Those of you who have seen the classic movie Back to the Future 2 will definitely remember the scene where Marty comes across the
incredibly futuristic gadget known as self-lacing shoes and Nike decided to create that into a
reality, and these are the Nike adapt bebe shoes which indeed have self lacing and
Unlacing motors inside. So we're gonna talk about how these kind of work the specs and of course
We're gonna try them on that's what this video is about
Now the BB part of the name of these shoes stands for basketball. So these are mostly intended to be basketball shoes
So they have that kind of style with the sort of high-top
Although not ridiculously a high-top like you might see in other shoes and they do have a distinctive style looks pretty futuristic and also unusual
Obviously because there are no laces it almost kind of looks like they could be slippers
But that's maybe why they slap that giant Nike logo on the side of it
So you don't think that walking around and I do actually kind of like this style even though it is a bit unusual
it does look like they could pass as
Regular sneakers not just necessarily as basketball shoes. So they're pretty cool in my opinion
it's obviously going to come down to preference clearly because there are no laces the only way to
Tighten and loosen this thing is through the motor and you can control that one of two ways
One through the buttons on the side and the other with the app that we're gonna mention in a little bit
So the buttons on the side
there's only two of them a
Forward and reverse button the forward button will tighten the shoes and the reverse button will loosen them
But before we get to that
let's first go over the specs and then we can try them on and talk about all that sort of stuff considering how much
Technology and with the motor and the battery all packed in this thing. It actually is surprisingly
Normal weight, it seems like it's not any heavier than any other type of large sneaker. Definitely lighter than boots
But definitely heavier
Then maybe the Nike airs that I wear typically sometimes
but it's in a happy medium and when you're wearing it definitely does not feel heavy like you're wearing a led boot or anything like
That now the wiring system that laces these up is actually pretty strong
The motor is capable of pulling on 32 pounds of force and then holding it, of course
So that is believable when you put it on it does get really tight and the battery is about
505 milliamp hours
Which is a little bit bigger than I expected to put that into perspective and iPhone X s has a battery of about
2600 milliamp hours. So considering this is just a motor and that's all it is
It seems like a pretty good battery size apparently lasts about 10 to 14 days at least on a single charge
Which is great as for the price they come in at a whopping
$350 so definitely not cheap
But they could be a lot more expensive considering how much research and development must have gone into these
So I think this is actually a pretty fair price
Point for what these are and I would definitely not think that these are going to be made for the average person
Not at all, maybe for shoe heads who just love having all sorts of shoes
They want to show them off or they're just into collecting it that sort of thing. And if you are that type of person then
$350 is definitely affordable compared to some
Ridiculously expensive designer shoes. I think it's actually a pretty good price for what it is again, though, believe it or not
These are not actually the very first
Self-lacing automatic shoes that were released by nike a few years ago
They created the hyperadapt 1.0 and those things costed seven hundred twenty dollars
So for the price of this one, it's come down quite a bit and they've improved as well
Now as for how to get your hands on these the release date seems kind of weird
So I pre-ordered it when they had a pre-order page right after they made the press release
But they took that page down shortly after I pre-ordered it and they still send it to me actually a little bit
early because after they took down the pre-order page they put up a
Message that said you'll be able to buy it on the 17th
There is no more option to preorder and I got this on the 14th
So, I don't know how hard it's gonna get on the official release date of the 17th
I preorder this just like anyone else could have I didn't like pull any strings to get it early
So I don't know what the deal is. Apparently the official release date is the 17th
But anyway enough talk, let's show you what these things look like when you try them on the fun part
So basically all you have to do to tighten
These is you put them on and then it detects that you put your foot in and it will
Automatically pre tighten them to a pre-programmed fit so you don't to do anything
Of course, you can adjust afterwards. And the first thing I would say is that these things are louder than you probably expect I
Would actually say they are comically loud like you could easily hear these clear across the house
so I don't really know how practical these would be in real life if
You're taking them on and off in the comfort of your own home, obviously
You're not gonna really bother anyone but if you're at the basketball court
Putting these on people might stare at you a little bit that being said though
They might require that kind of loud motor because they do get very very tight
Obviously, like I said 32 pounds of force when you put this thing on maximum tightness
Those shoes are not coming off. They believe it they grip it very strongly
So after you put it in and it has the default tightness, you can tighten it or loosen it using the forward and backwards button
respectively and then if you want you can also save the strength a
default and change it to your custom one by holding both buttons at the same time and then it will save that and I will
Say that it's much easier and more practical to tighten and loosen it and set the tightness with the app
But we'll get to that in a bit when you do end up wanting to take the shoes off to loosen them all the way
You can just hold down the back button for like a second and a half and then it will automatically
Unloosen it completely and you'll kind of hear it change the tone of the motor and it'll go a lot faster. All right
So now all into controlling this with the app. First of all, I want to say that Nike did this app or really?
