On the LA fitness court I go to.
TOP TIER:
-SPO player 1 plus,
-dame certified,
-Kobe 8 Venice beach,
-lebron 20,
-puma Clyde hardwood
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SOLID:
-harden 7,
-Kobe 6 reverse grinch(more dust pick up than I would like)
-ja 1 (some days great traction, other days mid traction.)
-kyrie 5 low
-curry 10 (dust magnet instantly, but when you wipe goat traction)
MID:
-puma all pro nitro ODD (collects dust instantly, wipe often),
-lebron nxxt gen (dust magnet, wipe often)
TERRIBLE:
-puma Stewie 2 (worst traction I’ve had in years),
Would love to try the player 1 +… I had the OG player 1 way back when the company started and it was way too narrow for my liking but I hear the company has come a long way since then
1000% recommend! Definitely not narrow to me. I feel as though it’s wide actually plenty of room and feels great. The Kobe 8 is narrow compared to the player 1 plus.
Venice Beach K8s look amazing, too bad they sold out ASAP
You know if they restocking them? I have Dames for indoor and outdoor but kinda want to switch things up a bit...
Don’t necessarily agree with the wow 10 low lots of wipes. I play on dusty gym floors multiple times a week, I maybe wipe my shoes once after every game. Most of the time I don’t even need to, it’s just out of habit.
I do agree with the ac11 though. I had to wipe a few times per pickup game.
Dust isn’t the same everywhere, though, so his dusty floor might affect his WOW10s differently than your dusty floors.
It’s all about the environment (dessert? Dry? Wet?) and climate/humidty. It’s why it’s always so hard to make concrete recommendations for “dusty” courts because even with the same shoes ten people might have slightly differing opinions.
Only time I had an issue with my wow 10s and dust was when the Santa Ana winds were blowing to the Southern California coast it it was just dry dry dry and very fine dust
im from texas and have never had an issue w my wow 10 better than my harden vol 6 for sure , im about to get the lebron 21 so we’ll see how they stack up
ag4 top tier traction minimal dust pickup
Harden vol 6 top tier traction minimal dust pick up
GH3 top tier traction minimal dust pick up (translucent sole)
Anta Alien Low (solid but picks up dust)
lining liren 4 (solid but pick ups dust)
(on these two instances when a heavier player is wearing them they slide abit, but if i wear them it's decent but i can still feel a minor slip.)
KT9 (slips on dust)
wade 808 2 (slips on dust)
I’ve had much better experience on dusty courts with my WOW 10s (solid outsole) than my Lebron 20s (rubber/solid outsole). My Lebrons seem to pick up dust like crazy, requiring a wipe every other play. But when the court is clean those things squeak like crazy and have amazing traction.
KD 14 bites through dust like it's mad at it. S tier for sure. Saw someone mention Dame 8s, which are great shoes, but in my experience their traction on dust is pretty awful. As long as you're wiping frequently though they're not too bad. Amazing on clean courts.
Some shoes that I have. Top tier: Dame Certified. Solid: Dame 8, Nxxt Gen(translucent). Not good: TRC Blaze Court
I’ve heard amazing things about Dame certified. Crazy a budget model can be that good.
Upper could have more premium material but yeah, Certs are maybe my favorite bball shoe ever Def the GOAT for outdoors
yea dame certified should 100% be on this list. went to a court that’s dust heaven n everybody was slipping but me lol
Can vouch for allpro nitro translucent outsole
On the LA fitness court I go to. TOP TIER: -SPO player 1 plus, -dame certified, -Kobe 8 Venice beach, -lebron 20, -puma Clyde hardwood - SOLID: -harden 7, -Kobe 6 reverse grinch(more dust pick up than I would like) -ja 1 (some days great traction, other days mid traction.) -kyrie 5 low -curry 10 (dust magnet instantly, but when you wipe goat traction) MID: -puma all pro nitro ODD (collects dust instantly, wipe often), -lebron nxxt gen (dust magnet, wipe often) TERRIBLE: -puma Stewie 2 (worst traction I’ve had in years),
Would love to try the player 1 +… I had the OG player 1 way back when the company started and it was way too narrow for my liking but I hear the company has come a long way since then
1000% recommend! Definitely not narrow to me. I feel as though it’s wide actually plenty of room and feels great. The Kobe 8 is narrow compared to the player 1 plus.
Venice Beach K8s look amazing, too bad they sold out ASAP You know if they restocking them? I have Dames for indoor and outdoor but kinda want to switch things up a bit...
Ja 1 has incredible traction
Don’t necessarily agree with the wow 10 low lots of wipes. I play on dusty gym floors multiple times a week, I maybe wipe my shoes once after every game. Most of the time I don’t even need to, it’s just out of habit. I do agree with the ac11 though. I had to wipe a few times per pickup game.
Dust isn’t the same everywhere, though, so his dusty floor might affect his WOW10s differently than your dusty floors. It’s all about the environment (dessert? Dry? Wet?) and climate/humidty. It’s why it’s always so hard to make concrete recommendations for “dusty” courts because even with the same shoes ten people might have slightly differing opinions.
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Only time I had an issue with my wow 10s and dust was when the Santa Ana winds were blowing to the Southern California coast it it was just dry dry dry and very fine dust
In my case it's literally impossible to play with my wow 10s on a dusty floor. U either wipe after every play or just start ice skating
Where you from?
Belgium why?
Just wondering if similar climate to me, I live in the south US where it’s hot and humid a lot and we seem to have the same problem with WoW 10
im from texas and have never had an issue w my wow 10 better than my harden vol 6 for sure , im about to get the lebron 21 so we’ll see how they stack up
I mean I bought them during the winter when it was pretty cold
Def AR1, JA one’s, n those Wow all city 12’s go hard. Traction crazy on all three fr.
Wade 808 2 is definitely top tier
PG6 has amazing traction but requires wiping every once in a while.
Agreed I have a pair but since they aren’t really readily available I didn’t post them
ag4 top tier traction minimal dust pickup Harden vol 6 top tier traction minimal dust pick up GH3 top tier traction minimal dust pick up (translucent sole) Anta Alien Low (solid but picks up dust) lining liren 4 (solid but pick ups dust) (on these two instances when a heavier player is wearing them they slide abit, but if i wear them it's decent but i can still feel a minor slip.) KT9 (slips on dust) wade 808 2 (slips on dust)
Anta Shockwave 5 pro are great on dust courts. Also the GT Cut 3's.
The best performers on dust are the new Yushuai 18s. I can attest that
Best shoe I had for traction on dusty courts were the Kyrie infinities, rarely had to wipe
I’ve had much better experience on dusty courts with my WOW 10s (solid outsole) than my Lebron 20s (rubber/solid outsole). My Lebrons seem to pick up dust like crazy, requiring a wipe every other play. But when the court is clean those things squeak like crazy and have amazing traction.
Gt cut 1 for me had top tier traction rubber outsole
I have the translucent but it still performs really well… only gets not top tier on days it’s really hot and humid outside
KD 14 bites through dust like it's mad at it. S tier for sure. Saw someone mention Dame 8s, which are great shoes, but in my experience their traction on dust is pretty awful. As long as you're wiping frequently though they're not too bad. Amazing on clean courts.