However, game two, and sporadically throughout the regular season, he's been wearing these.

It's Flo-Tro season.

Hey, what's good guys?

My name's Chris.

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Today, we got something that I'm personally really excited for.

These guys right here, these potential bad boys.

I really want to call them bad boys, but I'm just not quite certain yet.

However, this, my friends, is the Curry Brand's Curry 4 Flo-Tro.

These guys right here, I just think, are a complete upgrade to their original counterpart, the Curry 4.

Look at the glue that they used on these.

It like turned like black and whatever color that is around the trim.

Definitely didn't age well, but while they were clean, hot damn, these were awesome.

This is one of my favorite Curries to play in, by the way, and that's probably why I'm so excited about these is because they really did update them and upgrade them, which is something that we typically don't see, especially from retro stuff.

So I think it's obviously the Kobe series from Nike.

They're doing the Pro-Tro, which is a performance retro.

And then we have, what is it from Adidas?

It's the Resto Mod stuff.

So those are technically performance retros.

We have had stuff before from Jordan Brand with the 0.0 series, which are kind of modern takes, but not quite a retro.

And then also the Alpha series, like the Jordan 1 Alpha, which again was a modern update, but not quite a retro slash Pro-Tro.

They were different shoes entirely.

That's kind of what these guys are though.

It's kind of like the Jordan Brand version where they have the essence, but it's not identical.

And I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing.

Just like the Jordan Brand stuff, I really did like their 0.0 series.

I thought that they were great and I love the Alpha 1s.

So I really do dig what they've done here.

And let's go ahead and get started.

So first things first, the outsole or the midsole, it's all one piece.

The tooling, if you will, is exactly the same as what we saw, I believe, on the Curry 8s.

That's my one complaint, is I wish that this was from the Curry 9s.

Only because the plate right here, the torsion plate in the Curry 9 is a little bit better than what it was in the Curry 8s.

On top of that, there were a number of people that when they would use the Curry 8s for long periods of time, so like, you know, weeks to months, but sometimes their shank plate would rip through the flow cushioning or outsole and everything.

So that's my only like, kind of complaint so far.

Outside of that though, you're going to get the same exact performance from the tooling itself.

So you get the Under Armour flow cushioning system, which is super lightweight.

And on top of that, it's extra grippy without being like bottom heavy with rubber and all of that stuff.

So I remember playing in my Curry 8s outdoors.

They worked beautifully.

I've played in the Curry 9s indoors, worked beautifully.

Like this is going to be one of those shoes where it's like, yeah, you know exactly what you're getting from the tooling, which I think is awesome.

They've placed it on here.

There's rumors of them placing it on upcoming Curry 1 Floetros and things like that.

Could we see them on all the Curry models from the past?

I wouldn't doubt it.

Now the upper is where everything kind of starts to change as far as when we're comparing them directly to these.

Obviously the tooling is different between the two.

If I were to directly compare the tooling between the two, the Floetro version definitely has more cushion than the original.

Like this guy, you're pretty much riding right on the floor and it wasn't bad for what it is.

Like if you're going to have no cushion at all, I think that you should be as close to the floor as possible to promote natural movement.

That way it's not as much of a shock to the system and stuff.

So if you run around barefoot or whatever, like it's going to be that type of feel.

Again, different in the Floetro.

You're definitely up off the ground just a little bit more.

The base is extremely wide and everything.

So it's just as stable.

I think that they're going to be great options no matter what.

Curry's killing it in these things right now.

So obviously there's that too.

But again, the upper is super different.

So on the original version right here, we have a full textile or knitted build.

And then on top of that, we have synthetic overlays.

They actually made the synthetic look like leather on these guys, which I really liked.

It wasn't like that on every colorway, but it was like that on the majority of them.

However, on this guy right here on the Floetro, man, like they went all out.

Not only did they keep the knitted textile, but they changed it.

This is a little bit more comfortable in my opinion.

And on top of that, instead of a synthetic build or rand overlay, it's all suede.

I never thought that we'd see this from Under Armour or the Curry brand and all that stuff.

This right here is a quality build, especially when you're comparing it to something like this.

There is really no comparison as far as what you're getting for your money.

This is just a great product.

It just is.

One thing though that I wish that they kept is this little piece right here where you can see his little tattoo piece right there.

On the original piece, that was actually a stability piece.

I can't remember if they called it the infinity plate or not.

They might have, but it could have been, that could be a different shoe entirely.

However, it does wrap around and goes into the shank plate and everything.

And I think that that piece of stability would have really have been a benefit here.

If they would have somehow retooled this a little bit, this is a little bit easier for them to make.

It's cheaper because they've already got the molds.

So doing this is kind of like a cut and paste job versus recreating something new altogether where it's going to be very, very costly.

But I do wish that they would have kept that.

However, I do like how it looks like this also looks like a lifestyle friendly version of the original force, which again, when you're comparing this to something that's more modern, like an Air Jordan 36, maybe the GT jumps or the runs.

But if you're comparing these to like modern day shoes, I think that this looks more on and off court friendly just from the build alone.

Like again, it feels like you're getting a quality product right here.

