Reebok wasn't expecting people to dig in and find out they skimped out on the ERS system. That's ridiculous. We know that the hexalite in today's pumps isn't the real stuff, but now I wonder if it's just the size of that little window on the bottom and that's it?! Wow, pathetic. We should definitely call them out on this and see if we can force them into doing it right in the future
Yeah, that annoyed me big time. They hid it well. It took me ages to rip into that midsole. And I was shocked to see this "ers" was just a bit of the midsole that had been shaped and painted to look like ers. I knew something wasn't right, because for one, the retros with ers are not as responsive as the original under foot. And two, I could see in old retros that paint had started wearing off the "ers". I thought how can that be. Hytrel tubes aren't painted. 🤔 Reebok really dropped the ball with this one. I have one pair which I think could have the real hytrel tubes and that's a 2005 sample twilight zone. It just feels different to every over omni zone, 89 pump, and twilight zone that I have. Suppose I should send Reebok this video and call them out. They shouldn't call it ers when it's obviously not.😡
Hey bro! Thanks. You know, I've championed Reebok for years. I've always been loyal to them. But these last few years I've been so disappointed in them. Just churning out the same few models year after year. And the quality has gotten much worse. The tech they now use is basically fake trash. Reebok haven't even given us a retro of the sxt and cxt. Back in the early early 90s the sxt was voted the best cross trainer around. It won over all of nikes cross trainers like the bo Jacksons. And yet the bo Jacksons have had loads of retros over the years, and Reebok keeps their cross Trainers locked in a volt. Just makes no sense to me. 🙏🏻👊
@@TheRetroManRandySavage I feel you man. I know you're not doing this for money and you're a true fan. I wish reebok executives were as passionate as you about their own brand. Adidas killed reebok and there's no other way of saying this. Hope Reebok gets back to their glory days once their contract with Adidas gets over this year in the first quarter ✌🏻
Cheers bro. Yeah, that old tech was really cool compared to what Reebok use these days. I've been meaning to do a vol 3 for weeks now. I have an auto pump mechanism that I was gonna show how it works. I'll try and do it soon. 🙏🏻👊
Yes sir! Reebok was always my jam too bitd. I loved the pump line, the ers, and the hexalite. And the Reebok classic was a stunning shoe too. Infact they just remastered the classic. And it it's original colourways. 🙏🏻👊
I can forgive the fake ERS but for goodness sake put the old pump mechanisms in retros! Reebok are doing well with the recent Nerf and Jurassic collabs... how hard is it to use decent inflators in their signature kicks?! Nice vid mate! I enjoyed dissecting my old pumps back in the day.
Hey! Yeah, it's annoying what Reebok are doing. Their biggest selling points was pump mechanism, hexalite, and ers. And it's all fake these day's. Like you said, they've had a really good year. The release of the omni zone 2 in February was huge, but everyone complained about the pump bladder holding no air. That's why I haven't bought anymore Reebok pumps this year. I refuse to be ripped off anymore. I heard shaq in a interview last week say, if he buys Reebok he will focus more on old models and retro them all, and to the standard they used to be. He definitely gets it.🙏🏻👊
Lol! I hear that bro. And I'm pretty sure he has got the 2/2.5 billion needed to buy Reebok. I think he'd be a perfect fit for Reebok, and just the guy to take them back to their glory day's. 🙏🏻👊
Everything you're showing in this video I have suspected all along. The retro pump systems don't pump up or hold air like the OG's. Just feeling the hexalite or ERS on the soles of the retros it feels like a rock and not compliant at all. Reebok is laughing all the way to the bank because we scoop up these retros for the nostalgia.
Yes mate, I totally agree. Reebok is having our pants down. It does make me angry considering how much effort they used to put into their shoes bitd. I'm very disappointed in them bro.🙏🏻👊
Hey TH. Yeah, the nostalgia is strong with the pumps. Those pumps back in the day was boss. I love nike/Jordan shoes, but the pumps will always be my favourite. Thanks for watching and commenting bro. I appreciate that. 🙏🏻👊
Wish I had one of those to show people. I did just do a video of auto pump technology that pumps up under the foot. But sadly no midsole air bladder. 🙏🏻👊
@@TheRetroManRandySavage oh yeah, I read about that, I think the name of the shoes is Reebok smoothfit selectride . I wanted to buy one, but they are rare, almost impossible to find in one's size. I was a huge fan of Reebok sneakers back in the 90s, I still love this brand, but sadly they are no more innovative since Adidas took them over. on the opposite, Nike is still flooding the world with over a million versions and variants of their Nike Air . Shaquille Oneil said in 2019 he wanted to buy Reebok , but up to now we haven't heard from him
Shaq would be a great fit. Heard he makes a ton of money by selling his shoes in Walmart. I'm sure he'd respect the brand to bring it back to it's glory day's. It's the 30th anniversary of the pump 2 hi double pump, but I bet Reebok won't give us a retro. I did hear that the blacktop battleground 1's are getting a retro this year. But something tells me the leather quality, pump mechanism and hexalite will leave a lot to be desired.
