sucks that navy was my first pair and nike still hasnt restocked them. im waiting out for them to restock but if not ill just put it towards those hyper blue VM plus'sWell after only about 3 weeks both my Epic Reacts started making the popping/clicking sound. Makes me sad man cuz I like these shoes and the Obsidian colorway which I stalked and found well after launch day not even 3 weeks ago. Has Nike fixed this issue with the more recent releases? Also, I hope they do a major restock with the fixed issue on the OG colorways.
I wonder if you can put int he voucher code on nike and login to snkrs and still use the voucher. I use that for coupon codes for snkrs but havent used that method in a couple of months.
Cargo khaki?
Just received my triple black pair from the Finishline restock and I noticed the cloth underneath the insole is now glued down with no slack. Compared to my Navy pair that pops you can see the cloth is not glued down and has wrinkles. When I walk with no insole in my Navy pair I can sometimes feel air bubbles forming in the cloth underneath my foot.
Anyone else with an OG pair and restock pair notice the same? I don't want to return my Navy pair since it's my favorite colorway so I might try cutting the fabric and glueing the cloth down to see if that eliminates my popping issue.
Update:
I ended up cutting a long slit down the middle of the cloth and wore the shoes for a day and the popping returned. I then took the insole out and noticed that air was still getting trapped underneath the cloth. I smoothed out the cloth with my fingers and the popping stopped! I have since glued this cloth down with shoe goo making sure no air pockets were present and I haven't had any popping in my left shoe for the past week!
This may or may not work for you and will probably void the warranty on your shoes. But I believe I have permanently fixed the popping in my shoe.
You can test this method without cutting your shoes up. Next time your shoes start popping, take the insole out and use your fingers to smooth out the cloth underneath the insoles. Put the shoes back on without the insoles and see if the popping has stopped.
Nike put way too much excess cloth underneath the insole and didn't glue it down on the early pairs. The newer pairs are completely glued down with no slack whatsoever. Hope this helps!
I just got em early, so here is a quick comparison with Odyssey and Epic React (after 70 miles)....
I thought about cutting it all out but I wanted to keep the cloth in to help with moisture from when my feet sweat.
No problem! I Remember someone else mentioned they cut a slit in theirs but the popping continued. Gluing it down is the key to keeping air from forming underneath.
Seems that Odyssey comes with a different cloth pattern
Got it, thanks. That's too bad about the narrower forefoot--I actually struggle with toeboxes being too narrow in a lot of Nike shoes so not feeling too good about the Odyssey now. Hopefully there's not a super big difference... Otherwise may end up skipping react altogether and getting the Freerun 2018 or something.
