Defective lace loops on an otherwise good shoe
Neil271
My son really likes these shoes and I like that they’re higher on the ankle (why do almost all basketball shoes have a running shoe profile now??), but we’re having the same problem as others with the defective lace loops. The first pair arrived with a detached lace loop so I exchanged them. The lace loop became detached on the second pair after 4 weeks of using them 2-3 times per week. The problem is that the lace loops consist of a single wire running along the shoe opening, which is stitched to the upper periodically to make loops. This stitching is the weak point that detaches, even though the wire is fine. They would have been fine with lace holes or the individual fly wire lace loops. It’s too bad because they’re one of the few decent mid-height basketball shoes available right now.
