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Today I’m taking a close look at the Li-Ning Yueying 5, a sleek running shoe that really surprised me straight out of the box. From the minimalist packaging to the breathable mesh upper and Cloud Plus midsole, this pair screams both comfort and style.
I normally wear a 13 but went down to a size 12, and—spoiler alert—it fits true to size with no pinching or side pressure. After spending a full day teaching on my feet, I can honestly say the cushioning is phenomenal—a perfect balance between soft and firm, comparable to the On Cloud Stratus, maybe even better.
Here’s what stood out:
✅ Lightweight textile and TPU construction for breathability and support
✅ Responsive Cloud Plus foam for elite cushioning
✅ Stable ride that keeps your feet comfortable for hours
✅ Clean black and silver aesthetic that pairs with anything
I’ll break down comfort (9.9/10), stability (9/10), breathability, and fit in detail, plus how it compares with other top running shoes like Hoka and On Cloud.
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Hey, what's going on guys? This is
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Tykicks.com and I just received this
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incredible leaning shoes from the
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leaning brand, the leaning global store.
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All right. So, this is called the
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ARHV157
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inh 5 from the leaning brand. This is a
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size 12. I usually wear a size 13, but
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they didn't have a size 13. So, I went
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for a size 12, but I was kind of
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skeptical, but I'm telling you, I don't
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think there's going to be a problem cuz
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they actually run through the size. I'm
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actually getting ahead of myself. So,
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let me wait a little bit. So, what I
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want to show you first is just the shoe
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itself and then I'm going to lace them
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up, wear them today at work. I'm a
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teacher. And then I'll tell you exactly
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how I feel. So, the shoe comes in this
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incredible box. Just a cardboard box.
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You know, I like the way I like the
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aesthetic of it. Okay. Lining, leaning,
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however you want to say it. Shoe trees
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in here. Okay, these are the shoe trees.
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Shoe trees. And then they also include
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this incredible tag. I like their
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packaging. I really like the packaging.
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So, I mean, not like I'm going to wear
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the packaging, but packaging says a lot
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about a brand. So, I really like that.
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Okay, this tag. So, let me put this away
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and then we going to talk about the shoe
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itself. This is the shoe. I absolutely
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love the color. I mean, I'm a
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conservative guy. I like black and white
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colors. But you see, the thing is, when
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I saw them on the website, I did not
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think they were going to be this
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incredible looking. So, when I received
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them, I was like, "Oh my goodness, I
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absolutely love the shoe and I love the
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branding on the side. I love their logo.
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I really like it." So, the shoe itself,
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it's a black shoe. Okay, black shoe. And
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then what is built with is some kind of
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um textile material component here. This
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is more like mesh material is really
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breathable, lightweight. I love it. And
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then you have some thick material on the
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throat line and the eye stay. And then
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you have your branding here in silver.
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This is some kind of like plastic
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material. Again, some more TPU component
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here. Backside you have more TPU
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component. This is for pretty much uh
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stability because you you don't want
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your foot to wiggle when you put this
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on. All right. They get more more um
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mesh material and then it's reinforced
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here so that you don't break it cuz
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sometime abrasion can happen, things can
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happen. So they put this here so that
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way you won't break. Okay. And then you
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have your toe area and then you have
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your incredible. This is called cloud
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plus midsole from leaning bread. Wow.
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Wow. Wow. When you squeeze it, you can
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feel the foam is compressing but it's
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also releasing pretty quick. They put
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tempo bounce. I don't know what that
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stands for, but I tell you, I love the
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shoe. This is the outsole here. A lot of
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grooves on it for all types of surfaces.
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And then the shoe set, the aesthetic. It
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looks really aerodynamic. So, it feels
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like this is built for runners, right?
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But again, I'm not a runner. I'm going
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to be using this as a teacher. I work uh
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eight hours straight, so I have to stand
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on my feet. So, I needed something that
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had a lot of um cushioning. So, I can
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tell you right now, I just love the way
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it looks already. So, I'm going to be
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putting this on today and I'll let you
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know how it feels at the end of the day.
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But I absolutely love this. I'm going to
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be checking for what? Comfort, also
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cushioning, and also I would say
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stability and then um I would say also
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pretty much breathability. Okay,
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ventilation is a big thing for me.
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Again, I am not going to try to read
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more on the shoe cuz I want to test it
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myself cuz a lot of time when you read
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something about a shoe, then you go
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ahead and you start to like uh get a
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little bit biased. I don't want that.
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So, I'm not going to do that. And I
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really actually I love the the lining
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here. The ankle lining is really soft
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and this cushion is a lot of foam in it
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to cushion your ankle. And I really I
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can tell you right now this cushioning
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is going to be incredible. I can tell
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you by just squeezing it already. I know
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it's going to be nice. So I'm going to
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put it on today all day at work and then
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we'll see. All right. So look out for
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that. Thank you. So now I'm going to be
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testing these babies out today at work.
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So I'm a teacher. I work pretty much
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from 7:45 to like 4:00. So, I want to
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see how they hold up when I go to work
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today cuz this is how I test the shoe.