Now that knit section that I was talking about earlier, again, it feels like it's way, like way, way better than the original.

Just the interior or I stay panels alone are going to be like way nicer.

So like this guy right here, they pinched the hell out of my feet, like on the tops.

I took a little bit of time to break these in and underneath the little like kind of holes where the laces go through, there's heat welded material, which is kind of like a TPU or a plastic.

And so that stuff against your skin, especially once your skin starts to get soft while you're playing, it's rip a hole.

That's what it did to me.

It's done it to other people as well.

If it didn't happen to you, congratulations, your feet are awesome.

But for me, it really jacked my ass up, but it did break in over time, which is something that I appreciated.

However, the flow show version changes all of that.

So inside here, there are still reinforcement pieces because you need that, especially when it comes to textiles and knits like this, but it made it out of actual materials that feel more raw than the TPU plastics and stuff.

So it feels like they got little suede patches in there, which I think are great because they're going to be much more malleable against your skin without needing break in time.

Like they're going to be malleable like right from the jump.

So the more break in time that you have, the more comfortable they should be.

On top of that, you're not just relying on those little holes or eye stay areas as your lockdown system.

They actually updated that and upgraded it by adding nylon cables all the way down.

So you have this bridge suspension on your lateral side, which may be why they didn't add the little piece right here, because it's a lot already there.

So maybe adding that there would have been too much.

One area that I think that they should have worked on a little bit more is right in the back.

There's a heel counter inside, something that was almost lacking in this guy.

There is a heel counter.

It's just very small.

However, the tooling molds right here, so the sides right there are really the heel counter, which we've seen in other shoes before, especially if you're looking way, way back.

We just did the Zoom Flight 95 Retro.

So that's one of those shoes where you sit in the midsole like that, and that is like the support.

But basically, this cups your heel and everything, and it acts as the heel counter.

Again, we've seen this numerous times on numerous shoes from all brands.

And this guy, they lowered that because of the tooling and everything.

So they added a heel counter, but it's just, it's a little soft.

You know what I mean?

So I wish that it was a little bit more rigid, but that's the only real thing that I feel like that they really could have done better is that heel counter.

Maybe use the 9s tooling instead of the 8s.

And outside of that though, I feel like this is going to be a much better model than the original, which again, I love these.

This is a good product right here.

I'm actually impressed, which is kind of hard to do.

I see so many shoes.

I'm impressed by these.

Now, as far as sizing is that's exactly what I would recommend.

I put these things on, they fit perfectly.

They fit super, super nice.

Like, they feel like they're hugging your foot in a good way.

Again, it did feel like a really good blend between this and one of their more modern shoes, like the Curry 8 and the Curry 9s.

There's lots of padding and sculpting in the back too that you can't really see.

It's hard to see in there.

Also, these are a little hard to get in to the original Curry 4s.

This one was not.

Like, this feels like way, like I went right in.

It was awesome.

So no struggling there.

They added a front pull tab or a pull strap, which they definitely should have had on these ones right there.

But I know that you haven't really seen these in a while, although they are right there.

You just grabbed them.

Our kids grew up in these shoes.

These were originally our daughters.

Now our son just managed to fit into them.

When these arrived, I thought they were actually a Luxe of the ones.

They did do that.

The Curry 1s did do a Luxe pair, which were all premium.

Whether it was leather or suede, they were awesome.

So it was when you pulled those out and then I immediately went, oh yeah, like I've been lacing those shoes up forever for the kids.

For years, it feels like.

So, but yeah, I think that this is just a great version of the shoe.

Again, I'm just really kind of impressed by what they've done already.

Like this is, I think it's their first full year as a brand.

The Curry 8 was the Curry brand, right?

And then Curry 9, so it's like their first full year.

They're already dipping into Retros, which I do think is weird.

Like I will say like completely up front, I think it's strange when a current player that's currently on the roster gets Retros.

I think it's strange.

I don't think it's weird at all because it shows how many.

It'd be weird if say it was their fourth shoe and they're like, let's go back to the first.

It's only because of like the way that I grew up.

Legacy models, like a Jordan, those would be kind of like celebrated as he was leaving the league.

I'm just saying for me personally, I do think it's weird seeing LeBron still on court and him wearing his old shoe.

But yeah, I just think it's a little weird when you're seeing like players like this that are still really like kind of in their prime and then they're getting Retros of their stuff.

I'm like, what?

It's just weird to me.

You gotta strike when the iron's hot.

I know.

That's the part that I agree with is like, hey, like some people really did love this.

You know what I mean?

Or like the Curry threes, right?

They were not well received.

If they updated and upgraded like this, maybe they would be.

I don't know.

You know, like, so I'm curious to know the Curry twos was a great one, but that's one where I'm like, don't change anything.

That's the one that cut up my ankles.

I was so excited for those.

Yeah, well, we had the Chef Curry lows and they didn't agree with her.

My Achilles.

Yeah.

But anyways, you guys sound off below.

Let us know what you think about these down below in the comment sections.

Did you love the original Curry fours?

And do you like what they've done to them with the Floetro?