The problem is these fakes have gotten so good, the differences are so minor. Also Nike is so bad at QC, there are actually more variation between legit pairs than the fakes. I have no problem with people buying and wearing these, but I do have a big issue with people selling these as real.

Basically all I learned here was be smart with my money and get the UA pair....... Good video though

As a former Nike employee in the late 90's early 2000's and paying half price for each release, I got spoiled and found it impossible to pay retail price for any shoe, let alone Jordan's but eventually I caved in and began paying the $135-$150 retail price back in the day. Fast forward to what the shoe game is today, I struggle to give in to the idea of paying $200+ for a tennis shoe. ANY sneaker. The quality of today's replicas mixed with the impossible chance of landing a retail pair in a raffle due to bots makes the replica choice easy as hell. If Nike just mass produced every single shoe that's got a buzz around it before launch, it would kill the resale game (I hate this market even though I'm guilty of selling some of my retails for much more than retail) and there would be no need to buy replicas. I can afford a pair of off white chicago 1s and it's probably my favorite sneaker but that's just stupid. If I had millions in the bank, it's still stupid. Paying more than retail is....just....stupid. I'm no longer a collector but I definitely like to wear my shoes and the fact that no one out there will ever be able to tell a real from a good fake (on foot), I'll continue to support the replica market for shoes I'm unable to buy through retail.....AT RETAIL PRICES!

No one's going to catch a single of these "flaws" when on your feet. Wear them with confidence and enjoy the 1:1 replica of your favorite shoe rather than spending your money salary on them. Serves the makers right for not producing enough numbers.

It’s getting so good with some of them that I question the whole philosophy of the game. In reality, UA’s are perfectly fine to wear and rock, the problem comes is when assholes try to sell them as authentic to people who want the real deal.

The UA pair "creases" because you can actually rock the UA pair. While the retail pait doesn't crease... because at US$5K to 6K , you won't wear the legitimate retail pair! You keep them in a box and take them out just to stare at them....🤣🤣🤣

Unless Virgil handstitches each shoe himself we’re paying over the odds for Chinese made shoes

All of them are from China, no difference at all

How can someone w 5k dollar sneakers be this humble

Plot twist: The UA pair is actually the real one and he’s played all of us😂

I have to say I legit check a ton of shoes for people and I have to say this is one of the best comparison videos on KZfaq. I would definitely like to see you do more of these in depth comparisons. Good job bro

Listen man, I’m not paying $5-$6k for ANY sneaker lol. The UA pair looks just the same, I wouldn’t mind rocking them. Only thing for me is, don’t pass these off as legit pairs if your reselling them yourself. That’s a sucka move.

So basically the UA pair used better leather.

UA versión any day over the real pair if you ask me. Save money and look exactly the same, unless you have that dude questioning you about the amount of stars on the soles.

With a thicker cut leather on the UA pair, wouldn’t it mean it is more durable than the authentic? Kinda makes me wonder why people would pay $5000+ for authentic pairs.

Sean Go, you did a great job in your terminolog (retail vs unlicensed), I just want to clarify for anyone in the comments, unlicensed is NOT the same as a fake. That's like saying a torrented movie is a "fake" movie. These particular shoes might be fakes, but "unlicensed", in of itself, does not equal "fake".

They were probably both made with less than $20, the retail deals for $3000 and the UA which is almost the same sells for $100-$200

I'm own an industrial design company in Toronto and often interact with factories in China. One of the biggest complaint is when they redo any of our graphics layout, say on a hand controller. Font is always wrong, spacing is always off. If they hire some decent graphics designers from North American to help with their UA work, we will all be fooled but until then, that's the most obvious way to tell which are fakes. Thanks Sean for doing this.

100% Genuine and Authentic 'UA' which stands for unauthorized authentic. Unauthorized authentic means that they were made in the same factory and with the same materials as the original product, but sold by someone other than the retail company.

Best quality video of ALL comparison videos on youtube hands down. You will have saved so many people from impending scams. Please do more. I implore you. Travis Scott 1s? Off white 5s?