Strange, RUclips deleted that comment. As I'd finished with the link. But, yeah, those are the ones. A DS pair was on Ebay uk a few months ago and I tried for them, but sadly outbid. They sold for about £350-£400 I think. They was in the white colourway. I actually never saw anyone in them back in the day. Wished I could've owned a pair. I still watch the Dominique advert from time to time, just so I can get a good look at them.
@@TheRetroManRandySavage from time to time I go to the Reebok website, sometimes they ask us what we think about their website and their products, they ask us to write any suggestions too. I usually tell them to bring the Reebok double pump, the Reebok AXT pump mid, and the Reebok ERS SXT pump (with a better midsole, because the previous tended to crumble-the foam material)
I'm going to find out what department paul Litchfield is at, and get in touch with him. I knew they'd already lied by putting foam in their, but I didn't realise it was just part of the midsole. That pissed me right off.✊🙏🏻
@TheRetroManRandySavage didn't one shoe have an air bag in the soul and it would pop? Air bag was the high tech must have when it hit the market. I remember it
@TheRetroManRandySavage true. Reebok should hire people like you and kicksreason to help revive the brand, because clearly shaq and Iverson are just paper weights.
@@raya472 They've been terrible so far, eh? Shaq promised to bring back all the classic pumps, but the ones that have come out are shocking. It's like they've cut costs more than Adidas did. I was expecting releases like the dee time above the rim in the original colourways. I also wanted the SXT and CXT pumps. The 2 hi double pump, omni zone 3 & 4, the blacktop battleground 1, 2 & 3. I'd like the graphlite to release again. Their decision making is shocking.
LIKE # 120! keep up the great work! your inner workings of the kicks is quite impressive. Actually your over all sneaker knowledge is insane impressive, what am i saying!? its awesome to see how many views and support of your videos have! not suprising at all though because you make some seriously cool content!
Hey xT. Thank you bro. I'll catch up with your vids this week. I've been super busy with my wife being in the hospital. Not had any time for RUclips unfortunately. 🙏🏻👊
Truly enjoying your content rebook was truly trying to innovate unfortunately Nike came out on top of them. Great video! I wanted to add they had the i pack air transfer freaking amazing I think they had them in they're running line and used it in the Iverson answer 1 original release
Hey. Cheers bro. I was just looking at an og pair of Reebok pump runners today. It had that air transmission channel in the midsole. Beautiful looking shoe. 🙏🏻👊
Lol. We're definitely few and far between. The only other guy I know who has a large collection of pumps is kicksreason. Although I think he tends to stay away from the super hightops. The old classic silhouettes are getting harder to find. That's why I'm hoping Reebok will get them back out the vault.🙏🏻👊
@@TheRetroManRandySavage LOL "kicksreason" yer he has sum GOOD stuff ( im so jelus of the Romulus OMG !! ), i have a few OG and sum bits and sum Bring-backs. i love the old cuts way too much lol, i started making and seeing haw there cheep, that was 25 years ago. today its 3X as bad IMO. so i have no faith that the Reebok of today is worth supporting but im pickie lol
I knew it!!! I have a pair of the 2012 Twilight Zones and I could tell from looking at the ERS system tha tit was fake. I was certain those were fake tubes. Thank you for verifying what I always figured was fake but didn't want to take apart my shoes to find out. False advertising indeed.
Why didn’t you pump up and release the new one??? Also these were 170 in 1990. They are 100-160 now. If they used the same exact stuff, they would probably be about 250-300. Not many would buy them.
