My Nikes,

Panda · 08-10-2002 2:36pm #1

smell/reek.
The fumes can fill a room.

I have them for about 3 months now and ive stopped wearing them due to the odour. i dont even use them for running, or in the gym.

None of my other runners or shoes smell badly or have ever smelled so much that i made a point of saying it to someone.
I said it to one of my friends and he said his nike runners smell aswell.

so i put it to you, do your nikes smell?

Dr. Loon · 08-10-2002 2:38pm

I don't like Nike. Wy don't you get some footpowder, obviously the runners aren't allowing your feet breathe enough.

I also think this is the most rediculous post I've ever seen on PI.

Enygma · 08-10-2002 2:40pm

Try putting baking soda in them

Gordon · 08-10-2002 2:43pm

Take your shoes off as often as you can. I really dont think runners are designed for being worn more than an hour or so.

Panda · 08-10-2002 2:52pm

maybe it is ridiculous,
no wait it is.

but my nikes still smell.
whats a good shoe deodouriser?

and what is baking soda supposed to do?

Dr. Loon · 08-10-2002 3:05pm

Originally posted by Panda
maybe it is ridiculous,
no wait it is.

but my nikes still smell.
whats a good shoe deodouriser?

and what is baking soda supposed to do?

Get some Scholl footpowder or something, and maybe some new insoles. Don't know what baking soda will do!

WhiteWashMan · 08-10-2002 5:06pm

try taking your runners off and washing your feet sometime

Mutz · 08-10-2002 8:18pm

Take the Dog's lead in the Fabreeze advert... never quite figured out how they trained the dog how to spray

My mokasons (sp?) stink sometimes too.. maybe its the material they're made of?

l3rian · 08-10-2002 10:51pm

check the soles for dog sh1t?

STaN · 08-10-2002 11:16pm

use 'Odor Eaters'

it both a foot power (soaks & freshens all day tbh) and a shoe spray

shinobi · 09-10-2002 4:37am

so i put it to you, do your nikes smell?

Thankfully mine haven't yet developed a nose.

GoneShootin · 09-10-2002 8:32am

its probably the smell of all those philipino kids

harryhawk · 09-10-2002 5:14pm

Try choppin' yer feet off! You'll not be able to get about as fast, but a least you'll have solved the odour problem!

thedrowner · 09-10-2002 5:15pm

yeah i think theres a certain type of material that, when it come into contact with sweat, reek. my brothers runners reek of cat piss, even though thats not what caused them to reek.

SOL · 09-10-2002 5:54pm

Go long chain Carboxylic acids!!! thats what makes the smell

Lenny · 09-10-2002 10:08pm

They smell like this because its the glue Nike use to seal their runners
its not really the sweat that brings them out, its from walking in wet weather, and once the smell catches on, the worst thing you can do is throw them in the washing machine, just makes them worse :mad:
But the way I see it, the more you spend on those Nike rip off runners, the quciker they get smelly of cat piss.
I also think its some sort of scam they do aswel, so you're pushed into buying another new pair..

(worst topic too)

Makaveli · 10-10-2002 11:01pm

Originally posted by Panda

so i put it to you, do your nikes smell?

Nope.
Don't have a problem with them.

DeadBankClerk · 11-10-2002 12:10am

put them in the washing machine

DadaKopf · 11-10-2002 12:30am

There's always those ozone machines. Kills bacteria and neutralises smells.

Go see a doctor, you might have a bad case of invisible foot fungus.

oneweb · 11-10-2002 5:58pm

Originally posted by harryhawk
Try choppin' yer feet off! You'll not be able to get about as fast, but a least you'll have solved the odour problem!

First I thought :rolleyes:

Then I ROTFLed. Imagine everyone came up with such simple(!) solutions to life's problems.

frea · 16-10-2002 1:43pm

Put a clothes peg on your nose... Hey presto... Smell gone.:D

po0k · 16-10-2002 2:04pm

I have a pair of Addidas falcon runners which I bought for about IR£35 ~5 years ago.
They're still in pretty good shape, albeit fairly raggedy and there are holes in the toes, but they never once smelled bad, they were as light as feathers on my feet and looked class with a pair of decent jeans.
I fookin loved em.
And now all i see are ghey new designs in the shops.

BRING BACK THE OLD BLUE FALCONS WITH THE FOAMY-TYPE SOLE! THEY WERE TEH WIN!

leeroybrown · 16-10-2002 4:56pm

I don't really buy runners anymore.

A good pair of shoes or boots will be far better for your feet over time.

The only reason I'd wear runners for is sports/training or something like that.

Even if your shoes smell after a long day wearing them by the time you've had them off for half an hour things will be back to normal.

My Nikes,

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