My wife says "thank you Sean". You just saved our family some major bread. 😂😂😂

After paying so much for resale for the sneakers i love or adore, i think we all have to realize it is all for self satisfication. Because from what you can see with such great build qualities, materials, craftmanship including labour & almost 90% identitical why else are we paying such insane amounts ? it is for ourselves. This is a curse caused by us. Becaue of its nature of being limited & hyped. If these weren't expensive and limited there would be no point in making these near "perfection". And could a sneakerhead like me and others purchase a perfect fake pair and rock it normally? Probably no because the effort compiled into our collection of "legit" pairs would feel like a waste. You won't feel satisfied when you obtain a fake pair and definitely feel weird for wearing them. I personally feel hopeless about this "loop" effect & as i grow up, I definitely can predict my future-self regretting paying so much for resale. That is my personal take on it and I think it is really a bad habit that I have to get over in order to improve myself as a person. Regardless the psychology aspect of this problem applies to many parts of our lives, I feel it is a great way to learn something from this.

It’s honestly insane how good fakes have gotten it. The off white pine green dunks are really close to 1:1 besides some minor details, and those shoes literally just released

I've been rocking replicas for awhile. These arent the best pair but its alright. I feel like in 2020 were gonna see alot more rocking reps and i think later on its gonna be acceptable. Though im always open about how mine aren't real. And i will never ever sale these replicas and label them as authentic. I just hope one day Replica Sellers stop making fake StockX tags tbh.

Keep up the great work SeanGO, you have one of the best and informative videos. Been following your channel from T.O to HK. Wishing you more success in 2020 bro.

It's all perception anyway. Give a famous rapper the ua pair, and give a McDonald's employee the real pair. You'll assume that the rapper has the real pair and the Mickey d's employee has the fake.

I revisited this video today, After the terrible loss of Virgil, who ,by the way, loved UAs as an extention of his Art. I much appreciated your approach and being the proud owner of both itterations of this piece of Art , i say ''so be it'' . At some point we need to start wondering (no matter what we wear) whether we, as persons, give value to what we wear, or it is the other way round...Good video btw!

Great comparison! These are passable if you’re walking around people who don’t know sneakers; probably even people that think they know sneakers. Personally I enjoy chasing after authentic shoes for retail. If I don’t cop I know there is always some heat around the corner

This shoe is also very complicated, those types of fabrics are very hard to replicate, so they actually did a good job tbh

I think it’s okay for UA pairs to be bought because like you said not everyone has the money to spend on expensive authentic shoes (like me) personally I would buy UA pairs just for the look and it’s a way to express the love for the culture and branding but Ofc don’t resell these as a real pair

You should make more videos like this! Your video quality and explanations really helps with legit checking when buying aftermarket!

This is just another proof that the authentic are not worth paying even $500!

The more intricate the design is, the more difficult to replicate go for regular jordan 1 and its like 99% similar that's why if I don't get it for retail just move on to the next !! Regular Chicago 1s >>> OW Chicago 1s

Fakes so good nowadays theres no point in buying the real thing. To me whats real are the materials used and not who is selling it. If i bought a gold bar from china thats made from real gold its worth the same as if i got a gold bar from off white made from real gold u feel me?

Yeah these UA sneaker are getting better each day....was looking for wave runners on eBay but man I was scared to make a purchase didn’t want to get a fake pair and no way of me getting it legit check first

The real problem with authenticating for Nike products is that the quality control on legit pairs is pretty inconsistent. You can have two authentic pairs that have very clear differences. This is why I'm pretty wary of resell market, even if it's "authenticated". Rep makers are VERY good these days.

I appreciate these types of videos, however, it’s my belief that these so called “fakes, or UA Jordan’s” are made in the same factories as the retail kicks. Furthermore, I believe the “fakes” are nothing more than Factory 2nd’s which would explain why they never made their way to retail stores, and why they have noticeable flaws...when being directly compared to a retail pair. Just my 2 cents. I really do enjoy your videos though bro, keep it going ✌🏼

That’s a bad Replica...you need to get the best version!

I feel the exact same as you! Whatever people wanna do. But for me, I can’t do it. Closest thing I would consider is rocking a pair of Game Royals painted to look like the Frag colorway. But how good they have gotten is scary. I will never sell my Travis Scott 1s because if I ever wanted them again I run the risk of paying resale for a fake pair.

