Yes..welcome to a new episode of the AO Test Monkey Presents...and today I'm reviewing the new Dye ATC Shoes. How did I get a pair do you ask? Ah-ha good, quesion. Although us SoCal AO'ers may not get any love, but there are perks to being within biking distance to Dye Precision (not that i have stradled a bike in wwwwaayyyyy too many years.)I got a call today on my cell phone that the shoes were in so I hightailed it down to the Dye Factory during my lunch to pick up my new kicks.
On first glance they do come in a rather attractive stylish box (hhhmmm..wonder if the X-Mag will come in a box like this..and these are just shoes) with a nice Dye and A.T.C. (All Terrain Cleats for all you noobs) logo on the front. The box actually closes with a small scrap of velcro; a nice touch on something that most people take for granted. Upon openning the box i was confronted with the smell of a new pair of shoes, just like new car smell, everyone can remember the time when we were kids and that smell of our new shoes right before the first day of school. Dye even packages a nice heavy duty nylon zippered bag for the shoes to go into. We all know how nasty our shoes look after a day playing paintball and I've just been using a regular plastic shopping bag to throw my current pair of paintball cleats in.
On to the shoes, The nice thing about the ATC's is the
fact that they do not have a tongue like a normal pair of shoes, you actually slip your foot into a sock inside of the shoes which makes them very comfortable and I've heard of many reports of people wearing them without socks. Not my style; but hey, if you can do it, go right ahead. They have what seems like a zip up nylon cover over the laces which keeps them from getting either jacked up or covered in mud.
They've got a tread pattern on the bottom which i'm sure Dye has a cool name for, but all i know is that it seemed nice and chunky with what seemed like lots of grip but I won't be playing paintball for a week or two (and I think Capo can chime in about that part because she had a pair at WC).
Some people will complain that they're not hightops and I really can't explain why Dye went with the low skateboard shoe look with their first try at a paintball specific shoe. My only guess is that they were trying to get people to do what I'm doing. To buy a pair for paintball and a pair just to wear in place of normal "tennis shoes."
I threw on a pair of mine while still at work and wore them for about an hour while at my desk. They were nice and comfy and felt better than the Addidas shelltoes that I normally wear at my job (I may sound like a total Dye fanboy, but ask Bad_Knees. I am the AO Test Monkey and for testing purposes I purchased two pair, one for show and one for go.)
Well...here's where it all comes down to. They are expensive and I'm not going to hide from that fact. At a price of roughly $80 retail they're quite a bit more than the Nike's you can buy at your local sporting goods store; but when you buy Dye you're not only buying style but quality which is something these shoes have in spades.
This is the Ao Test Monkey signing off for now. Look for review in the future of the the new JT "Tourney Series" Pants and their new Bottle Covers (not just another ER or Smart Part Bottle cover rip-off.)
On first glance they do come in a rather attractive stylish box (hhhmmm..wonder if the X-Mag will come in a box like this..and these are just shoes) with a nice Dye and A.T.C. (All Terrain Cleats for all you noobs) logo on the front. The box actually closes with a small scrap of velcro; a nice touch on something that most people take for granted. Upon openning the box i was confronted with the smell of a new pair of shoes, just like new car smell, everyone can remember the time when we were kids and that smell of our new shoes right before the first day of school. Dye even packages a nice heavy duty nylon zippered bag for the shoes to go into. We all know how nasty our shoes look after a day playing paintball and I've just been using a regular plastic shopping bag to throw my current pair of paintball cleats in.
On to the shoes, The nice thing about the ATC's is the
fact that they do not have a tongue like a normal pair of shoes, you actually slip your foot into a sock inside of the shoes which makes them very comfortable and I've heard of many reports of people wearing them without socks. Not my style; but hey, if you can do it, go right ahead. They have what seems like a zip up nylon cover over the laces which keeps them from getting either jacked up or covered in mud.
They've got a tread pattern on the bottom which i'm sure Dye has a cool name for, but all i know is that it seemed nice and chunky with what seemed like lots of grip but I won't be playing paintball for a week or two (and I think Capo can chime in about that part because she had a pair at WC).
Some people will complain that they're not hightops and I really can't explain why Dye went with the low skateboard shoe look with their first try at a paintball specific shoe. My only guess is that they were trying to get people to do what I'm doing. To buy a pair for paintball and a pair just to wear in place of normal "tennis shoes."
I threw on a pair of mine while still at work and wore them for about an hour while at my desk. They were nice and comfy and felt better than the Addidas shelltoes that I normally wear at my job (I may sound like a total Dye fanboy, but ask Bad_Knees. I am the AO Test Monkey and for testing purposes I purchased two pair, one for show and one for go.)
Well...here's where it all comes down to. They are expensive and I'm not going to hide from that fact. At a price of roughly $80 retail they're quite a bit more than the Nike's you can buy at your local sporting goods store; but when you buy Dye you're not only buying style but quality which is something these shoes have in spades.
This is the Ao Test Monkey signing off for now. Look for review in the future of the the new JT "Tourney Series" Pants and their new Bottle Covers (not just another ER or Smart Part Bottle cover rip-off.)
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