Indestructible Shoes - Never Trust a Fart or These Shoes

I'll try not to break any fingers. I bought a pair of

indestructible

shoes

to see if they are actually

indestructible

or if they are just a cheap trick. So in a couple of weeks I will post a video on how to renew a pair of common projects or any other brand of white sneakers that use margom soles, but I don't have a pair of worn common projects. So if you have a couple and you want me to resol them, contact me at the histogram and I will resole them for you for free so I can have a resole for that video.

And there will probably be a loud video today. We're a little behind on production, so we're working late on production, and there's yard work outside and there's also vehicle access right outside, so I can't wait to get into the new workshop. Now let's get to the

shoes

. These are the indestructible shoes or at least a version of them. I bought them on Amazon. And there are tons of different places you can buy them under tons of different names. These specifically are from the Edsy E D S Y brand. The model is 703. The color is green. They sell for $45 and it doesn't really say where they are made.

But I think it's quite reasonable to assume that they are made in China. And like I said, there are tons of different brands, but I think they're probably all made in the same factory, so this review should be pretty universal for all the different places you can buy the shoes. And if you don't know what these shoes are, we must be in two completely different demographics because I see them as non-stop ads on all different social media platforms. They're the shoes that, and I'll just put up some screenshots of them stomping on nails, running over them, and doing all kinds of crazy things to them.

And there are already quite a few reviews of people recreating the test you see in those ads. So I don't want to do them again and I still want to do them. So we hit him with the car. The steel tip worked well. We stood on a group of nails and worked well, although it was quite scary. They can be twisted and folded and weigh less than a pound. So instead of getting too deep into that, I want to try some different tests that maybe give us a little more quantifiable data, although they're not the most scientific, but they're better than nothing.

There are two main things I want to get from this video. The first is that I want to see how they are built and how strongly they are built or how well they are built. So let's separate the layers and see what's inside and see how hard it is to tear. And the second thing we're going to do is try to put some numbers behind how puncture resistant the outsole and this Kevlar midsole are. So let's first start with a sort of dissection of this shoe before we do the testing. Well. I have everything destroyed, so let's go through the layers starting with the insert or template.

So just a fairly cheap EVA foam insert, nothing more. We then went down to the Kevlar layer, the first half of which was very easy. It was actually already loose, so I took most of it off and then I had to cut through the vamp to get the rest out because right where the steel toe rolls underneath it was glued really well. The next layer, I guess, would be the Steel Toe. So I cut this separately instead of cutting it with the bandsaw for a couple of reasons. The first reason is that I didn't want to try to cut Kevlar with my band saw.

That sounded like a disaster waiting to happen. The second thing is that I didn't want to try to cut this Steel Toe without being able to test it just to see that it is a Steel Toe. This will give us a good platform to try out Steel Toe, hopefully. And then on the next layer, we have the outsole. So this thing is surprisingly thin. For many people who stomp on nails in ads and other reviews (including me), this is much thinner than I expected. It's about 4 millimeters thick and looks typical, I don't know, I guess it's PVC.

It doesn't really say it in the ads or listing anywhere. But it feels very similar to the PVC soles of Doc Martens. So that's my best guess. And I don't think this is very puncture resistant. I thought it was going to be at least two or three times the thickness to give it some puncture resistance, so I think all that puncture resistance comes from the Kevlar. But I guess we'll see. And then the next one is the top one. I assume it will be a polyester knit fabric. The only thing that really worried me when I was cutting this is that I expected it to be very difficult to separate the upper from the sole, and it was.

Because a lot of times on a cheaper pair of shoes the upper can basically be removed and it's a good sign that the shoes will only last a short period of time, but with these it was very hard to break them in. I had to remove the channel locks to separate it. Another potentially bad thing was that the Kevlar midsole is really small. My concern would be that if I relied on this shoe for real puncture resistance, a nail would hit the side of the shoe, miss the Kevlar midsole, and end up hitting my foot. That's a big concern for me.

We'll see if this sole is really puncture resistant, but if not, it's a little scary. And then I also want to take a durometer measurement on this outsole and if I puncture it there it comes to a range of about 14-12, which is even softer than margom soles, which probably won't be great for puncture resistance. . So now let's move on to the puncture resistance tests which are going to be super scientific. And there is equipment that tests this, but it's very expensive and I'm trying to get to a point where I can afford that equipment because it would be great to get some numbers on different aspects of shoes and boots and puncture resistance. and strengths and materials, but up to that point we're just going to improvise.

