Talk:Volley (shoe)/Archives/2016

Outburst

what the hell? did dunlop write this, don't get me wrong, I love my Volley's but whaaat?

Decline in quality, use of plastic sole

In 2012 I'm reading reports of a dramatic decline in the quality of these shoes. I've noticed this myself with part of the sole of a fairly new pair (2 months old) pair of Volley Internationals wearing away to nothing, to the point I could see the fabric underneath. Searching on the web I find these two reports: http://www.david-noble.net/blog/?p=951 ("New Dunlop Volleys - fail") http://bushwalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=8826 ("Death of the Dunlop Volley") This makes me think that some of the material in the article is no longer true. For example, the article talks about the distinctive pattern of wear and failure of the older style of Dunlop Volley - a distinctive pattern of holes appearing in the canvas - indeed, there are many pictures on the web of older Volley's showing the described pattern of holes - however with the newer models the (plastic?) soles appear to fail so rapidly and so comprehensively that it is unlikely the shoes will be used long enough for the canvas to develop holes. I feel that the article should be updated with a new section to reflect the poorer quality of the more recent models.

It's also not clear what the distinction is between these shoes that are branded and marketed under the label "Volley" (with no reference to Dunlop on the shoe itself) and the shoes that are still marketed under the Dunlop brand (these have the Dunlop logo, and the word "Volley", and seem to be mainly available from Payless outlets in Australia.). Any information here would be helpful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.170.37.35 (talk) 08:32, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Species of DV

Discerning DV collectiors are well-aware of the Australian-made and the newer Chinese-made species of the shoe.. An experienced collector could easily recognize the differences between the two on sight, as well as recognizing the different distinctive failure points-- the AU shoe preferred to break first at the toes and heel. --203.14.156.194

The AU-made shoe had more of a resemblence to what is internationally called a Pimsoll. --203.14.156.194

I assume the 'Volley International' was the 'fashion volley' sold for around AU$50, approximately twice the retail price of the standard shoe? --203.14.156.194

There are volleys with rubber soles, and volleys with moulded plastic soles. The rubber soled ones are more expensive.--219.90.217.185 (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 12:38, 12 September 2008 (UTC).

Volleys were also sold with velcro straps instead of laces. From memory I would say there were some years between 1980 and 1985 when the majority of Volleys sold were of the velcro version. Prior to the Volley International was the Volley OC, and the two were sold concurrently for a while. I think the OC might have been the version that didn't have the raised padded bit at the back, and was more likely to raise blisters if an unbroken-in pair was worn on a long bushwalk. For tennis it was fine of course. Unfortunately my memory of specific models and dates is not precise enough to modify the main article. Eiffel (talk) 13:22, 30 April 2010 (UTC)