While you aren’t getting New Balance made quality on $100 Nikes, I think people are going to be feeling the quality here overall. This shoe is so simply built that as long as Nike doesn’t use the bottom of the barrel materials, it’s gonna look and feel quality and these definitely do that. ![]() Overall I think the “SP” treatment mostly goes to the suede here. While it has that purposefully rough vintage appearance, the texture is actually fairly soft and I do get a backstroke on these. ![]() Still, it’s relatively soft and decent for just a small bit of material. The leather here is nothing special, just a thin smooth leather. If the nylon parts were mesh here, the shoe would look weird since it’s basically one continuous panel from the toebox to the back of the shoe. Here though, the way the sneaker is shaped the nylon actually works for me. Normally I’d prefer mesh, and I found the nylon on the Daybreak to ultimately not be my favorite. This shoe is the first old school 70s trainer where I’m actually feeling the nylon. The materials here are very simple nylon, suede and smooth leather. How is the Quality on the Nike Waffle Trainer 2? These are marked as an SP release which generally indicates a little bit better quality, but otherwise at the price point of $100, I’m not surprised at the lack of included extras with these. So, you just get the shoes and the box basically. The laces have that softer more vintage look to them that Nike likes to include with shoes like these, I dig them! The box is the basic Nike Sportswear box. Meanwhile, the insole is plain with no decoration and the outsole features that famous Nike waffle pattern with the patent number info on it. The inner area of the ankle has a thin leather liner and shows the size and style code printed along the side in a throwback to the old school labeling method. There’s a smooth leather backtab with Nike printed on it. Towards the back we have another suede panel. Moving to the side we get a smooth leather swoosh on top of more nylon. There’s a suede mudguard that wraps around. We have suede eyelets here coming down to a nylon toebox. I like that the tongue here seems a bit more padded than other 70s Nike runner retros. This is sitting on a nylon tongue with exposed padding and a yellowed vintage effect. ![]() Starting off we have the Nike logo on a nylon tongue tag. There’s not a lot to get in the way as far as looks and comfort when a sneaker has a very simple build. While I do enjoy 90s runners, sometimes I want something with even less going on. I will try to show restraint, but it’s tough when the shoes are that good. Of course, I could see myself going down the rabbit hole of copping all the colorways as they go on sale. The vintage effect is definitely here on these and adds to the look of the sneaker. The shape seems very low to the ground and the tounge seems to be a more appropriate height. So while these are just nitpicks, I can’t find anything that I can nitpick on the Nike Waffle Trainer 2. As for the Tailwind, I found the tongue to be a bit high on the retro. Almost like the toebox looked too flat from the side and the swoosh seemed a bit big. I like the Daybreak, but found the shape to be a little off aesthetically for my taste. Now that I have these in hand though, I must say these are my favorite looking 70s retro runner I’ve picked up from Nike. Not only that, this color combo is very 70s, which gives that colorway a more classic look than some of the others. The Velvet Brown colorway caught my attention because the yellow swoosh really stands out against the brown on the shoe. When the first two pairs of these dropped I was not paying attention to them.
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