So for this test I think I have a good solution. This is a coin ring kit where you should be able to cut a circular patch out of whatever material you are trying to pierce: the Kevlar midsole and outsole. So what this will allow us to do is put this inside of this and put the lid on top of it, which will press that sample equally (hopefully) everywhere but the hole, so that when we put this dye here and put pressure on it, that will be that sample will not slide. It shouldn't hold it too tight and give us a good measure of how much force is needed to pierce it.

Well, after playing around with it a bit, I think I have a test that will work well enough. I have a nail in a 2x4 but it is placed deeper into the 2x4. Hopefully, this 2x4 will give us an equal, more level, more distributed platform to hopefully push this nail with the same force without bending it one way or the other. Well. Then we have a couple of guides here that will help avoid too much leaning back and forth and hopefully give us as direct a press as possible. Well. Now let me show you the test setup.

Okay, this is the test apparatus, the test configuration, the test template. So a two ton powered crane connected to a small crane scale and then this is an early 20th century dental drill, basically a grinder for dentists. It weighs 48 pounds. So in theory and in previous testing, I can put this here, put the nail and the board underneath it, slowly lower it down and see how much change there is in the weight, which will give us a rough estimate of how many pounds it takes to drill the hole. Okay, first test. We have this little circle of the sole.

Embed that into our platform here. Put it in there like this. Screw on our top and make sure it's very tight because this one of them all has the most opportunity to stretch. Enter our guides. Line them up. Now try to guide this baby inside. This time I'll try to guide you a little more from above. Let's go to the playback and see what happened. So after reviewing the reproduction pictures, it looks like it takes almost all of the 48 pounds we have available with the dental drill. I guess that means we're going to have a more robust setup for the Kevlar.

Okay, let's move on to the Kevlar test. If this configuration tool appears, I don't think it will happen. So I got this 12 pound piece of steel that will give us at least a few more pounds. This is not going to work. But it's worth a try. Alright here we go. I'll try not to break any fingers. Well, that's all 48 pounds plus 12 pounds and it's not piercing. But let's look at a piece of Kevlar. So, the Kevlar after testing: a pretty big dent. It definitely didn't work out. So I think the next thing I'm going to do is try to stand on it and see if I can get it to pass because that might give us a place to jump out from to see how much weight it actually weighs.

I'm going to take and see if it's possible to drill this in this video. Alright. We have a new sample of Kevlar, the so-called Kevlar. So we have this here. Well fitted cap. Place our guides. I'm going to try standing on it to see if 185 pounds will get through this. That definitely happened. That was pretty close to my full weight. So they are not the most scientific tests ever carried out by man, but they are interesting results. Now that we're done with our super scientific tests, let's go over and talk about the results. So the Kevlar punctured quite easily under my weight and that leads me to be a little worried if I were wearing these shoes and was under the impression that if I stepped on a nail I would be safe because I don't think you are.

You know all your weight is on one nail, I think this would puncture and have a chance to get into your foot, especially with the size of the midsole, like we talked about before, if it didn't reach all the way, you'd be done for because the outsole It only required 45 pounds to drill and that's barely a quarter of most people's weight, and that's a little scary. As for the shoe overall, I think if you plan on wearing this shoe like you would a store shoe where you want a little extra protection in case something goes horribly wrong, it's not a bad option for $45, but there are a lot of shoes top. out there and I think it has to be approached knowing that there is a possibility that it could go catastrophically wrong.

You know, we didn't... I ran out of time to test the steel toe. I really wanted to try it, but it's Tuesday night and this video comes out Wednesday morning, tomorrow morning, so I'll probably save this steel toe test for maybe another video where we go a little deeper. about steel toes and maybe get a bunch of steel fingers and try them on some better test equipment because this was far from scientific so if this wasn't educational, hopefully at least it was entertaining because it was fun do it even though I'm soaked. sweating now. And it really makes me want to get a real test set.

And after doing this, it makes me think that that's where the future of this video or this channel is going to go, where I hope to be able to get some real-world test gear and take in as many biases and opinions as possible about these things. like Project Farm does if you've ever watched that channel. I would love to do that style of video with some real world testing equipment and really work out some arguments and opinions and make them as scientific as possible. So if you liked this, please consider subscribing and commenting so we can afford to get real test equipment.

So thank you for everything you do. See you.