Prices up, quality down?

I bought my first Vivo shoes 5 years ago and never looked back to other brands or non-barefoot footwear. I had Geo Obsidian (twice), Magna FG, JJF Primus knit.

Now I am looking for something new to replace all three, so three pairs are in consideration.

But what I find concerning is the quality of the last pair, the JJF collection of Primus Knit, namely the glue that’s holding them together, which really didn’t stick for long, with holes started to showing up on the sides and heel area.

So now I’m a bit confuse, should I stick with Vivo or try one of many other brands that have meanwhile appeared?

Also the prices have gone like 40% up lately, but the quality down, Galahad what are you doing? 🤷‍♂️

I have seen some positive reviews about Xero shoes or something similarly named to printers 😁 while of course Facebook feed is flooded with ads from hobibear, groundies, shapen, belenka… even Merrell pops up occasionally.

So what do you guys?

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u/ludvikk — 6 days ago

S1 E3 - Kei cars

So.. how many of you have seen that bus scene and heard Clarkson saying on every bump “Hammond you blithering idiot”? 🤣

And when the bus came out of the workshop there would be “Behold my genious!”

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u/ludvikk — 1 month ago

Azerbaijan

Did they really think no one will notice the whole Azerbaijan scene was once again Dubrovnik? The street where that woman was hit was the same that was used earlier when they smashed those crates to stop the motorbikes? Also Croatian language spoken in Azerbaijan?

The bridge scene is a CGI recreation of the actual bridge in Omiš, Croatia. And there is no lake, just the sea.

A bit cheap ending, even if we ignore they used that small plane to fly the range a 777 can’t reach 🙂

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u/ludvikk — 2 months ago