Yeah, it was the 1989 pump hi and the 1990 twilight zone that cost $170. That was due to them being super hightops and having full foot air bladders. The price dropped about $50 when they moved to the mid foot pumps that were in the shorter hightops, like the omni zone and blacktop line. Some of the early 2000s retros had the same technology/materials, but it was completely gone by the time we had the financial crisis in 08/09. I doubt Reebok will ever go back to the original tech. I'm not 100%, but I think I pumped the newer pump up in another video. I've done a few regarding pump technology. Actually, I think I deleted one, but there should be atleast another two up.🙏🏻👊
Reebok needs a complete change in management. This once iconic brand is in tatters! The new Iverson DMX's has a DMX system that doesn't work! Its just for show ! SHOCKING ! We need to call them out !! and to think they charging 170 USD for them !! THEFT !!
Wow, I didn't know that about the DMX in modern reebok. That's rediculous, although I'm not surprised seeing as though the hexalite and ers is now fake too. Shame on Reebok! They will just continue to lose loyal old sneaker heads if they don't fix up fast.🙏🏻👊
I wouldn't mind paying a bit extra. What I'm not doing is buying anymore Reebok pumps until they start putting in og quality tech and they start bringing back older models like the blacktop, sxt and cxt lines. Whoever is making these kinds of decisions at Reebok needs firing. 🙏🏻👊
@@qhorton6743 they aught to start marketing them to today's youth. I can't even remember the last time I seen a Reebok sneaker advertised on TV. I'm sure kids would go nuts for them if they knew about the pump. If that got revenue up then Reebok would hopefully start putting superior materials back in their shoes.
I feel the same bro. The last new pump release I bought was the omni zone 2's back in February. And I was that disappointed I haven't bought another. Comparing them to my originals and older retros is night and day. 🙏🏻👊
@@TheRetroManRandySavage ive heard the excuse / reason for changing up Hexalite tech is because the old Hexalite was too soft and it would get easily punctured, esp on the bottom of the shoe if it was exposed. Dont know if that's true, or the main reason.. still sucks.
@@qhorton6743 maybe a bit of truth to that. If it popped it would be an individual cell or two. The rest would still remain in tact. But luckily it's never happened to me. All my hexalites have been fine. Even the og hexalites I have from the 90s are fine. The new "hexalite" is just hardened rubber. Zero responsiveness. It's basically just for show now. Same goes for the ers. That's just for show too. I've done tests with it compared to original ers and the differences are night and day. This all happened after the financial crash of 2008. Everything before then was real hexalite, and everything after was fake. Imho I just put it down to Adidas putting the squeeze on Reebok. 🙏🏻👊
@The Retro man Randy Savage very unfortunate. Thanks for the detailed response though. I still rock with Reebok but this is oh so unfortunate. I've heard the more recent retros are getting "improved" Hexalite but imo, it still doesn't hold up to the original
Unfortunately the plastics and rubber used in modern retros are rubbish. They start crumbling after 10 or 15 years. The pump on my 2004 89 pump hi has crumbled. 🙏🏻👊
@@TheRetroManRandySavage Well the situation is the same with every other brands too. I’m a sneakers collector and i mainly have nike air maxes but i also have or had other brands like adidas, reebok, puma. I think manufacturers will never be able to use the good old materials because of the modern day standards and the costs. The demands are higher for these sneakers than before because every sneakers fan knows the 90’s was the golden era for all sneakers brand. I also have experienced the quality differences on my all time favourite adidas firebird tracksuit (Run Dmc style). The fabric is far not the same what i used to have back than. I found a tag inside what is saying “made with recycled plastic” It is sad to see where the world is heading now.
True. The glues, rubbers and plastics all used these day's are all made differently because it's apparently better for the environment. I have lots of og shoes where the midsole is still bonded to the upper. But a lot of retros I have the midsole is separating because the bond is no longer. So we have to now spend tons of money for shoes that won't last half as long. Bug shame indeed.
@@TheRetroManRandySavage yeah man it’s all about the dirty money. The other thing what i hate is their marketing strategy like when the manufacturers not making constantly the og models just releasing them in every 5-6th years so that way they making peoples feel like they suffering a huge loss if they not paying the high retail prices and at the same time they created a new market for resellers so basicly these shoes getting less available for the peoples. I recently scrolled the ebay after a pair of retro adidas eqt shoes which i have always wanted since i was a 10 years old kid and the price tag is over $220 now and it will just go up.