SHEEEEEEEEESH for 6k they better make me like Mike

run around a lil bit get it dirty and roughed up no one will be able to tell

I enter raffles and hope for the W, but if I lose out and I truly wanted it for the toe I go UA all the time. They keep getting 1:1 but there’s always the bad apple trying to pass them off as real, and that is a problem cause I understand there’s collectors for this stuff.

I've bought a Balenciaga Triple S transparent and Alexander McQueens UA's this year. And I'll tell you looks are great, but comfort... the comfort will never make it reasonable. And I'm in Africa, those things get warm AF. Given away in less than 3 months

YES! I just purchased a pair of these and am interested in learning whether I have an authentic pair or not.

All bullshit aside, please post where to cop the UA's. It's sad that the leather is thicker on them than the authentic ones and that the UA white fabric stays white instead of yellows.

A very fresh video sean ! Hope you can do more new series like this !

But Rep looks better...what now? For example the travis scotts reps have way better quality than the real ones. Sean do more rep vs authentic video of hype jordans shoes! Like the unions and off whites, ect. Tbh, on feet, a person can't tell from 4ft away. If you see someone rocking hype grail shoes, you would just woah nice kicks, and not ask them if its real. Reps are becoming so well made that they probably have better quality than the real ones. Like when i go to sneakercons i see people rocking nice kicks with a quick glance, i cant tell or bother to question real or fake

If I see a dude rockin these at a Walmart, I automatically assume they are fake.

lol I thought the fake one was real... 99.9% of people either don't care of can't tell. Where can I buy the fake one?

Hey Sean, love your videos! This is a really interesting comparison. I was wondering if you could do a comparison of the authentic vs unauthorized vid of this shoe? Jordan 1 Retro Chicago Bulls Patent (2003) Style: 136085-106 Colorway: White/ Varsity Red-Black I would really appreciate it! Don't stop making these informative and awesome videos! Thanks and have a good one :)

The stitching isn’t closer on the authentic pair it’s just inconsistent, the reps are made with way more care 🔥🔥

Tbh as long as your not claiming their real, There’s no real reason for anyone to care what you’re rocking on top of saving thousands. I’m perfectly fine with either so long as the games aren’t horribly done which today is hard to find with good quality replicas

There is nothing wrong with fakes imo. The problem is to selling them as real.

Love this type of video,keep it up👍

Financial well off or not 5K for some shoes isn't really justifiable in my opinion. Just a waste of money for some shoes that are meant to be worn.

Even Sean got interested to unauthorized 😬 Thanks to Rep! I’m a sneakerhead.But I would say Reps are good now.Juts learn your rep game!

It's all in how you rock them. I would definitely rock the UA especially if I had the legit ones.

They made with the same materials left over from production there exactly the same shoe ua shoes in my opinion are exactly the same

Where do people get legit UA pairs. I use to live by a nike factory store in middle school and got B grade Jordan's sometimes but im scared to order UA online because I don't want no booty shoes that will fall apart

Sean, I might have missed it, but did you disclose the purchase price of the UA pair?

Personally, I think the differences is slightly minor. Is there any possibility because they're coming from different batch? I mean, for non-bias comparison maybe you should buy 2 authentic pair of shoes from different place (different time if possible) and compare it with the UA version.

Personally I don't own a UA pair of sneakers but after going through a few websites looking at a few people on KZfaq that have them I'm kind of open-minded because I don't have $2,100 to pay for trophy room ones 42,400 to pay for Union ones but I love the sneaker I'm a older guy not a reseller and I work hard for my money now I will pay a certain price for hard to get vintage but what's going on today is crazy like the Jordan ones that just came out University Blue you took $170 sneaker and drove the price up to $450 I love the sneaker but I have better things to do with my money but I still would love to rock them if I get out and go on vacation I believe and feel you a sneakers is going to make Nike wake up and keep a lot of these resellers honest and maybe drive some of the prices down to a reasonable cost but like you said at the end of the day you rock what you want to I'll rock what I want to take care of my friend love the video

Do more of these comparison vids Sean. Well done.

Appreciate you and this vid!

Thanks, loved this video, it's scary how close they are, especially to anyone who doesnt know the difference before seeing this video

this is a great segement to the channel's content

The good thing about UA pair is u know that it is UA, it has become so good that u cannot tell the difference. U can’t even be sure of “Authentic “ nowadays, some fake pair even passed as Authentic on some retailing sites. And as some people mention here, u will really enjoy and beat the sh*t out of your UA Pair compare to those Authentic pairs. At the end of the day “to each, his own”.

