Quantum 02, Quantum 03, or Rod Lavers.

carpetrug · Post by **carpetrug** » 12 May 2009 19:39

If I had a choice of any shoes of these, which should I choose? Money is not an issue here, i'm fucking loaded guys. I'm kind of a big important man. anyways, which of these is generally the best footbag shoe? right now I use the G-Units, and they are decent but I feel that there is better shoes.
Also, Quantums do not require any modding, do they?

calemccoy · Post by **calemccoy** » 12 May 2009 20:46

my humble opinion is to get lavers, they never fail.

mc · Post by mc » 13 May 2009 07:39

carpetrug wrote:If I had a choice of any shoes of these, which should I choose? Money is not an issue here, i'm fucking loaded guys. I'm kind of a big important man.

hahaha, I like you already

lavers.

Post by **Zac Miley** » 13 May 2009 09:28

I would say Q2's. If you can find them.

I agree with Matt.

Also, if you already have G-Units you might be even more disappointed in other shoes. G-Units make everything the easiest. Generally.

Wasabi · Post by **Wasabi** » 13 May 2009 09:48

Yeah, like Zac said you're going to be in a lot of disappointed sessions if you want to transition into another shoe(s) outside of your G-units. Especially for your clipper form.

I think if you truly want to make the switch, go with leather Rod Lavers or Nastases with the same shoe design. At least you'll get the gap that comes from modding out the leather minus the clipper rail that the G-unit has.

Quantums die quickly, so if you're hard on your landings it's not worth the money.

mc · Post by mc » 13 May 2009 09:55

you can't suggest q2's and agree with me

except about the liking part. you must have meant that.

I agree with waylon's assessment about LEATHER lavers and LEATHER nastases providing similar "buckets" to g-units. However, I don't think these buckets are good for gameplay. My preference is for MESH (or in my personal case, Twill, which performs exactly the same as Mesh) lavers. I've made a modification tutorial video; if you search youtube for "matt cross laver", it should be the first thing that comes up.

That way, you can take a look at a set of modified lavers, and decide for yourself that they are definitely the best choice.

M4rQu5 · Post by **M4rQu5** » 13 May 2009 10:02

BTW! http://worldfootbag.com/catalog2/show/199 <-- Are these the real footbag mesh adidas rod lavers?

Wasabi · Post by **Wasabi** » 13 May 2009 10:09

Ehh, I switched to mesh Lavers (from Quantums) so I can't argue for the leather variant of the Rod Laver/Nastase.

However, Matt, by basing that conclusion on the "buckets" for "leather Lavers" and "leather Nastases" also defeats the use of ever playing in G-units, which in many ways a lot of players today still use and still enjoy. A lot of great players for that matter. I'm only speaking in the case of transition, but whether "form" is a factor for a discussion on shoe selection is already obvious, has already been brought up in other topics, or has yet to be brought "to the table" for this topic. I've only introduced an appropriate medium that would make the transition from G-units to other shoe forms a comfortable possibility.

But hey, I'm not the type to impose on people of what to choose. Play with what you feel is best for you is my philosophy. TC, if you got money to spend, be a big spender and try whatever you see fits.

mc · Post by mc » 13 May 2009 10:09

not only is that the real deal, that is the only place to buy lavers that directly supports the sport of footbag! it also comes with a modification tutorial (I'd guess the same one they put with my lavers when I got my first pair about 11 years ago

).

carpetrug · Post by **carpetrug** » 13 May 2009 14:58

Alright Im gonna go buy the Laver Twills. Yeah, My more experienced footbag partner told me G-Units are the easiest shoes to play in if you get used to em and it will be hard to adapt to any other shoe. anyways thanks alot guys

Post by **Zac Miley** » 14 May 2009 19:48

Matt Cross wrote:you can't suggest q2's and agree with me except about the liking part. you must have meant that.

Yep.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 14 May 2009 20:03

I've stopped buying things from the WFA and probably never will again because of their refusal to sell footbags to my friend Lotus because he sells Pakistan made footbags. Lotus is one of the best promoters of footbag that I know of (in the world) and he's worked really hard to providing genuinely playable cheap footbags - which is very helpful for promoting the sport. If the WFA want to deal with him and continue to complain about the totally bogus copyright of the 32 panel footbag design (I say bogus because the design is far older than the sport of footbag and been used for mini soccer balls for longer than the sport of footbag. The only 'innovation' that came with the design was doing the exact same thing other people were doing but labelling the balls 'footbags.') then they're not going to get my support at all.

Blue_turnip · Post by **Blue_turnip** » 04 Jun 2009 23:45

carpetrug wrote:Money is not an issue here, i'm fucking loaded guys. I'm kind of a big important man.

lol good times

ShredOnLawn · Post by **ShredOnLawn** » 10 Feb 2010 11:33

Definately the Quantum 3 but they are extinct. If you find any size 11 then I will buy them for $90

Lqavers are best in blue and must be all mesh. $60

G-units also great but extinct and $110

Nucleus might be best at $80

I highly suggest 1 of each and then sell the ones you don't like to other footbag players.

Please PM me if you find any of those shoes I mentioned in size 11

I will buy them.

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Quantum 02, Quantum 03, or Rod Lavers.

Quantum 02, Quantum 03, or Rod Lavers.

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