New Balance 2002R Protection Pack "Sea Salt" & "Phantom" (Refined Future): Review & On-Feet

Part of last year's heralded "Refined Future" or "Protection Pack" of 2002R sneakers, I finally picked up the remaining two pairs in the pack. Today I'm reviewing the "Sea Salt" and "Phantom" colourways, which were some of the most sought after non-collab New Balances to drop last year. Check out my review and let me know how you rank them from best to worst!
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[@JonathanPaek]

ahh we're hiding comments now huh. damn sean, showing other people's work, not tagging them, and then deleting comments of people who are just trying to give the original artist their due. just take the customs out of the video then. smh.

[@JonathanPaek]

10:31 is where the custom is.

[@elmentado9231]

I doubt that many people are running out to get them custom by the artist you’re referring to , who cares smh. He just grabbed a random picture off IG of the white pair to let people see how they look customized in a diff color . It’s not that deep LOL

[@SeanGo]

Who’s hiding comments? Sorry man, if that’s yours I literally googled “Sea Salt 2002r custom” so I apologize for not giving proper credit. For visibility for your work I’ll pin your comment 🤣

[@DylanLey]

@@SeanGo KZbin is hiding the comments. It happens to me and other KZbinrs. Sometimes, comments with absolutely nothing wrong will be automatically removed by YT and it's impossible to restore them or even see what they said. It happens on my videos a lot. This is just KZbin being dumb as usual and there's nothing creators or commenters can do about it.

[@SeanGo]

@@DylanLey That makes sense. I wasn’t sure where Jonathan was coming from, I can’t even see any other comments he made on this video lol.

[@k.b.lucero2899]

Will cop the sea salt tomorrow. Awesome review. Thank you!

[@peterkeleher]

thought only the grey ones were worth getting but after seeing this - theyre all fire. your reviews are always so informative

[@SeanGo]

Thx for watching

[@harvard004]

I found the Protection Pack 2002r's snug around the sides of my feet and near the pinky toe. Not uncomfortable, but definitely no toe splaying room. I went half size up for my 2002r Incense and it was much more comfortable fit wise with no hint of heel slip at all. Also from a visual standpoint, side-by-side, the Incense looked almost identical size-wise to the Protection Pack.

[@latelastlight]

The incense ran a bit larger than the other 2002r I have such as protection pack and the salehe bembury

[@Channysupreme]

Should I go a half size up?

[@harvard004]

@@Channysupreme If you have pinky toe issues in Jordans Retros I would size up here. If your pinky toe isn't long, then I would not.

[@Channysupreme]

@@harvard004 How long is a pinky toe

[@jaydilla9457]

Fire hopefully they restock the rain cloud

[@NilsonVersace]

This pack is absolutely beautiful!!

[@SeanGo]

Much flames

[@resetreflectt]

It definitely helps that the midsole comes from the 860v2, being that the 860 is a stability/arch-support shoe. I use the 860v11 at work and I'm convinced that the 860 line is the comfiest thing NB has. Gotta get one of these, just wish the Rain Clouds would go down in price though 😭

[@DylanLey]

Awesome that you completed the pack!

[@SeanGo]

Thanks!

[@jamie5122]

any idea where i can get my hands on the sea salt colourway in an 11.5/45.5 bro? or in a 12/46?

[@damienjeremyweir4543]

Worthy pick ups, the phantom pairs especially is growing on me

[@vicodrocker3819]

i dont mind long overdue reviews sean lol, but any chance you'll review the ALD 993 pack?

[@SeanGo]

I didn’t even try for those, wasn’t a big fan lol

[@syazrinsyauqi6797]

I just wondering, is it those sea salt using pure synthetic suade or, pig skin suade..? because the those white color are outstanding.!

[@ibrokemyownheart4953]

I fell in love with the sea salt, hope they make a restock soon but I’m probably going to end up paying resell lol

[@avon9100]

Where did you get that sweet hoodie?

[@yungwildandfreee8253]

These look amazing! 🥵🔥

[@zacharymutter8432]

Just got my first 2002r a week ago... the green pair from the suede pack and wow do they feel great on feet! Too bad I slept on this pack past summer :( I thought the $400 CAD resale was bad LOL look at them now ...

[@kaina732]

Raincloud is already $750+. Uggh. That is the one I would get.

[@JoseFonseca-cl3fd]

My phantom pair come super faded and discolored like gray and what not

[@areksoo]

I got the Sea Salt. It's not the resell that's keeping me from wearing them, but rather I feel like just looking at them the wrong way will get them dirty. Congrats on the newborn!

[@christianmendez4825]

I thought the same but I feel like it’ll be a shoe that gets better the dirtier they look

[@steez2970]

got my pair of phantoms before they shot up to 600+ my daily shoe atm very comfy

[@Channysupreme]

Better than 992?

[@samlee458]

sea salt cw is clean! very nice pickups 👌🏻

[@seanbrown7309]

Dope hoodie where did you purchase it ?

[@SeanGo]

CCYAA.org

[@LoCoAde87]

Sea salt is so nice

[@Sneakdiss.23]

I rank them Rain cloud, Sea Salt, Phantom

[@SeanGo]

Legit

[@attackofthezoosk]

Would size would you recommend for someone who wears size 9.5-10 in mostly am1 and nike runners

[@SeanGo]

9.5 should be fine but hard to say without knowing what you wear in specific shoes

[@attackofthezoosk]

@@SeanGo almost every am1 and runner in Nike 9-9.5, ultra boost 10 Thanks!

[@SeanGo]

Maybe a 9.5 then

[@McStrokeAvision]

Sea salt don’t do it for me. The phantom and rain cloud are fire though

[@latelastlight]

The rain cloud hype was so strong it dragged up the prices of the phantom and the sea salt too. I'm glad I picked up the rain cloud early, phantom was cheap too at that time but can't win them all. Too late now. If sea salt had the same type of thick suede as the other 2 it would have been better.

[@55Faris]

Is the sea salt pig skin ?