@@NZotyoka81 it's definitely getting harder to pick up OG's for a reasonable price. The Reebok blacktop line on Ebay is rediculous. Way too expensive. And seller's think people will pay it. And it's all Reeboks fault because like you say, they aren't releasing them enough. The blacktop battleground 1's was given a retro in 04 and 09. And the blacktop battleground 3's was brought back around 2014. So it's basically been almost 10 years since the last retro. That's rediculous. If they released more regularly it would stop greedy resellers from charging extortionate prices.
Great tecnology! I never thought it was like this. Thanks for sharing bro ✊🏼
You're welcome mat. Quite interesting isn't it. Back in the late 80s n early 90s the technology was quite ahead of it's time.
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Reebok wasn't expecting people to dig in and find out they skimped out on the ERS system. That's ridiculous. We know that the hexalite in today's pumps isn't the real stuff, but now I wonder if it's just the size of that little window on the bottom and that's it?! Wow, pathetic. We should definitely call them out on this and see if we can force them into doing it right in the future
Yeah, that annoyed me big time. They hid it well. It took me ages to rip into that midsole. And I was shocked to see this "ers" was just a bit of the midsole that had been shaped and painted to look like ers.
I knew something wasn't right, because for one, the retros with ers are not as responsive as the original under foot.
And two, I could see in old retros that paint had started wearing off the "ers". I thought how can that be. Hytrel tubes aren't painted. 🤔
Reebok really dropped the ball with this one.
I have one pair which I think could have the real hytrel tubes and that's a 2005 sample twilight zone. It just feels different to every over omni zone, 89 pump, and twilight zone that I have.
Suppose I should send Reebok this video and call them out. They shouldn't call it ers when it's obviously not.😡
The world needs youtubers like you man. Reebok needs to hire you just to get their shit together.
Hey bro! Thanks.
You know, I've championed Reebok for years. I've always been loyal to them. But these last few years I've been so disappointed in them. Just churning out the same few models year after year. And the quality has gotten much worse. The tech they now use is basically fake trash.
Reebok haven't even given us a retro of the sxt and cxt.
Back in the early early 90s the sxt was voted the best cross trainer around. It won over all of nikes cross trainers like the bo Jacksons. And yet the bo Jacksons have had loads of retros over the years, and Reebok keeps their cross Trainers locked in a volt.
Just makes no sense to me.
🙏🏻👊
@@TheRetroManRandySavage I feel you man. I know you're not doing this for money and you're a true fan. I wish reebok executives were as passionate as you about their own brand. Adidas killed reebok and there's no other way of saying this. Hope Reebok gets back to their glory days once their contract with Adidas gets over this year in the first quarter ✌🏻
Exactly. Hexalite nowadays is shit!
That technology from Reebok is wonderful it’s glorious it’s even beautiful
Best sneaker technology ever made, no doubt about it. 🙌
@@TheRetroManRandySavage absolutely my man
That is so supercool! I have never seen the OG hexalite before! Thanks for sharing my man!!
Cheers bro.
Yeah, that old tech was really cool compared to what Reebok use these days.
I've been meaning to do a vol 3 for weeks now. I have an auto pump mechanism that I was gonna show how it works. I'll try and do it soon. 🙏🏻👊
Amazing to see the innards all these years later. I always wore Reebok back in the day... the "day" being the '80s.
Yes sir! Reebok was always my jam too bitd.
I loved the pump line, the ers, and the hexalite.
And the Reebok classic was a stunning shoe too.
Infact they just remastered the classic. And it it's original colourways. 🙏🏻👊
Cool to see!
Cheers jerry. 🙌
Reebok has the greatest sneaker technology ever
I agree. Nothing else compares. 🙌
@@TheRetroManRandySavage true that my man
Another perfect reebok pump technology sharing keep it up
Hey! Thank you bro. 🙏🏻👊
I can forgive the fake ERS but for goodness sake put the old pump mechanisms in retros! Reebok are doing well with the recent Nerf and Jurassic collabs... how hard is it to use decent inflators in their signature kicks?! Nice vid mate! I enjoyed dissecting my old pumps back in the day.
Hey! Yeah, it's annoying what Reebok are doing. Their biggest selling points was pump mechanism, hexalite, and ers. And it's all fake these day's. Like you said, they've had a really good year. The release of the omni zone 2 in February was huge, but everyone complained about the pump bladder holding no air. That's why I haven't bought anymore Reebok pumps this year. I refuse to be ripped off anymore.
