All the differences between a real Asics Superblast and a fake.

[@itry2brational]

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]

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

[@edderepa9685]

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]

@@edderepa9685 you sure they were legit?

[@bev9708]

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.🤷‍♀

[@eileencheng603]

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]

Awesome!

[@luisrazormax2861]

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

[@cloudstrife8436]

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

[@matthiassventoest6800]

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

[@theinconsequentialrunner]

Great call. I think that's wise.

[@GeneralStealth]

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]

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

[@GeneralStealth]

@@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]

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

[@theinconsequentialrunner]

@@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]

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

[@christopherl2127]

great video, i had the same experience. Bought on Vinted and they felt not OK.

[@theinconsequentialrunner]

Yes, the "feel" is a big give-away about the fakes.

[@chad85100]

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.

[@aborch1]

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

[@JoutarouKuujou1]

I would just buy from a store

[@lei1981]

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.

[@sahacking]

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

[@RunningInJapan]

Maybe you would have found out eventually anyway, but imagine you never had the authentic pair, and the fakes were your first pair of Superblast. You may of had suspicions but would you have really known they were fake? That’s the scary thing. That may or may not be a rhetorical question for you. I remember the one and only time I bought something fake. It was over a decade ago. This brand called Monster Cable made some extremely nice Miles Davis earbuds called Tribute. They retailed for something like $500 US I believe. I found them on eBay for about $350 or so. I was really enjoying them until the exterior metal casing fell off of one bud one day. Then I started scrutinizing the things and examining them closely not even owning a real one for comparison sake. But the fakes were not matching the Monster product description. The big tell was that metal exterior that had fallen off, was actually plastic with metallic paint on it. I tapped it with my nail, and even bit it, and I knew. I was gutted. I didn’t get my money back on them, but at the least I got a story and a KZbin video out of them (which I’ve probably taken down now). Thanks for warning us and at least you got your story and video out of it now. Real quick. Even fake Superblast and especially Nike Alphafly 3/Vaporfly 3 have started to invade Japan on a small scale. On a user to user selling website Mercari, a few merchants are selling fakes, but they clearly mark them as such in the description. But it’s unnerving to say the least even seeing them.

[@ricHCarboCarbea]

Good video men! Did you went half size down ?

[@theinconsequentialrunner]

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.

[@LouisConnor]

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]

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

[@theinconsequentialrunner]

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

[@iambrent]

If you are buying them on eBay insist on using their authentication service.

[@theinconsequentialrunner]

Great call.

[@mattpeters6224]

I'm thinking Ebay or Amazon for sure.

[@Runnnersp]

Very interesting!

[@theinconsequentialrunner]

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[@Runnnersp]

@@theinconsequentialrunner Make a video cutting the fake one

[@patrickvanderwal6324]

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

[@InfiniteQuest86]

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]

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

[@jollyroger1009]

Thanks for the heads-up!

[@theinconsequentialrunner]

No worries!

[@kch11124]

how much does each shoe weigh ?

[@theinconsequentialrunner]

@@kch11124 250 v 330 ish

[@wakiko007]

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

[@theinconsequentialrunner]

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.

[@rudwigachtung4563]

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]

jeez christ so annoying!

[@r.paula.6020]

seriously? its an eye-opener

[@RIED-2023]

hmmm, makes sense

[@iljarukin5887]

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.

[@lucid212]

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]

Yep, was fairly noticable.

[@kaprikornian1]

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]

Excellent stuff!

[@saudalshurooqy2725]

Size 10.5 how many grams you think ??

[@theinconsequentialrunner]

You'd be looking about 260-265 grams

[@Kaisersozze]

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.

[@VagnerCassola]

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]

Can you give more clarification cuz I’m confused

[@VagnerCassola]

​@@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.

[@stanleyong1698]

The real one smell like gasoline

[@theinconsequentialrunner]

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

[@Luisdefunes1]

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.

[@painterlyrabbit]

What did you expect from aliexpress?..

[@Luisdefunes1]

@@painterlyrabbit You what? I got the originals for 52 euros. I think they change the glue but the materials are all original.

[@macoyupadoodle]

Just buy from an Asics store.

[@theinconsequentialrunner]

Only problem is stock levels.

[@jollyroger1009]

Asics doesn't carry it currently in NZ.

[@macoyupadoodle]

Wow that sucks .

[@leader0419]

The fake superblast only sells for $30.99 in China.

[@theinconsequentialrunner]

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

[@sanmiolumide5549]

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

[@LeonardodiCastroMedeiros]

No Brasil, estao vendendo este modelo, superblast 1 no mercado livre nas é falso. Comprei um e devolvi. A diferença é muito pequena tem que conhecer o verdadeiro

[@raulnolasco6981]

O vendedor era confiavel?

[@LeonardodiCastroMedeiros]

@@raulnolasco6981 pior q sim. Tinha vendas concluídas e tudo mais porém não é mais parâmetro. Devemos sempre olhar se tem a devolução disponível

[@sugincuk]

The fake one looks fake