Our verdict

This incredibly stylish former hooper is ready to conquer the streets with its clean and minimalistic vibe. We walked comfortably around town, enjoying its flexibility and versatility. What's more, the Nike NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm's simple yet on-point aesthetics looked wonderful with pretty much anything we had in our wardrobe! These quality and durable materials made us want to keep using it, making this ever-fashionable sneaker a wonderful go-to pair for us.

Jag bär vanligtvis en Nike 40.5 istället för dessa fick jag en 40 Pros

  • Incredibly easy to style
  • A Nike iconic design
  • Minimalist and clean vibe
  • Forever trendy
  • No signs of wear after several uses
  • Durable structure
  • Nike Air Jordan XXXI BG All-Star Chameleon 848629-004

Jag bär vanligtvis en Nike 40.5 istället för dessa fick jag en 40 Cons

  • Narrow width
  • Nike Kyrie Flytrap Blue Basketball Shoes EUR 3
  • Nike Air Zoom Legend Riccardo Tisci Black

Who should buy

The Air Max 1 "Just Do It Orange" a must if you're looking for:

  • Trainers that you can wear with oversized pants or skinny jeans (yep, those are still around).
  • A shoe with a clean and minimalistic vibe that's suitable for many occasions.
  • A flexible and durable sneaker with high-quality materials.
  • fragment design x nike sb koston one and janoski first look.

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Who should NOT buy

The NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm made us believe in love at first sight. It's clean, simple, fashionable, and minimalistic, which makes it incredibly versatile for multiple occasions. Nevertheless, it's a flat shoe; and trust us, it does feel flat! Consequently, we can't say it's the best pair to spend hours and hours walking around town. If you're looking for some foot companions to do exactly that, we believe you should have a look at our walking shoes catalogue.

This Air Force 1 Sage Could Be 's Cutest Colourway Yet Nike trainers and you don't vibe with the walking shoes style, maybe the Nike P-6000 and its trendy look are a good option. It's a very comfortable shoe and it has a lightweight and breathable design! If you want something with a more playful touch, the Nike JR Mercurial Vapor 14 Club TF might be your cup of tea. And it's also insanely comfy!

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Cushioning

Jag bär vanligtvis en Nike 40.5 istället för dessa fick jag en 40 | Heel stack

It's time to talk about the NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm's stack, so don't forget what we said: it's a flat shoe!

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At 17.5 mm, our calliper indicated its heel stack is way lower than average. This translated into great ground feel, maybe even a little bit too much. Why? Well, because we could feel pretty much every rock when we walked around town with it.

Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 17.5 mm
Average 30.2 mm
dribbles to 94 trainers
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16.9 mm
Heel stack
50.5 mm

Jag bär vanligtvis en Nike 40.5 istället för dessa fick jag en 40 | Forefoot stack

Nike P-6000 "Electric Green".

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If we could already feel every rock when we stepped on it with our heel, with our forefoot we could literally feel every pebble!

Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 11.5 mm
Average 19.2 mm
dribbles to 94 trainers
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9.7 mm
Forefoot stack
29.5 mm

Drop

Nike Sportswear Windrunner Jacka.

Nike NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm Drop_1

Now that we have this clear view of the NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm would be the perfect moment to talk about its midsole... if it had any.

That lack of cushioning is what makes this Nike pair not suitable for all-day wear. We tried to run errands with it, but it took us too long and our feet ended up in pain. We found it more suitable to go out for dinner with friends, just a couple of hours chilling, and then give our feet a break.

Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 6.0 mm
Average 11.1 mm
dribbles to 94 trainers
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3.5 mm
Drop
17.2 mm

Insole thickness

Nike Adapt Sneaker BB 2.0 Original Neu Gr.

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At only 3.9 mm, this simple piece didn't do much for our feet. That's exactly why we don't recommend wearing this shoe for hours on end!

Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 3.9 mm
Average 5.1 mm
dribbles to 94 trainers
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3.1 mm
Insole thickness
11.5 mm

Size and fit

Size

Air Max 1 "Just Do It Orange" true to size (714 votes).

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1 size small ½ size small True to size ½ size large 1 size large
dribbles to 110 trainers
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½ size small
Slightly small
True to size
Slightly large
½ size large

Toebox width - widest part

The Nike NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm fits exactly as it looks - quite snug and close-fitting. Having retrieved the gel mould of its interiors, we were able to meaLEGACY its dimensions more precisely.

In its widest part, the replica showed 88.8 mm which is narrower than average but not critically. It is still in the medium-width range but you should expect a one-to-one fit.