How much was that UA pair? I find higher priced UAs with more differences to look better than the cheaper ones that have the markings positioned more similarly.

Great video brother! If people want to buy UA’s cool, just don’t sell them as real. After reading some of these comments how will I ever know if they’re authentic or not 🤔Keep those videos coming bro! Blessings! P.S. Thanks for not cussing on your vids!

Thing is, no one is gonna tell your UA pair that "Hey, yours is a bit higher, Hey, the blue stitch is a bit Thicker, Hey, the Air Jordan is a bit glossier" etc... these minor flaws makes UA more reliable than lower legit fakes like class A or imitations

Tbh there's no wrong for buying a fake sneaker. If jordans aren't so limited, I guarantee the fake markets won't survive long but Nike is smart. They know the fake sneaker market actually helps promote their brand. So yeah, fake sneakers market and the sneaker market kinda need each other in a way. They both get the benefits from each other

Personally, if i am really keen on an expensive pair, i make sure to properly save up and grab an authentic pair. It is simply a self psychological factor - I cant bring myself to wear a fake pair knowingly. If it does not hurt the guidelines, i would wish you can do more of these comparison vids - it may not be a particular pair but a specific lineup such as Jordan 1, 3 etc. Reason being you really pay attention to details and suited for such comparison videos.

I have a pare if reflective yeezies and don’t want people making fakes. Fakes degrade the resale value for people who work to get them.

I got a pair of fake presto off whites. I wore them twice. To be honest I wasn’t comfortable wearing them. I was just expecting people to call me out and worried people would ask me about them. lol I ended up throwing them away.

Very great video! I would really love to see the comparison beetween the UA and retail pairs of the Dunk Low Off White Gold

So you’re telling me... I can get a pair of AF 1 Travis?

I would 100% get the UA.

These would be dope for people to skate in or beat up in street ball. But to just rock and pretend they're real, not so much

Had a feeling you'd do this eventually. You get so into the details on ur reviews it's fitting you'd do a comparison vid. For me personally, if the fakes are super close and Nike's QC isn't very good on the particular model (Travis Scott 1s for example) I'm staying away unless I got them directly from Nike, not taking any chances. The OW chis are hard to see the differences but they're still pretty clear so that's good to know bro, thanks!

*Insert "they're the same picture meme"

Im glad UA'S are around this is gonna put resellers outta business ..im not paying 1000 plus bucks for a legit pair over a UA pair for a few flaws. Even authentic pairs have flaws ..might even double up on these UA's 🤣🤣

Amazing video bro thanks so much

Thank you very much! Very accurate and couldn't ask for better!

That's good they look alike. But do they hold up the same. Or are the fakes going to fall apart after a month of good wear

Big fan of ur page bro!!! Especially when we’re both in toronto lmfaoo lemme buy some kicks off you bro! 😭😂🔥🤞🏼

*repfam and fake sellers in shambles when they see this video*

It’s just a shoe. People who really want a sneaker, should have the possibility to buy them. As long as no one tries to sell replicas ”as real”, then I have zero issues with fake sneakers or clothing. It’s about the style, not exclusivity. Not for everyone.

To each their own. Rock what you rock.

where can i buy fake off white jordan air 1

paying $5000+ doesn’t guarantee a real pair anyway. people still list unauthentic pairs for that price 😂 might as well just buy the unauthorized on nation

What about the comfort on foot??

Real vs fake, both made in China or vietnam

I guess you can say it's like Vvs Diamonds vs Cubic zirconia or grade a diamonds

Very good comparison 👍🏼

Welp, now replica shoe makers know exactly what to work on for the next batch 😂 , soon it'll be damn near a 1:1 like a lot of the yeezy 350 v2.

Most of the flaws you pointed out on that replica are fixed on my replicas

Whats crazy nike sends sneakers that have imperfections 🤔 UA so good now makes your question everything about sneakers

Where can I get UA pairs from without thinking my card is gonna get robbed to a fraud company?? 😂

I will wear UA pair for every day and display the Retail 🙂

So glad my reps are coming in😄