I love the gel-lyte series of shoes, as a collector of Gel-Lyte 3's, the sage spring in Japan GLV is my first new GLV I could get my hands on in South Africa, the ones I managed to source were 5+ year old, 1 size too small, 2nd hands I found online from some SA collectors, the Material and fit is great of the v's - now that i have these in my size too, its more Plush than a GL3 and more comfy as its a little less restrictive. Asics materials have always been tops too with some great suedes :)