How to Clean the adidas Adizero Evo SL: Mesh, Foam, and Road Grime
How to Clean the adidas Adizero Evo SL: Mesh, Foam, and Road Grime Cleaning a running shoe is a different job from cleaning a...
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How to clean, protect and store your sneakers, plus the materials and tech inside them.
How to Clean adidas Ultraboost 1.0: Primeknit, BOOST, and the Yellowing Question
How to Clean adidas Ultraboost 1.0: Primeknit, BOOST, and the Yellowing Question The Ultraboost 1.0 is built from three things that each want different...
How to Clean adidas Handball Spezials Without Wrecking the Suede
How to Clean adidas Handball Spezials Without Wrecking the Suede The Handball Spezial is a suede shoe with leather trim. Look at a pair...
Is GORE-TEX Worth It? When It Earns Its Keep and When It Doesn't
GORE-TEX adds cost to a shoe, and the honest question underneath "is it worth it" is really "worth it for what?" A waterproof membrane...
How to Clean Air Force 1s Without Ruining the Leather
How to Clean Air Force 1s Without Ruining the Leather The Air Force 1 has been a leather shoe since 1982, when it launched...
Which Shoes Come in GORE-TEX? How to Spot a GTX Sneaker
You have found a sneaker you like, and there is a version of it with three extra letters on the box: GTX. That is...
Is GORE-TEX Actually Waterproof? The Honest Answer
Short version: yes, the GORE-TEX membrane is genuinely, verifiably waterproof — and no, that does not mean your GORE-TEX shoes will keep your feet...
How to Clean and Wash GORE-TEX: Shoes and Jackets
Here in Portland, GORE-TEX earns its keep. It's the gear you reach for when the sky turns that familiar grey, and it's also the...
adidas Climacool: What It Is, and Should You Get Laced or Laceless?
What the adidas Climacool actually is - the 3D-printed, ventilated sneaker - and whether to pick the laceless slip-on or the laced version.
What Is Overpronation? And Why the Wet Test Is Lying to You
If you've ever been handed a shoe in a running store after standing on a mat for four seconds, you've been sorted into a...
What Is GORE-TEX? How Waterproof Shoes Actually Work
GORE-TEX is on the tag of a lot of expensive shoes, and most people buy it knowing only that it means waterproof. It's worth...
What Is Cordura? The Fabric on Your Sneakers, Explained
If you've bought a sneaker in the last few years and seen "Cordura" on the tag, you've probably wondered whether it's a material, a...
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