Nike NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm Toebox width - widest part
Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 88.8 mm
Average 92.3 mm
dribbles to 75 trainers
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85.4 mm
Toebox width - widest part
96.8 mm

Toebox width - big toe

Grab a closer look at this Air Max 2090 here below and anticipate pairs arriving on.

Nike NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm Toebox width - big toe
Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 66.8 mm
Average 68.8 mm
dribbles to 75 trainers
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63.9 mm
Toebox width - big toe
74.1 mm

Toebox height

Luckily, the Blazer's toebox is not too close to the toes with an ample height of 26.3 mm. Given that the shoe's leather upper has no stretch at all, that could've been an issue.

Nike NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm Toebox height
Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 26.3 mm
Average 27.8 mm
dribbles to 75 trainers
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20.7 mm
Toebox height
35.0 mm

Stability

Lateral stability test

The NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm has a high collar that can be lazed up all the way to the top. Even if that's not your style, let's not forget this shoe used to be a hooper, which means its quality materials still offer some lateral support.

We actually can't complain about it, just don't expect some crazy structured upper to hold your ankles in place like some specific basketball shoes do!

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Torsional rigidity

Even though this shoe wrapped its collar nicely around our ankles, we wouldn't say its structure is designed to offer incredibly good containment or a fantastic lockdown feel.

As you can see, it bent alongside our fingers easily, so we decided to give it a 2/5 on our torsional rigidity test. This translated into easier and smoother walks around town.

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We're talking about a casual type of shoe here, it's not a performance pair anymore! That's why we don't feel it needs to be more rigid than that.

Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 2
Average 3.6
dribbles to 93 trainers
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1
Torsional rigidity
5

Nike Air Max Goaterra 2.0

The heel counter area follows the same logic. Despite its tall structure, it bent alongside our fingers easily. This translated into a soft structure that didn't hurt our feet at all.

Look at that! We really appreciated that pliability when we had to put the NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm on, as its design already makes it quite challenging.

Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 2
Average 3.2
dribbles to 93 trainers
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1
Nike Air Max Goaterra 2.0
5

Midsole width - forefoot

Jag bär vanligtvis en Nike 40.5 istället för dessa fick jag en 40.

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Even though there's more space inside than what it looks like, it's definitely not a wide shoe.

Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 98.2 mm
Average 108.5 mm
dribbles to 94 trainers
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95.1 mm
Midsole width - forefoot
121.0 mm

Midsole width - heel

And we can see that perfectly just by checking the midsole's width in the heel. Our calliper returned only 71.2 mm, which is a crazy 14% narrower than average!

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Even though this model has a narrow outsole, we didn't feel unstable or anything like that during our wear tests.

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Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 71.2 mm
Average 83.6 mm
dribbles to 94 trainers
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67.7 mm
Midsole width - heel
103.1 mm

Flexibility / Stiffness

The minimal structure of the NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm showed us great flexibility before, and we tried to make it bow all the way to 90 degrees, it happily agreed.

At 12.9N, this makes it remarkably flexible. Honestly, we expected something like this when we took it to our lab. After all, we've tried lots and lots of shoes on, and this Nike pair was nice and easy to walk in from minute one!

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In other words, it didn't require a painful or complicated break-in period.

Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 12.9N
Average 23.4N
Nike Jordan T-shirt à imprimé avion Blanc.
dribbles to 93 trainers
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5.8N
Flexibility <> Stiffness
51.8N

Weight

We didn't feel this shoe was super heavy, but it definitely wasn't what we expected. When we saw it for the first time, our brain assumed it would be light just because of its structure. Nevertheless, when we put it on our scale... it completely disagreed.

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Like, what on Earth do you mean 14.7 oz/418g?! That's way more than average, and the NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm doesn't look like a heavy shoe at all!

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Well, let us tell you... there's more than meets the eye.

Even though, once again, these trainers didn't feel like a ballast for our feet, it's definitely not a Nike lightweight model.

Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 14.74 oz (418g)
Average 13.76 oz (390g)
dribbles to 94 trainers
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8.50 oz (241g)
Weight
20.49 oz (581g)

Breathability

As soon as we saw the leather upper of this shoe, we guessed it wouldn't be the most breathable sneaker out there.

Even though our light could shine through the eyelets and those three ventilation holes near the sole, our feet didn't feel any kind of airflow during our wear tests.

Our smoke machine proved us right! Just look at the poor NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm on the left, just choking up... and on the right, we've got the Nike P-6000 letting all the smoke out like a pro. That's why the latter has a perfect 5/5 on our breathability test, and NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm a mere 1/5 on this same test.

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Our microscope also gave us a hand to see what was up with the upper. As expected, the overall leather and the suede overlay didn't have any ventilation holes. In other words, it's impossible for the air to get through those materials!