I heard shaq in a interview last week say, if he buys Reebok he will focus more on old models and retro them all, and to the standard they used to be. He definitely gets it.🙏🏻👊
@@TheRetroManRandySavage oh man I hope Shaq does buy Reebok! 🤞 My wallet won't like it if he's true to his word. 😁
Lol! I hear that bro.
And I'm pretty sure he has got the 2/2.5 billion needed to buy Reebok. I think he'd be a perfect fit for Reebok, and just the guy to take them back to their glory day's. 🙏🏻👊
Everything you're showing in this video I have suspected all along. The retro pump systems don't pump up or hold air like the OG's. Just feeling the hexalite or ERS on the soles of the retros it feels like a rock and not compliant at all. Reebok is laughing all the way to the bank because we scoop up these retros for the nostalgia.
Yes mate, I totally agree. Reebok is having our pants down.
It does make me angry considering how much effort they used to put into their shoes bitd. I'm very disappointed in them bro.🙏🏻👊
have to admit when these shoes would get to old as a kid I would take them apart and see how they work
Inquisitive minds, lol.
Yeah, I'd always be cutting open my shoes as a kid and obviously still do.😂🙌
This is cool. I used to have a pair of reebok pumps back in the early 90's. Brings back memories.
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Hey TH.
Yeah, the nostalgia is strong with the pumps.
Those pumps back in the day was boss.
I love nike/Jordan shoes, but the pumps will always be my favourite.
Thanks for watching and commenting bro. I appreciate that. 🙏🏻👊
much more informative than kicksreason
Hey buddy, thanks for watching. Much appreciated. 🙌
Very informative, the secret of Reebok 90s sneakers unveiled. I just wanted to see the pump version that inflated arch support area
Wish I had one of those to show people. I did just do a video of auto pump technology that pumps up under the foot. But sadly no midsole air bladder. 🙏🏻👊
@@TheRetroManRandySavage oh yeah, I read about that, I think the name of the shoes is Reebok smoothfit selectride . I wanted to buy one, but they are rare, almost impossible to find in one's size. I was a huge fan of Reebok sneakers back in the 90s, I still love this brand, but sadly they are no more innovative since Adidas took them over. on the opposite, Nike is still flooding the world with over a million versions and variants of their Nike Air . Shaquille Oneil said in 2019 he wanted to buy Reebok , but up to now we haven't heard from him
Shaq would be a great fit. Heard he makes a ton of money by selling his shoes in Walmart. I'm sure he'd respect the brand to bring it back to it's glory day's.
It's the 30th anniversary of the pump 2 hi double pump, but I bet Reebok won't give us a retro. I did hear that the blacktop battleground 1's are getting a retro this year. But something tells me the leather quality, pump mechanism and hexalite will leave a lot to be desired.
Strange, RUclips deleted that comment. As I'd finished with the link. But, yeah, those are the ones.
A DS pair was on Ebay uk a few months ago and I tried for them, but sadly outbid. They sold for about £350-£400 I think. They was in the white colourway.
I actually never saw anyone in them back in the day. Wished I could've owned a pair. I still watch the Dominique advert from time to time, just so I can get a good look at them.
@@TheRetroManRandySavage from time to time I go to the Reebok website, sometimes they ask us what we think about their website and their products, they ask us to write any suggestions too. I usually tell them to bring the Reebok double pump, the Reebok AXT pump mid, and the Reebok ERS SXT pump (with a better midsole, because the previous tended to crumble-the foam material)
Loved the video, this was exactly the information I was looking for
Thanks David. Glad you enjoyed the video. I always found sneaker technology amazing. Especially the pump shoes.🙏🏻👊
yeah they cutting corners unbelievable . email them . yeah that pump from 91 was loud. cool stuff ✊🙏
I'm going to find out what department paul Litchfield is at, and get in touch with him. I knew they'd already lied by putting foam in their, but I didn't realise it was just part of the midsole. That pissed me right off.✊🙏🏻
Он сравнивает технологии которые и по сей день актуальны, но мне больше нравится тот Рибок из 90-х
thats crazy
Great tech from back in the day🙌
@TheRetroManRandySavage didn't one shoe have an air bag in the soul and it would pop?
Air bag was the high tech must have when it hit the market. I remember it
ERS was like the originator of ON tech
It's a technology I really liked. Shame it's not made anymore.👊
@TheRetroManRandySavage true.
