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How to Identify the Fake Air Jordan 5 Grapes ( Black Light Test)
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Jul 15, 2025
If you want to buy authentic pairs or read the entire article, see link below https://housakicks.com/real-vs-fake-sneakers/fake-air-jordan-5-grapes/ In this video, I break down the key differences between a real and a fake pair of the iconic Air Jordan 5 “Grape.” From the toe box to the outsole, UV light test, air unit, packaging, and more—this is your complete legit check guide to help you avoid fakes and shop smart. 👟 What You’ll Learn in This Video: Major toe box shape differences Heel and overall build comparison Air unit inconsistencies Color discrepancies on the outsole Jumpman UV blacklight test results Insole embossing and packaging details Final legit check recap
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Hey, what's going on guys? This is
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Tigerkicks.com and today we're going to
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quickly learn how to identify the fake
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Jordan 5 drapes u from the 2025 release.
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Now, you already know Nike trying to go
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back to the original shoes that was
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released in the '90s and uh the shoe
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released and it's still sitting in malls
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and like your Foot Locker, your local
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retailers, which is great news for
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buyers. So, I don't know why people are
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saying that this was a major disaster.
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It isn't because that's what you want.
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you want Steph to sit so that he can get
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access to the shoe. So now enough
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talking. Let me get to uh the
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comparison. I leaned on Jacob Marcela's
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uh comparison that he did his video. So
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I'm going to use this as a template. So
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B basically first thing you want to look
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at is the toe, right? If you look at the
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toe on the authentic, the toe is more
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slick. You can see it's like there's a
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real line here. You know, this is
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because again on Nike standard, they
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have ways, they have machineries that
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they used to get to this result. Now on
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the on the fake one is more bulky. right
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now. But this again is not something
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that most people care about. But if you
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also zero in on the midsole here before
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I the outsole here before I get into the
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real outsole, you see that this is a
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little darker. There's a little
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definition here. You see that line? You
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don't see that on the authentic. All
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right, let's jump on to the next thing.
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The outsole. If you look again, that's
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the one thing that you want to look for
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as soon as you pick up the shoe. On the
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fake pair, it is green. The hue is so
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green, dark green. on the authentic is
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like tail is like that grape color tail
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hue. You can see that it's so apparent.
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You're not going to miss that. All
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right. Next thing we're going to talk
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about is the insole. If you look at the
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insole, if you flip them, all right, on
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the authentic, the authentic is like a
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white. This one is like uh it's a bright
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white. And on the authentic and the fake
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one has like a grayish uh tone to it.
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And the references on the back is
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different. The MS12Y here. Here it says
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MMS MS12F.
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So again, this is just differences that
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you can notice. And if you look at the
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markings here, they are deeper. They are
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impressed and you can kind of see them
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really clearly on the fake one, but on
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the authentic is more subtle. Okay, next
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thing we're going to talk about is the
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box. If you look at the box here, right,
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the Nike logo on the authentic is much
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uh bolder. It has bolder print on the
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authentic and on the fake one is more is
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it's a little smaller. Slightly smaller.
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Nike text is slightly smaller. And if
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you also look at the Bucks lead here,
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this is black on the on the fake one.
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Black and it's more I'll say a lot a lot
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glossier than the authentic which is
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more matt mate and is like black and is
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a little like grayish looking. All
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right, let's go to the and what do you
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call this again? The the UV when you put
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them under the UV light on I mean this
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is so apparent on the on the authentic.
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You see that the shark teeth are like
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kind of like glowing a little bit.
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They're like greenish. On the fake one
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they do not change. They're like still
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purple. And if you look at the outsole
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again, it glows on the on the fake one.
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It does not glow on the authentic. I'll
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show you a better picture in a minute.
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And if you also look at the the whole
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shoe, the structure of the shoe itself,
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it's like pinkish on the fake one under
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the light. And the authentic, it does
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not change. Let me show you another
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picture here. This is the outsole. Now,
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if you look at the outsole again, the
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fake one totally glows. The authentic
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does not glow. And the last thing we're
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going to look at is again the the shoe
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size. Now on fake ones are usually
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overskilled. You can see that this is
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bulk is bigger and it's even like
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higher. All right. So again this is it.
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I'm not going to waste too much time. I
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just wanted to do it in like 3 minutes
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so you can get this done. Now if you
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want to go on my website you can go on
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my website and actually look at the
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entire article. I wrote an entire an
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article on it. So go on housekicks.com
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and you can read the article there. All
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right. So that's all I wanted to say
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today. Again go on the website
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houseoficks.com. I've had so many more
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articles on the website that I talked
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about. I talked about the bread. I
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talked about some uh SBS and stuff of
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this uh stuff like that. So, go on the
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website for more articles like this.
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Again, thanks for watching. Give it a
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like if this helped you guys out. All
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right. I'll see you next time for
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another quick review. Bye.