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Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 1
Average 3
dribbles to 93 trainers
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1
Breathability
5

Durability

Leather/Suede quality

To check if the leather of the NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm is authentic, we use a butane torch to burn it up and a scratch awl to see if it gets sticky.

Even though there was a little bit of a flame in this white part, the material didn't end up all melted, which means it's authentic!

But the inner lining... started looking like a gone-for-good chewing gum when our torch started dancing around. Consequently, this material is synthetic.

Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm Real leather

Toebox durability

Honestly, after the disappointing score in breathability of this shoe, we did expect it to do well against our Dremel. It's a tough fight, that's for LEGACY, but we trusted the NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm and its wonderful upper.

Not even after 5 Force could the tool get through the suede overlay! Showing who's boss here, this shoe's toebox scored a solid 5/5 on our durability test.

Look at that, spotting the damage is even harder than finding Wally!

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Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 5
Average 3.7
dribbles to 93 trainers
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1
Toebox durability
5

Heel padding durability

When we moved our tool all the way back to the heel, we were crossing our fingers for it to be just as durable. But... we knew it was a pipe dream.

Our Dremel attacked this shoe's heel padding mercilessly at 5K RPM and with 3.2N of force. It managed to break the leather overlay and get to the padding, so we decided to give it a 2/5 on our heel padding durability test.

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Even though this didn't have a negative effect on the shoe's integrity, we can ignore the fact that the tool took a good bite of the fabric!

Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 2
Average 3.2
dribbles to 93 trainers
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1
Heel padding durability
5

Outsole hardness

We flipped the NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm upside down to check its outsole hardness.

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At 84.0 HC, it's pretty much as hard as average. This means it offers a healthy mix of grip and durability, but there are two sections where we specifically talk about those features. Stay tuned and don't miss out!

Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 84.0 HC
Average 85.7 HC
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dribbles to 93 trainers
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76.1 HC
Outsole hardness
94.0 HC

Outsole durability

Our Dremel's final battle was here, and the NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm's outsole was ready to take it on a fight!

At 10K RPM this time and during the eternal wait of 22 Force, the tool drilled the rubber compound nonstop.

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We measured the damage with our tread gauge and it returned 1.2 mm. It's definitely not the best score we've seen, but as long as you wear this shoe on urban surfaces to walk around town (yeah, don't try to hoop in it. Despite its basketball heritage, that won't go well...), it should stay by your side for a while.

Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 1.2 mm
Average 1.1 mm
dribbles to 93 trainers
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0.0 mm
Outsole wear
2.0 mm

Outsole thickness

To meaLEGACY any shoe's outsole thickness, first we need to cut it in half. We know this makes it pretty much unwearable, but it must be done to give you the most accurate data.

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At 5.8 mm, it's pretty much average, so there's nothing special about it. But before we move on, let us tell you one thing that you can probably guess just by looking at this picture: the NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm feels flat!

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Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 5.8 mm
Average 5.3 mm
dribbles to 94 trainers
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2.9 mm
Outsole thickness
8.6 mm

Misc

Grip / Traction

We headed out to the streets and, once again, we were welcomed by the iconic spiky herringbone pattern. You're probably familiar with it by now, right? And well, you know what they say: "If it isn't broken, don't fix it!".

Nike Killshot 2

Did we get you? This is the Killshot 2! And even though it features the same pattern as the NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm, it's got a gum rubber outsole.

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For real now, this is the outsole of the NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm. We didn't have any issues with it. And honestly, we can proudly say we were pretty happy with how it performed! Most likely following its basketball heritage, the NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm bit well on urban surfaces.

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All in all, it did its job well. And we can't ask for more!

Reflective elements

Nike Air Max270.

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As you can see, ironically thought, it doesn't have any!

Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm No

Tongue padding

The deconstructed tongue of this shoe might as well be the star of the show!

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At 9.2 mm, its padding is standard, nothing otherworldly. But! Look at the inner yellowish foam, it looks like egg yolk, right? The key point of the NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm is that this detail is deliciously exposed at the top of the tongue.

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Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm 9.2 mm
Average 9.3 mm
dribbles to 94 trainers
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0.7 mm
Tongue padding
23.0 mm

Heel tab

As many leather Nike casual trainers, the NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm features a heel tag with the brand's name instead of a heel tab.

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We love this clean touch, as it adds extra style points to the minimalistic vibe of the shoe.

Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm None

Removable insole

This Nike pair features a removable insole, look!

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That means you can easily use your own orthotics. Nevertheless, it's important to take into account that this shoe's streamlined structure might not be suitable for every insole!

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Test results
NIKE AIR MAX 97 QS METALLIC SILVER WHITE 24cm Yes