouldn't pay a dollar more

than the retail price for these.

So let me know what you guys think and thank you so much for everything you guys do.

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