Fascinating video, thanks so much! I have never tried the Superblast myself but have only heard great things and am looking forward to getting a pair one day!! I bought a cheap pair of Hoka Rocket X2 online and am truly worried they're fake though I've got nothing to compare them to unfortunately, haven't even taken them for a run yet, so hopefully some nice person will make a video one day!! For 18 months I was an English teacher in the province of China where 80% of Chinese shoes are produced. We visited factories where they would reproduce any shoe you wanted, any brand, and swore black and blue they were JUST as good as the original at about 1% of the price, if you bought a container load of them at a time of course!! Many local businessmen wanted to take us to visit factories and tried to talk us into doing business with them.🤷‍♀

Many thanks for making this video. I bought mine 2nd hand from eBay so just checked all the details you covered while watching this and lucky for me they are the real deal.

@theinconsequentialrunner

2 ай бұрын

Awesome!

I found Superblasts on Ebay for much cheaper than the online running stores and Amazon, $165 vs $200. Asics, Amazon and the stores all had very limited colors but the vendor on Ebay had a colorway that my son liked, he likes green. I ordered them from Japan and had a wait a bit to get them but after checking all of your spots I can confirm they're the real deal. Thankfully.

@theinconsequentialrunner

3 ай бұрын

That's pretty lucky and good news. Glad the video helped validate the shoes. Good stuff.

@edderepa9685

2 ай бұрын

I also bought from an eBay seller in Japan and hated my pair after 40km and sold them. I'm a really heavy (100kg) and slow runner 5mims/km though and love Nimbus 25 (retired 3 pairs). Hate the universal praise for these shoes. Prime X Strung 2.0 on the way as my next most expensive pair!

@leesoutheast

2 ай бұрын

@@edderepa9685 you sure they were legit?

Your videos have help me greatly for convincing me my pair were original or not. Buy my original superblast from taiwan ACS across sport. the best shoes for me

Wow this opened my eyes on buying brand clothes online, not just shoes but everything 😅

Thanks for the heads-up!

@theinconsequentialrunner

2 ай бұрын

No worries!

Back in the day when Nike Vaporfly 1&2 were super hard to get I bought a couple pairs on eBay that were fakes. I bought maybe 5 different pairs over a couple years and 2 were fakes. They looked EXACTLY the same to smsllest details but neither fakes had a carbon plate in the sole. You could bend them in half super easy like all non-plated shoes. I contacted both sellers and said either refund all my money but $50 cuz that’s about what they are worth to me (i actually liked them both but not for running) or I would turn them in to eBay and Nike. They did return my money.

Yeah, I am looking at the same shoe at Taobao. The price difference between seller can be between 250 rmb to 1650 rmb. I got a pair from official store now at 1100 rmb. Now is on the way to me.

I have seen some superblast on reseller sites.., and I was leery .., now I guess it was for good reason

@theinconsequentialrunner

3 ай бұрын

Great call. I think that's wise.

For Asics, I would avoid China and Hong Kong sellers and choose Japan sellers. Not perfect but a safer bet

@JoutarouKuujou1

2 ай бұрын

I would just buy from a store

Good video men! Did you went half size down ?

@theinconsequentialrunner

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! The real Superblast was true to size. Fakes can be anything I'm guessing. My fake was way too big in the upper. Really wide.

This is crazy, I had no idea that fakes like this existed. I just bought the superblast direct from asics so hopefully I got a real pair!

@theinconsequentialrunner

3 ай бұрын

Direct from Asics and you're safe. As I say in the video, there's one true test... weigh them.

@GeneralStealth

3 ай бұрын

@@theinconsequentialrunner very strange, I weighed them and they are 249 grams, but looking at them, some of my uppers resemble your fake pair more. Maybe asics have started using cheaper methods, and using less finesse compared to earlier releases

@GeneralStealth

3 ай бұрын

Actually no, just done a comparison and mine are the same as your real shoe, I got mixed up on the close ups😅

@theinconsequentialrunner

3 ай бұрын

@@GeneralStealth Yeah, the weight says it all - you are safe as. No fake will come in at that low weight. You'll love them, they are a great shoe.

@GeneralStealth

3 ай бұрын

@@theinconsequentialrunner they are my favourite shoe at the moment along with the puma deviate nitro 2

Very interesting!

@theinconsequentialrunner

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. Please consider subscribing if you want to see more videos like this. Thanks.

@Runnnersp

3 ай бұрын

@@theinconsequentialrunner Make a video cutting the fake one

I have a dilemma now because watching your video i realize that the SB i have received today from AliExpress are fake (i only paid 52 euros) but it is an improved fake version. It is as light as the original and doesnt have the blurred letters, lol.

The rubber on the fake appears much thicker than the rubber on the Asics in the video. Also, the heel bevel looks much different.

