Worst Quality and Best Quality Jordan Retros You've Experienced

SUP DOE said:
any 06 AJ4... creased like a mfer...chipped paint after the 2nd wear....for some reason the fit was all wrong and it began hurting the pinky toe of right foot. i couldent believe i had spent 100+ on a pair of garbage quality air jordans. atleast they stepped it up a bit with the newer ones. hopefully they last longer.
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Definitely agree. I have the mars, the military's, and the black cats are on my feet right now LOL. Even tho black cats are one of my all time favorite J's, they do crease like shiiit.

I ABSOLUTELY agree with most of you on the Motorsport VI. The quality of those shoes are like God. Still havent unDSed mine yet cuz they're so beautiful and the black icy bottoms will never yelloW!
 
Worst Quality: Aquas 8, Fire Red 3s & Cool Grey 3s. I chose these because of the horrible paint chipping.

Best Quality I got is: Cavs 4 from last year.
 
mjmoney23 said:
The Mist IV was pretty good from that time frame. I believe the tour IV was pretty good as well.
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yes these were both good. no issues with midsole chipping.

actually my tours have only recently shown signs of paint cracks, but i reinforced it with some finisher.
 
Wow.

Such a wide range of worst/best quality releases.

Hmph.

Thought it would be pretty concrete on what's best/worst.
 
FutureDHughes said:
Wow.

Such a wide range of worst/best quality releases.

Hmph.

Thought it would be pretty concrete on what's best/worst.
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I see some of a consensus here. Most are saying that the 06 IVs are among the worst. The MS VI and Banned Is have gotten many votes for the best quality. After that you have some other solid nominations, and a few that make no sense at all.
 
I think sometimes there is good and bad quality on the same release.
And what some people consider bad quality don't bother other people.
Sometimes quality is just personal preference.
 
mjmoney23 said:
The Mist IV was pretty good from that time frame. I believe the tour IV was pretty good as well.
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My YT 4's felt like bricks and cracked/yellowed like a mutha. I think alot of these quality issues are pair to pair and not just release to release...
 
af1 1982 said:
I actually thought the WC IVs were excellent. Yeah they were stiff as hell but they barely creased and had dyed midsoles, a feature that has been almost nonexistent the last few years.
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they DID NOT have dyed midsoles, i looked at like 10 pairs at fnl and could see the paint on the air pocket/paint lines if you looked at them in the light the right way. that sir is a MYTH!
 
i had to give up the 01 black/red xi's after they consistently gave me blisters. seriously every single wear, several times. this was not so with og's, nor the 09 jams.
 
Worst for me is military 4s from 06. Mine are still DS and I'll probably sell them soon. Other bad ones are 2s that creased up bad and aqua 8s that cracked first time I wore them.
Best recent are by far the banned 1s. That leather man.
 
Worst Quality
Playoff 12s (2012)
Fire red 4s (2012)
Military 4s (2012) are a Toss up good because the butter soft leather bad because creases easily
Black cement 3s (2011) due to paint chipping

Best
Cav 4s
Bred 4s
WC4
Playoff 13s (2011)
RTTG LAS VEGAS 1s (worn about 10times and still crispy)
Altitude 13s (2010)
Met 5s (2007)
Concords (2011)
Jordan 1 OG (2013)
Quite a few more most of them haven't worn yet and most of them I forgot what else I own lol
My top best quality if I had to say
Playoff 13s (2011)
 
sllikskills said:
Definitely agree. I have the mars, the military's, and the black cats are on my feet right now LOL. Even tho black cats are one of my all time favorite J's, they do crease like shiiit.

I ABSOLUTELY agree with most of you on the Motorsport VI. The quality of those shoes are like God. Still havent unDSed mine yet cuz they're so beautiful and the black icy bottoms will never yelloW!
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I agree, post 2004, the best all around quality was the motorsport 6. I don't understand JB sometimes. The 2011 BC 3 had ok leather, but midsole paint chipped. The 2012 WC 4 had terrible leather, but midsole paint held up better. Always something is flawed.
 
BDUB313 said:
Worst Quality
Playoff 12s (2012)
Fire red 4s (2012)
Military 4s (2012) are a Toss up good because the butter soft leather bad because creases easily
Black cement 3s (2011) due to paint chipping

Best
Cav 4s
Bred 4s
WC4
Playoff 13s (2011)
RTTG LAS VEGAS 1s (worn about 10times and still crispy)
Altitude 13s (2010)
Met 5s (2007)
Concords (2011)
Jordan 1 OG (2013)
Quite a few more most of them haven't worn yet and most of them I forgot what else I own lol
My top best quality if I had to say
Playoff 13s (2011)
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not one crease on my mili 4s...and i wear them all the time
 
BDUB313 said:
Worst Quality
Playoff 12s (2012)
Fire red 4s (2012)
Military 4s (2012) are a Toss up good because the butter soft leather bad because creases easily
Black cement 3s (2011) due to paint chipping

Best
Cav 4s
Bred 4s
WC4
Playoff 13s (2011)
RTTG LAS VEGAS 1s (worn about 10times and still crispy)
Altitude 13s (2010)
Met 5s (2007)
Concords (2011)
Jordan 1 OG (2013)
Quite a few more most of them haven't worn yet and most of them I forgot what else I own lol
My top best quality if I had to say
Playoff 13s (2011)
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2012 playoff XII's,You must of got a bad pair because my pair is nice.
 
The leather on the militaries and fired red IVs from 2012 is BEAUTIFUL compared to the leather used for those two back in 06. Who cares if it creases? at least it's soft and doesn't look like plastic.

I wish they used it for the Fire red Vs and the Bugs bunny VIIIs coming up. looks like we got the shiny steel toe bs for both.
 
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Best quality-All the OG I have-Playoffs 13,white/red 13,black toes 13,black/red 12
Worst quality-CDP 11 andCDP 17
Wore the CDP 11 once and they been in my closet for like forever.
 
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