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I'm going to be wearing them all day
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today. Now, by the way, this is a size
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12. They don't have a size 13. So, I
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want to see if they are like actually
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big for a size 12. Okay. So, you see, I
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almost cut my finger here. So, let me
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see how they fit. I'm just going to give
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you a quick um Oo.
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Oh my goodness. All right. I have a
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white food. So, let me uh open this up a
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little bit. But I'm telling you like as
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soon as I stepped my foot in there, it
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felt like I was like riding on waves.
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Woo. And I'm not even like making this
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up. Like for real. Oh my goodness. Oh my
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goodness. These are like riding on waves
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right now. Oh my. Oh my. Oh my. Oh my.
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Well, I feel a little bit elevated
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now. That's not Oh wow. Oh wow. Look.
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Look at that. Like Oh wow. a while. So,
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let me I'll tell you how it feels the
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whole day. All right. So, I'm going to
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put this on and go to work with it and
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then we'll see. All right. So, see me up
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in a little bit. Thank you.
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All right. So, I'm halfway through the
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day, right? I showed you how I was
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lacing these up in the morning. So, I'm
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halfway through it. I can wait till the
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end of the day. I just have to like talk
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to you guys because this is incredible.
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Again, when I do a review, I don't like
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to read on the shoe too much because
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then what happen is your review can be
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biased. So, I just want to test it for
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myself and tell you exactly how I feel.
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Now, the brand uh leaning mentions the
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cloud plus midsole and I'm telling you
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the cushioning is incredible. I've had
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several running shoes like in the past.
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I've had some Hocus, I've had the uh
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OnCloud Stratus, and the OnCloud Stratus
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in my opinion was one of the best shoes
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I've ever owned and I still have a pair
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now. And this kind of compares to it.
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the Cloud Stratus. But I would say this,
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this is like an upgrade from the Cloud
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Stratus because the cushioning is not
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soft. It's not hard. It's just a
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crossover between soft and hard.
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Basically, you you exactly have what you
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want because sometimes with hard
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cushioning like the Hoka that I own, I
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felt like the shoe was pushing me up.
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So, my back was kind of hurting. It
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gives me a lot of speed when I was
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walking, but it was not that
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comfortable. This one, I can tell you
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right now, I'm probably going to wear
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this 24/7 like my New Balances because I
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absolutely love the way they feel on my
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feet. So, I would say as far as
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cushioning, I'll give it a 9.9 out of
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10. It's incredible. One of the best
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cushion I've ever seen. I mean, you can
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see when I'm squeezing it, like it's
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soft and it's it's not too soft, but
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it's not too hard as well. Okay, inside
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of it is really it feels good. The
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insole itself. I also love the insole.
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I'm going to put this out. like the
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insole is incredible as well. I
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absolutely like it. Okay, so I'm going
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to put this back in there. So, basically
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cushioning is incredible. Now, as far as
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like stability, now I felt like my foot
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was kind of wiggling a little bit even
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though this is a size 12. I usually wear
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size 13. So, I would say um stability is
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not optimal. It's probably like 8.9 out
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of 10, maybe 9 out of 10 on stability.
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They do have a TPU plate here to make
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sure your foot is like stable. So, I
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don't know. Maybe it's my foot. I have a
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wide foot, so I don't know, maybe that's
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me. But again, I wasn't getting too
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squeezed on the side here cuz sometimes
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with a wide foot, what happen is you put
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a shoe when it bothers you on this side
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of it next to the toe. I didn't have
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that problem. So, as far as like fit, I
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would say it fits true to size. True to
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size. So, if you're if you're a size 12,
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get a size 12 unless you have a gigantic
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foot. Okay. I have a big wide foot, but
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it didn't bother me at all. The tongue
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did not bother me. The tongue is pretty
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like movable and inside you do have a
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lot of uh room for ventilation.
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Ventilation is incredible. I like it. So
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my feet didn't feel too hot, not too
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cold. We are right now in the fall
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season. So it's perfect. Okay. Now the
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next thing I want to mention is also
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comfort. Comfort is incredible. One of
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the things is as a teacher I I'm on my
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feet like almost uh 8 hours straight. So
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I need comfortable shoes. So, when I put
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this on this morning, I was walking on
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the campus like I'm I was on cloud nine.
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Absolutely incredible. And the aesthetic
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is just the icing on the cake. I love
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the way they look. They look incredible.
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I absolutely love it. Now, as far as
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like tractions, I won't say much because
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it's the first day I'm inside. I'm not
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really going outside, so I wouldn't say
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much about it. But the shoe is amazing.
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I highly recommend it. So, if you want
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to buy it, I'll have a link for you in
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the description. And again, thanks for
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watching and thanks to the leaning brand
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for sending this incredible shoe. I
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absolutely love it and I'm probably
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going to be wearing it 247. That's what
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I do with shoe that I like. Okay, again,
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I compare this to the on cloud stratus.
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It's just the same feeling. Love the
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cushioning. It's really soft and also
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hard at the same time. So, it's a
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crossover, a mid between the two. True
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to size, nice aesthetic. Love the
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colorway. And thanks again and see me on
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the next one. Thanks for watching. This
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is D from Master Kicks and stay tuned
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for more