I'm thinking Ebay or Amazon for sure.

Yeah I think I've run into this before. Even from Amazon, but they use third party vendors. I just assumed they were moving old product at a discount, but probably a knockoff. But I felt terrible in some shoes.

@theinconsequentialrunner

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, that's what did it for me, they simply felt terrible.

I was victim of this! I reported them as fake right away and managed to get my money back through eBay. Not wanting to waste a pair of shoes, I have worn them for 180km - they feel awful! 😂 This video is super helpful as I spent a lot of time deliberating over whether they were fake or not and the question “surely they are not making fake ASICS!?” constantly went through my mind!

@theinconsequentialrunner

2 ай бұрын

Good on you for reporting them. I got 75% of my money back. Not the best. Lesson learned.

@theinconsequentialrunner

2 ай бұрын

Did you weigh them by chance? I'd be interested to know the weight.

Just checked mine, they're real. 😅 I thought: if they're fake, they're amazing! 😂

Size 10.5 how many grams you think ??

@theinconsequentialrunner

3 ай бұрын

You'd be looking about 260-265 grams

I'd never get shoes from ebay, too risky. Amazing how good the fakes look though. You can return any shoe from any brands website if it's not the right size as long as it's not used so of course thats bullshit.

9:49 Holy cow! This is really a difference to consider in its own for a tempo run shoe. 320 grams! Your legs must’ve been begging you to stop.

@theinconsequentialrunner

Ай бұрын

Yep, was fairly noticable.

I also bought a fake Superblast, I discover because the fake have one midsole with two colors. You can notice this visually (even online), just look at the edge between the two soles. I sent back and I get a refund.

@saudalshurooqy2725

3 ай бұрын

Can you give more clarification cuz I’m confused

@VagnerCassola

3 ай бұрын

​@@saudalshurooqy2725 the midsole of real Superblast has two colors, with two types of material: "ff blast plus" and "ff blast turbo", if you look close you can see a clear edge. The fake Superblast just a garbage midsole with two colors... if you look close sometimes you can spot the color crossing the edge.

the most obvious difference is the ff turbo foam. You can see it through the bottom of the shoe unpainted. In the original it has a yellow tint, whereas the fake has a white-ish foam.

Just buy from an Asics store.

@theinconsequentialrunner

2 ай бұрын

Only problem is stock levels.

@jollyroger1009

2 ай бұрын

Asics doesn't carry it currently in NZ.

@macoyupadoodle

2 ай бұрын

Wow that sucks .

The fake one looks fake

Hello my friend. Just to let you know I bought a pair of Superblasts which were a bit cheaper than the original ones. Your video managed to help me in discovering that they were indeed fake so I'm getting my reimbursement now from the seller! Thanks 🙏 One additional thing I would like to add: On mine the ref number inside was not "1013a127" (superblast code), it was "1011b215" which is the ref for the metaspeed sky.

@theinconsequentialrunner

2 ай бұрын

Excellent stuff!

The fake superblast only sells for $30.99 in China.

@theinconsequentialrunner

3 ай бұрын

That's interesting. Still not worth it at all I'd say. Waste of money.

@sanmiolumide5549

3 ай бұрын

@@theinconsequentialrunner yea they'll fall apart real quick. Better options like the nike pegasus which I've seen for as love as 70$

The issue here was the chinese's ability to imitate these designs manufactured in their hometown... Why? Because the majority of our footwear are now manufactured in the East, specifically china. This was due to compensation for the inexpensive labor force. After being given the opportunity to reproduce those blueprints provided by these footwear firms like (HOKA, NIKE, ASICS, NEW BALANCE, SAUCONY, BROOKS, MIZUNO, ON, ALTRA, UNDER ARMOR, ADIDAS, REEBOK & PUMA, underground (illegal), unofficial or unregistered chinese manufacturers replicate these designs for profit and they primarily use localized and subpar raw materials to sell these products. Sigh..., such a shame! 😠 There are only two brands I know that were not officially manufactured in china namely: KARHU (Finland) & DIADORA (Italy). A business associate press from Kaohsiung, Taiwan revealed this hard fact

@RooleySMBAce

Ай бұрын

jeez christ so annoying!

@r.paula.6020

Ай бұрын

seriously? its an eye-opener

@RIED-2023

Ай бұрын

hmmm, makes sense

It is said asics is making their own counterfeits to overhype the shoe. As if it needed any more overhyping

@theinconsequentialrunner

2 ай бұрын

Can't see how that would work. I wouldn't pay attention to that. The danger is those that buy the copies know no different and provide poor reviews of the shoe. Which wouldn't be helpful.

The real one smell like gasoline

@theinconsequentialrunner

2 ай бұрын

That's a good point, I never tested the smell.