Well, it feels very very polished
You know, sometimes they use apps made by companies, especially if it's the first version they feel very janky
No
Lags doesn't respond this feels like a very well made app at least the iPhone version
The only slight trouble I had was initially connecting the shoes it connects with bluetooth
Basically, you start the setup process and then it tells you to hold the phone next to the buttons on the left shoe
And then the right shoe and then it tries to auto detect them
I was having some trouble with it
detecting one shoe or the other so I did end up just kind of restarting the app a couple times by
closing it out swiping away and then
Restarting it and after about two times of doing that it did connect to both of them
And then once it was connected had no issues whatsoever even
Automatically reconnecting when you start the app again that sort of thing it works great
after you do get both of them connected you can then choose your lacing strength by simply sliding up or down the left and our
Letters it's kind of a cool interface
I do like it and on Macs if you want it to be even stronger than the maximum they have this
ultimate lockdown mode
So you swipe it all the way to the top and then you can keep swiping
The letter up past the maximum and each time it'll tighten it a little bit more and more so you can get it
extremely tight although I don't know how
much that's gonna affect the motor performance or what but it's possible and I think you can see how it is a lot easier to
Get the tightness of the app you get these little notches
so
You know exactly how tight it is as opposed to just kind of pressing the buttons on the side and guessing some other features on
The app include a button to unlace both shoes at the same time
That's the one all the way on the right. You can change the colors of the side buttons
So you get a bunch of different color options there or you can just have it all off and then there's a button to see
The battery percentages of both the shoes as well. And because these shoes basically have a computer built-in with bluetooth
You can actually update the software of the shoes and it'll prompt you when there's a new version
I don't really know what kind of software updates a shoe can get
But they have them and it actually did give me a software update when I bought the shoes
So I'm kind of curious what that changed, but there you go
Now you might be wondering how these shoes charge. They do actually come with a charging mat
So the charging mat it's called the Nike adapt charger 1.0 and I find it is a very good size
It's just big enough same profile as the shoe
So anywhere you would be able to fit putting the shoes. You'll be able to fit this charging mat
And then it's just regular Qi charging
So look
You can even put a regular phone down on it and it all starts our geing that if you wanted to
Probably not as fast as an actual phone charger, but who knows and it is a regular type-c connector with USB power
So you can use the USB to AC
adapter that comes with it or if you just have a bunch line around the house if you want to use a longer wire or
Something like that
You can use your own like I mentioned before the battery is going to last
supposedly ten to four ten days on a single
charge and if you do get down to a critical
Battery level it'll show red for the buttons on the side red color means critical battery
And in that case it's in loosen only mode so you can't change the tightness unless you're basically
Unlacing it completely. So that kind of gives you a buffer zone where if the battery's about to run out
You'll always be able to at least take your feet out of it by unlacing it
But you won't be able to tighten it anymore until you charge it again
So with all these electronics and batteries and all that inside the shoe
you might be wondering how long is this thing gonna last is it actually durable and actually Nike did put a
Infographic on the product page showing what kind of testing these things go through so I assume that it's able to withstand
These tests and some examples include dumping 80 gallons of water on it in three minutes
So that's about half a gallon per second, which I think that would answer any questions about how waterproof it is
definitely, so it's been tested with
40,000 button presses I don't think you're ever going to press more than that in the lifetime of the shoe and it can survive like
30,000 impacts at
780 pounds of force, not bad. I guess it also says here it'll last through continuously
2,900 tightening and loosening cycles
So if we kind of calculate and say you take it on and off twice a day
then these shoes would last about four years and I think if you're gonna be using running shoes and athletic shoes that
Often then that might be how long a typical shoe is gonna last
anyway, of course
I do expect it'll probably last longer than that because
It's not like you're gonna be tightening it all the way every time like they might have done these tests and it also says here
It'll go through about 300 miles of running. And from what I've looked up that is pretty typical for running shoes
So it does seem like these shoes are just as durable as high-quality
Athletic shoes of any other kind and that's more impressive. I think considering that there are so many
electronics in here and moving parts that could potentially
Break down and they seem to keep working and I do believe Nike said in some interview that they want the actual
Components inside to outlast the life of the rubber and shoe itself
Now I know a lot of you are gonna want me to answer the question are these shoes worth it and that's definitely gonna depend
Most people I think are definitely not going to need to buy this obviously. It's not very hard to lace your shoes
So if you're just buying it, so you don't have to lace your shoes. That's a bit ridiculous
I don't think I would call it a gimmick though because you can actually use these shoes
They're high-quality in like a professional setting if you wanted to play basketball with these you can do it
So I don't think I would call it a gimmick definitely more of like a novelty type thing though
And I think mostly collectors are gonna buy this
But if you are someone who is like really into basketball really into tech
You might want to buy this and show it off and I definitely would consider these maybe a step above a proof of concept
So obviously they're not very practical but they are cool and they do work
So if you really want them go out and buy them, who knows
Anyway, hopefully you guys enjoyed these videos if you want to check out some other ones I have on here
You can just click on those. So let me know what you think down in the comments. Would you buy these shoes?
We can talk about that down there and until next time guys be seeing