nike womens air max 1 speckled fish in california | Our verdict
Pros
- Very lightweight design
- Supportive upper
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- Impressive durability for the price
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- Truly affordable
Cons
- Lacks breathability
- Tapered toebox
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- Risk of heel slips
Audience verdict
Comparison
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Audience score | 80 Good! | 83 Good! | 77 Good! | 91 Great! | |
Price | $75 | $80 | $65 | $120 | |
Use | WorkoutCross-trainingGymHIITJumping rope | WorkoutCross-trainingGymHIITJumping rope | WorkoutCross-trainingGymHIITJumping rope | WorkoutCross-trainingGymHIITJumping rope | |
Drop lab | 2.9 mm | 8.8 mm | 4.5 mm | 1.9 mm | |
Heel stack lab | 23.1 mm | 30.6 mm | 24.2 mm | 21.1 mm | |
Forefoot | 20.2 mm | 21.8 mm | 19.7 mm | 19.2 mm | |
Weight lab | 10.2 oz / 288g | 10.4 oz / 296g | 8.8 nike lebron x elite home health alice tx | 10.2 oz / 288g | |
Lightweight | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Breathability | Warm | Breathable | Breathable | Warm | |
2010 nike hyperdunks on sale black friday | Wide | Wide | Wide | Wide | |
Toebox width at the big toe | Medium | Medium | Wide | Medium | |
Size | True to size | True to size | Slightly small | Slightly small | |
Midsole softness | Balanced | Balanced | Balanced | Balanced | |
Stiffness | Moderate | Moderate | Flexible | Flexible | |
Torsional rigidity | Stiff | Stiff | Flexible | Flexible | |
nike free trainer 7.0 grey coral color chart 2017 | Moderate | Moderate | Flexible | Flexible | |
Toebox durability | Decent | Bad | Decent | Good | |
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Outsole durability | Good | Decent | - | Bad | |
nike dunk high gs america blue book cover letter | Average | Wide | Average | Very wide | |
Midsole width - heel | Average | Average | Average | Wide | |
Widths available | NarrowNormal | Normal | Normal | Normal | |
Insole thickness | Average | Average | Average | Average | |
Outsole thickness | Average | Average | Average | ||
Outsole hardness | Very hard | Hard | Average | Very soft | |
Heel tab | None | Finger loop | None | None | |
Tongue: gusset type | None | None | None | Bootie | |
Tongue padding | Thin | Average | Average | Average | |
Ranking | #42 Bottom 10% | #22 Bottom 29% | #28 Bottom 9% | #6 Top 20% | |
Popularity | #25 Bottom 46% | #12 Top 39% | #16 Bottom 48% | #8 Top 26% |
Who should buy
Having put the Nike NC Trainer 2 through its paces in our gym and lab, we think it is best suited for the following:
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nike womens air max 1 speckled fish in california | Who should NOT buy
For walking and casual wear, we found the Nike nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background a bit uncomfortable. The New Balance TRNR v2 nike air max cool grey hot lava shoes for women.
The trainer also happens to be not so breathable. We recommend the Nike Legens Essential 3 for better ventilation.
Finally, the nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background is definitely not a shoe for advanced workouts and heavier lifting. You should turn to the Nike Metcons if you want a high-performance gym shoe.
Cushioning
Heel stack
To feel most comfortable and stable at the gym, you don't want a shoe with overly thick cushioning. And yet, you do need some buffering for high-impact exercises like jumping and running.
The Nike nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background hits a sweet spot in that regard. Measuring the shoe's heel stack with a caliper, we got 23.1 mm. This is a standard amount of cushioning for a training shoe.
We felt well-connected to the ground but didn't lack impact book either.

nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 23.1 mm |
Average | 24.8 mm |
Forefoot stack
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We found it to be thin enough to bend well with the foot but also quite protective for exercises like rope jumps. Paired with the shoe's lightweight build and non-burdening heel, double under felt like a breeze!
nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 20.2 mm |
Average | 18.4 mm |
Drop
At first sight of the shoe's cut-in-half midsole, we thought that the Nike nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background was a zero-drop shoe!
With a really low heel-to-toe difference of 2.9 mm, it is indeed on the lower side of the training shoe spectrum. Especially given that the standard drop of Crossfit shoes is 4-6 mm.
But what's the benefit of it, you will ask. Well, if you were standing on a balance board, would you feel more confident with a raised heel or with a lowered heel? We bet it's the latter. Same here, you want your feet to sit parallel to the ground to feel more planted.
nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 2.9 mm |
Average | 6.4 mm |
Midsole softness
Imagine trying to stabilize yourself on a single-leg kettlebell deadlift or when doing a skater lunge. You certainly don't dream about plush cushioning at that moment.
That's why a moderately firm midsole is your best friend at the gym. We used a durometer to measure how firm the nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background's cushioning is. At 27.0 HA, it is right at the average of training shoes. We found it perfectly hard for every exercise in our routine.

nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 27.0 HA |
Average | 27.8 HA |
Insole thickness
But don't worry, your foot will not be sitting on a brick! We felt nice and padded by the shoe's stock insole. Based on our caliper measurements, it is 4.2 mm thick in the heel.

nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 4.2 mm |
Average | 3.9 mm |
Size and fit
Size
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Toebox width - widest part
If you asked us to close our eyes and determine a Nike shoe by touch, we would say that the narrowest one is Nike! As it happens, the Nike nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background matches this description.
Although we did measure the widest part of the shoe's toebox at 105.2 mm (wider than average), its tapered shape still ruined the fit.

nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 105.2 mm |
Average | 100.4 mm |
Toebox width - big toe
Taking our measurements at the big toe mark, we got 76.2 mm. Aside from the number being narrower than average, you can visually see how the shoe's toebox narrows towards the front.

nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 76.2 mm |
Average | 78.8 mm |
Stability
Lateral stability test
As you can see from our ankle shifting test below, the Nike nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background doesn't have the best stability among gym shoes. But it's not terrible either!
When we kept our workout intensity at a moderate level, this Nike shoe coped with the task very well. We felt support coming from the overlays and raised sidewalls. There is also an elastic strap on the instep but we cannot tell for sure whether it made a difference.
Torsional rigidity
The nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background is a monster in disguise. It may look like a softie but when you try to twist the shoe, it fights back with vigor!
We denimd the trainer's impressive torsional rigidity in our manual test. On a stiffness scale from 1 to 5, we gave it the highest score of 5.
On foot, this Nike trainer makes sure that there is no spilling of the foot on the inner edge of the sole.
nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 5 |
Average | 2.7 |
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We also found a good amount of stiffness in the shoe's heel counter. Combined with the collar padding, it made our ankles feel quite secure.
But unfortunately, it didn't help to prevent heel slips. The back of the collar is lower in this Nike trainer compared to other models. Take New Balance TRNR v2 for example.
nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 3 |
Average | 2.7 |
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The platform of the nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background is not particularly wide either. But it's pretty close to the average measurements of a training shoe.
In the widest part of the shoe's forefoot, our caliper showed 109.3 mm. This is only 4.4 mm wider than the minimalist nike air max running shoes in wide head machine.

nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 109.3 mm |
Average | 110.6 mm |
Midsole width - heel
As for the widest part of the trainer's heel, it comes in at 84.3 mm. This is also slightly narrower than average.
While this is not a critically narrow platform, athletes who prefer extended contact points with the ground may feel like stability is lacking.
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nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 84.3 mm |
Average | 87.3 mm |
Flexibility / Stiffness
Walking around in the nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background, we couldn't help but notice that it's a little on the stiff side. It just didn't feel like the type of shoe we would want to walk in for hours.
To check exactly how stiff this Nike trainer is, we bent it to a 90-degree angle with the help of a force gauge. The tool returned 21.9N which is indeed a little stiffer than most training shoes. For reference, it took 17.5N for the nike dunk white red black hair animation nike air jordan size 5 youth girls basketball nike air force 1 men low red sale.
You can see how we couldn't even bend the trainer properly in the plank pose! We were literally kept on our toes!
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nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 21.9N |
Average | 17.8N |
Weight
One of the key characteristics that make the nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background feel so good on foot is its fairly low weight.
Weighing the shoe in a men's US size 9, we got 10.2 oz (288g) which is about an ounce lighter than average.
We certainly ripped the benefits of that when doing cardio. No foot-dragging!

nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 10.16 oz (288g) |
Average | 10.76 oz (305g) |
Breathability
From the look of it, the nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background appears to be an airy mesh shoe. But in practice, it turned out to be much toastier than expected.
Using a smoke-pumping machine, we filled the shoe's upper with smoke to check how quickly and easily it would escape through the mesh. As you can see from the video below, ventilation wasn't the best in this Nike shoe.
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To locate the areas with the best breathability, we held the shoe's upper against the light. As it turns out, ventilation pores are only present in the toebox part of the shoe. The rest is just solid material.
A glance through our microscope revealed the multi-layered design of this shoe's upper.
Now we understand how a shoe made of mesh can end up not so breathable.
nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 2 |
Average | 3.6 |
Durability
Toebox durability
On the upside, the lack of aeration paid off in the upper's resistance to abrasion!
Because we didn't have the luxury to abuse this Nike trainer for hundreds of hours at the gym, we used a Dremel to test the material's durability. Applying its sandpaper tip to the shoe's toebox for 12 seconds, we found that it didn't get all the way through!
That's impressive for a shoe at this price point! We gladly rated the nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background's toebox durability with 3 out of 5 (above average!).

nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 3 |
Average | 2.5 |
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The heel padding/lining didn't do so well, unfortunately. It took a mere 4 seconds for a significant tear to form on the shoe's collar.
We had to get real and rate the durability of this part of the shoe with the lowest 1 out of 5 score. You are likely to see wear on this part much sooner than you would hope to.

nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 1 |
Average | 2.5 |
Outsole hardness
Despite the shoe's budget-friendly price, Nike made sure that the nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background doesn't fall apart so easily.
With the help of a durometer, we found that its rubber outsole is on the firm side. At 94.5 HC, it is 10% harder than average! And hard often means more wear-resistant.

nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 94.5 HC |
Average | 83.0 HC |
Outsole durability
Setting the Dremel speed to a higher 10K RPM, we held the tool against the shoe's outsole for 22 seconds.
At the end of this cruel test, we measured the depth of the damage that the tool created. And oh my, it was only 1 mm deep! This is the same result we get in more expensive trainers!

nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 1.0 mm |
Average | 1.1 mm |
Outsole thickness
The amount of rubber protecting the shoe's sole is also pretty substantial. We measured it at 4.2 mm with our caliper.
If you keep the Nike nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background for gym use only, you can rest assured that its outsole is going to last a good while.

nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 4.2 mm |
Average | 3.6 mm |
Misc
Tongue padding
Exploring the shoe's upper up close, we found that it has a good amount of padding around the collar but not so much in the tongue.
To be more specific, we measured the tongue's thickness with a caliper and got 3.1 mm. That's notably thinner than the average but luckily, we didn't have to deal with lace bites.

nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | 3.1 mm |
Average | 5.4 mm |
Tongue: gusset type
Given the lack of gussets on the sides of the tongue, there is a tendency for it to shift sideways. Some people are not bothered by that while others find it a deal-breaker.
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nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | None |
Removable insole
If you decide to amplify the trainer's comfort and arch support, its default insole is removable.

nike air jordan 1 grey purple white background | No |