Reebok should hire people like you and kicksreason to help revive the brand, because clearly shaq and Iverson are just paper weights.
@@raya472 They've been terrible so far, eh?
Shaq promised to bring back all the classic pumps, but the ones that have come out are shocking. It's like they've cut costs more than Adidas did.
I was expecting releases like the dee time above the rim in the original colourways. I also wanted the SXT and CXT pumps.
The 2 hi double pump, omni zone 3 & 4, the blacktop battleground 1, 2 & 3.
I'd like the graphlite to release again.
Their decision making is shocking.
LIKE # 120! keep up the great work! your inner workings of the kicks is quite impressive. Actually your over all sneaker knowledge is insane impressive, what am i saying!? its awesome to see how many views and support of your videos have! not suprising at all though because you make some seriously cool content!
Hey xT. Thank you bro.
I'll catch up with your vids this week. I've been super busy with my wife being in the hospital. Not had any time for RUclips unfortunately. 🙏🏻👊
Truly enjoying your content rebook was truly trying to innovate unfortunately Nike came out on top of them. Great video! I wanted to add they had the i pack air transfer freaking amazing I think they had them in they're running line and used it in the Iverson answer 1 original release
Hey. Cheers bro.
I was just looking at an og pair of Reebok pump runners today. It had that air transmission channel in the midsole. Beautiful looking shoe. 🙏🏻👊
you have to be the only other person on the planit that has OG pumps in there possession other than ME ??? :)
Lol. We're definitely few and far between.
The only other guy I know who has a large collection of pumps is kicksreason. Although I think he tends to stay away from the super hightops.
The old classic silhouettes are getting harder to find. That's why I'm hoping Reebok will get them back out the vault.🙏🏻👊
@@TheRetroManRandySavage LOL "kicksreason" yer he has sum GOOD stuff ( im so jelus of the Romulus OMG !! ), i have a few OG and sum bits and sum Bring-backs. i love the old cuts way too much lol, i started making and seeing haw there cheep, that was 25 years ago. today its 3X as bad IMO. so i have no faith that the Reebok of today is worth supporting but im pickie lol
I knew it!!! I have a pair of the 2012 Twilight Zones and I could tell from looking at the ERS system tha tit was fake. I was certain those were fake tubes. Thank you for verifying what I always figured was fake but didn't want to take apart my shoes to find out. False advertising indeed.
Yeah, to say I was shocked would be an understatement.
Reebok did us dirty with this "ERS."
Shame on them.🙌
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Cheers Raphael. 🙌
Why didn’t you pump up and release the new one??? Also these were 170 in 1990. They are 100-160 now. If they used the same exact stuff, they would probably be about 250-300. Not many would buy them.
Yeah, it was the 1989 pump hi and the 1990 twilight zone that cost $170. That was due to them being super hightops and having full foot air bladders.
The price dropped about $50 when they moved to the mid foot pumps that were in the shorter hightops, like the omni zone and blacktop line.
Some of the early 2000s retros had the same technology/materials, but it was completely gone by the time we had the financial crisis in 08/09.
I doubt Reebok will ever go back to the original tech.
I'm not 100%, but I think I pumped the newer pump up in another video. I've done a few regarding pump technology.
Actually, I think I deleted one, but there should be atleast another two up.🙏🏻👊
@@TheRetroManRandySavage rose anvil who dissects tons of shoes took some new ones apart and he pumped it 350 times and it got huge and didn’t burst.
Reebok needs a complete change in management. This once iconic brand is in tatters! The new Iverson DMX's has a DMX system that doesn't work! Its just for show ! SHOCKING ! We need to call them out !! and to think they charging 170 USD for them !! THEFT !!
Wow, I didn't know that about the DMX in modern reebok. That's rediculous, although I'm not surprised seeing as though the hexalite and ers is now fake too. Shame on Reebok! They will just continue to lose loyal old sneaker heads if they don't fix up fast.🙏🏻👊
And what's worse is if they do update the tech, they'll use that to justify a hefty price increase. Willing to bet.
I wouldn't mind paying a bit extra. What I'm not doing is buying anymore Reebok pumps until they start putting in og quality tech and they start bringing back older models like the blacktop, sxt and cxt lines.
Whoever is making these kinds of decisions at Reebok needs firing. 🙏🏻👊
@@TheRetroManRandySavage agreed. I'd happily buy more kicks (at a tad bit higher price) if it means better materials and tech.
