NB 90/60 PRM sail white navy (these are smooth leather shoes not suede or nubuck)

            These were 2024 release and already on sell. 

So, I bought them with the NB 530 BA (purple silver), I thought these shoes look too white on NB site, but I found a good on foot image of this colorway online and decided to get them.  

The materials on these are superb, simply excellent really thick full-grain leather and synthetic nylon, so they will not crumble or cracked up.  But I think the midsole material may go bad in about ten years or a bit longer time. 
I don't think anyone buy this type of colorways just store the shoes for really a long time like over a decade, but if you do, you should never buy them or any of these 90/60 series shoes (and all types of Made series shoes).
 
They will crumble if you just store them for over a decade or like that long time.   But I think most people buy the 1906R or the 90/60 series shoes actually rock them.  I personally wore them already just 2 hours after I received them this morning (Feb 3rd, 2024).   These are a bit tighter than my other nubuck or suede 90/60 series shoes.  I think I should have got a half size bigger pair, though I think they will stretch out a bit as the upper material is full grain leather.  

They are made very well, actually better than most 990 series or 992 or most Made shoes. I am always positively surprised about the material quality on the 90/60 series shoes. They've never disappointed me with the materials used until now. 

However, the ride of shoes is not my cup of tea, I prefer a bit firmer ride provided by the shoes like the Nike P6000 or the NB 860 v2.   

So, overall, this time I am quite happy about the quality and quality control on this specific pair, I think they are worth the money I paid for them although I never pay the full retail price for any type of shoes anymore.   The current level of horrible QC and overall quality of most shoe manufactures across the world, I think we should start not paying anything more than 150 US for any pair of casual shoes.  Many people think it is just Nike or Jordan, but the fact is all shoe manufactures are terrible on QC.    Some premium NB shoes are OK, but not as good as their rather high premium price tag suggest them to be. 

Now, I buy shoes only when they go on sale or outlet.  

When I bought these NB was having their notorious "already 30 percent off and if you get two or more pairs another 30 percent off" type of sale, so I decided to cop them. 

So, would I buy them if I had to pay the retail price of 180 US or more?  Definitely no.  I think no current generation sneakers are worth that kind of money anymore.  The QC is simply unacceptable low level now.   We should stop overpaying for any pair of cheaply made sneakers and start ignoring all those extremely annoying shoe-tubers. 

Anyway, the biggest mistake they made with this release was that they released this colorway in the winter season. They should have waited till this spring. 

UPDATE: these were just too tight for me, and I sent them back to NB and NB exchanged this 9.5 US pair to a half size bigger pair.  Now, I am happy.

Taken on: February 3, 2024

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