Nike Mag V2 Mod Discussion (Page 58 Shopping List)

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Ill post 2 out to you tomorrow bud, think I still have your shipping details. You should get them Tuesday :)

A tester would be magic!! :)
 
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Well here we go, got home from work to inspect the shoes closer:

I'm normally not one to complain about stuff....so bear with me.

Review:

The Good:
They feel good on my feet. Warm and cozy in this cold house. Look pretty sweet in person. Then BAM! A huge smile ran across my face when I put them on. Like I was finally reaching a dream of mine...They are made of a beautiful material which feels very sturdy. No random tiny drops of glue anywhere.
They smell like a new car and not like cheap rubber. Solid feel to them, yada yada yada.

The Bad:
Both shoes had minor issues with consistency and quality.

90% of the problems are on the left shoe; the right shoe is ehhh acceptable...

The ankle buckles of both shoes arrived in a poor condition. Tons of bubbles, dark/dirty spots, tiny needle-tip-sized holes rippling across them in numerous areas, and the wiring on both switches is finicky. I don't have to push the button, just wiggle the wire and bam....on/off.
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The NIKE MAG letters are riddled with paint bubbles/raised areas.

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Looks more like HIKE to me :S

Many of the threads sewn into the shoe have errors with looping and tons of frayed ends measuring about 4-6mm in length per fray, missing strings in some minuscule spots, inconsistently cut and sewn patterns between the two shoes.
((For instance if you ask two people to make a paper airplane and then you sit them side by side and say okay...they appear 65% identical.))

The bottom of one shoe was scuffed with dirt or burn marks of some form. Felt like a rough texture compared to the unmarked areas. Like it was a defective shoe someone returned to them...and then they sent it to me.
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Left shoe turned on:
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Then I banged it onto the floor and got this:
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Toe box was crushed like a piece of heavy furniture on carpet for years, so I tried to pop it back out with my hand a bit; the result of the attempt:
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Another angle
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Compare the right and left shoe in pattern and consistency of the SAME sides, same spot:

Right shoe:
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Left shoe:
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Threads, the other shoe was worse, and randomly cut foam trimming:
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Note: I trimmed the majority of the frayed strings off with my Tamiya side cutter later on.


Here is the right shoe turned on:
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And both sides together(notice the glow on the left is very dim and inconsistent compared to the right:
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I know to a lot of people might not complain about such tiny things...I'm just a little upset I paid full price for only like half of one correct shoe. Now I gotta rip them both apart to make them look the same; try to fix them myself.

Gotta buy Loctite, packs of 3mm diffused red yellow and green LED's, resistors, wires, more batteries, switches, el panels, inverters, pcb boards, solder, and take YouTube crash courses on the basics of wiring and electrical components.

I can't even tell if they charge when I plug them in. They are both totally blank when plugged up. So is that good or bad?

Waka waka.
 
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Edit that one post to take out that massive quote please haha. It'd be doing others a scrolling favor!
 
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I'm normally a size 11 in Nikes. I measured my foot from heel to toe...11 and 1/4 inches. I emailed Karin and had her measure the size 11 shoe. It was the same. so i went ahead and got a size 11. Lol. Things look like boats.

Hi Pinn,

I just measured my foot wearing a sock, and it is exactly the same as yours, 11 1/4" in length. I'm a size 12 for all of my shoes, except one pair of Nike Cortez, which I had to buy in 13, as the 12's were just too tight. How is the fit of your size 11 Mags? Do you regret not getting the 12s? I'm really torn on ordering 11 or 12, since we can't exactly return these easily.
 
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Pics:
This is how they look from the sides.
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This is where my big toe comes to.
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About 3/4 of an inch from the tip.

Size
Height is 10 inches.
Width at widest area on the bottom on the shoe is roughly 4.5 inches.
Length 11 1/4inches.

How they fit?
Well, They don't cut off circulation after ten minutes of wearing them around my house. My feet don't slosh around in them like a pair of boots would if they were a size too large. Length wise they are good. I would've probably been REALLY snug and just as comfortable in a size 10. Can't say for sure though. Jedi said in his YT video that between the size 9 and 11 the length difference is only like an inch or so.

I'm 6'2" about 170lbs, athletic upper build, scrawny legs and they fit like every other size 11 high top Nike I've worn. Just a stretchier material instead of tough leather.

YMMV.
 
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man they really dropped the ball on quality control, maybe it has to do with these mags being the last remaining pairs
 
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Really sorry to hear about your mags Pinn, it's really worrying that our best contact seller for these has dispatched such a poor quality pair even though she says she checks each pair.. Clearly not though :(

Are you changing out all the lights? If this helps the dodgy LEDs can be fixed, just peel back the heel cup, seperate the led board from the shoe then just drop more solder on each contact point for the LEDs. My pair had one LED not working so I just put more solder on it and it worked fine.

I would use a hairdryer to remove the stained rubber sole, it should help remove the stain then as Brad suggested any creases you have use a thin cloth and iron to remove them.

I think you can get them looking alot better but again sorry to hear about this.

I suggest anyone ordering these now should have to ask to see photos of the actual pair she is sending as $250 is alot for a knock off where quality is not a huge factor for them. The problem is these shoes are not like any other and we basically admire the shoe so much we want a top quality finish. To them this is just another knock off unfortunately :(
 
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I know these are supposed to be all US sizes, but what is the chance they are actually UK? UK are essentially a full size larger than the same number in US.
 
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Nice review pinn. Sorry to hear you got shafted. Wish me luck guys, tough mudder in 2 hours.
 
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I know these are supposed to be all US sizes, but what is the chance they are actually UK? UK are essentially a full size larger than the same number in US.

these mags are all 1 size too large

a size 12 US in Knockoff version 1 is identical to the size 11 US in knockoff version 2.

So obviously, someone over there ****** up the sizings

same applies to the other sizes, especially the smaller ones.
 
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Well version 3 inverter works :)

Only thing I need to do is change some capacitor values to make the panel blue as its currently more green but jobs a goodun so far!

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Taff do you know what the minimum voltage is of one of those PS3 batteries as it gets used?
 
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Thanks for the sizing info and pics Pinn!


these mags are all 1 size too large

a size 12 US in Knockoff version 1 is identical to the size 11 US in knockoff version 2.

So obviously, someone over there ****** up the sizings

same applies to the other sizes, especially the smaller ones.

AirAir, do you have both V1 sz 12 and V2 sz 11?
 
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I have a question. Would you guys wear these with shorts?

I know that baseball plaer wore them...I'm just not sure about that look though...
 
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I would wear them with shorts that suited.

I'm like a woman when it comes to clothes! I can get changed about 10 times!
 
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I had a guy at a restaurant today offer to trade me his car for my MAG's!!! LOL!
 
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