@@qhorton6743 they aught to start marketing them to today's youth.
I can't even remember the last time I seen a Reebok sneaker advertised on TV.
I'm sure kids would go nuts for them if they knew about the pump. If that got revenue up then Reebok would hopefully start putting superior materials back in their shoes.
Just like the nike air units, they're tiny compared to what they used be back in the day, yet the prices are sky high, total con
Yeah, it's not on, buddy.
They're taking advantage of us. Ripping us off.👊
Why they changed the Hexalite tech in the retros, Ill never know but I feel duped somewhat.. o well
I feel the same bro. The last new pump release I bought was the omni zone 2's back in February. And I was that disappointed I haven't bought another.
Comparing them to my originals and older retros is night and day. 🙏🏻👊
@@TheRetroManRandySavage ive heard the excuse / reason for changing up Hexalite tech is because the old Hexalite was too soft and it would get easily punctured, esp on the bottom of the shoe if it was exposed. Dont know if that's true, or the main reason.. still sucks.
@@qhorton6743 maybe a bit of truth to that. If it popped it would be an individual cell or two. The rest would still remain in tact.
But luckily it's never happened to me. All my hexalites have been fine.
Even the og hexalites I have from the 90s are fine.
The new "hexalite" is just hardened rubber. Zero responsiveness.
It's basically just for show now. Same goes for the ers. That's just for show too. I've done tests with it compared to original ers and the differences are night and day.
This all happened after the financial crash of 2008. Everything before then was real hexalite, and everything after was fake.
Imho I just put it down to Adidas putting the squeeze on Reebok. 🙏🏻👊
@The Retro man Randy Savage very unfortunate. Thanks for the detailed response though. I still rock with Reebok but this is oh so unfortunate. I've heard the more recent retros are getting "improved" Hexalite but imo, it still doesn't hold up to the original
From what Reebok pump shoes are those?
Original above the rim? If I'm not mistaken.
The hexalite is from one of the old court victories and the original ers is from the sxt.
Да у меня есть винтажные reebok в девственном состоянии , так что это не сенсация
Hey bro.
Thanks for watching.
Can't beat the old pump systems. Much better than the ones from today. 🙏🏻👊
The hexalite is laughable even reeboks are the most comfortable sneakers. I had 2 z pumps and they were great but the bump parts not lasting long.
Unfortunately the plastics and rubber used in modern retros are rubbish. They start crumbling after 10 or 15 years. The pump on my 2004 89 pump hi has crumbled. 🙏🏻👊
@@TheRetroManRandySavage Well the situation is the same with every other brands too. I’m a sneakers collector and i mainly have nike air maxes but i also have or had other brands like adidas, reebok, puma. I think manufacturers will never be able to use the good old materials because of the modern day standards and the costs. The demands are higher for these sneakers than before because every sneakers fan knows the 90’s was the golden era for all sneakers brand. I also have experienced the quality differences on my all time favourite adidas firebird tracksuit (Run Dmc style). The fabric is far not the same what i used to have back than. I found a tag inside what is saying “made with recycled plastic” It is sad to see where the world is heading now.
True. The glues, rubbers and plastics all used these day's are all made differently because it's apparently better for the environment.
I have lots of og shoes where the midsole is still bonded to the upper. But a lot of retros I have the midsole is separating because the bond is no longer.
So we have to now spend tons of money for shoes that won't last half as long.
Bug shame indeed.
@@TheRetroManRandySavage yeah man it’s all about the dirty money. The other thing what i hate is their marketing strategy like when the manufacturers not making constantly the og models just releasing them in every 5-6th years so that way they making peoples feel like they suffering a huge loss if they not paying the high retail prices and at the same time they created a new market for resellers so basicly these shoes getting less available for the peoples. I recently scrolled the ebay after a pair of retro adidas eqt shoes which i have always wanted since i was a 10 years old kid and the price tag is over $220 now and it will just go up.
@@NZotyoka81 it's definitely getting harder to pick up OG's for a reasonable price.
The Reebok blacktop line on Ebay is rediculous. Way too expensive. And seller's think people will pay it.
And it's all Reeboks fault because like you say, they aren't releasing them enough.
The blacktop battleground 1's was given a retro in 04 and 09. And the blacktop battleground 3's was brought back around 2014. So it's basically been almost 10 years since the last retro. That's rediculous. If they released more regularly it would stop greedy resellers from charging extortionate prices.