SUPERDENIM SMALL QUESTIONS THREAD (Use instead of making new threads)

[Broark]

Yeah seems very slow on my end as well. Not sure why.

[nick682]

22 minutes ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Sufu is slow af for me today and i'm not talking about the post count, i thought it was an issue with the broadband at work but it's the same here at home..

Speed check is fine

.. but the site is taking an age to refresh, even uploading that^ 38kb screenshot took over 30seconds.

Same for anyone else?

Same here.  I noticed it yesterday and doesn't seem to be any better on my end. 

[smoothsailor]

Same here

[MJF9]

Same - I think it needs reporting to the  Mods 😉

[Double 0 Soul]

?

 

Edited August 26 by Double 0 Soul

[Maynard Friedman]

Same here

[ATWM]

Yes, it's been super slow for me, I think for a few days to be honest. I thought it was an issue with my internet. Interestingly, another forum I'm on that uses the same software (but is way more active with more users) is also notably slower. 

[chicote]

I’ll also note it’s been really slow for me, though I figure we probably have enough data points by now 😛

[Double 0 Soul]

Back to full speed this morning 

[Jared_Lee]

ramming speed

[CSL]

37 minutes ago, Jared_Lee said:

ramming speed

Another Ben Hur reference? 
(That movie has been on my mind since Double O's chariot races comment.)

PS. Still running slow for me.

Edited August 27 by CSL

[reallypeacedoff]

Does anyone else find black denim (as in black/black, non-fade) a magnet to pet hairs?

Not talking about visibility either. All my black denim is like velcro to our dog; yet indigo, very much less noticeable. I was thinking it was more down to the fact that most of my indigo denim gets worn way more than my black denim thus, dirt, grime and wear makes the denim smoother and less susceptible to the hair clinging on but pure speculation.

[okimoto]

59 minutes ago, reallypeacedoff said:

Does anyone else find black denim (as in black/black, non-fade) a magnet to pet hairs?

Not talking about visibility either. All my black denim is like velcro to our dog; yet indigo, very much less noticeable. I was thinking it was more down to the fact that most of my indigo denim gets worn way more than my black denim thus, dirt, grime and wear makes the denim smoother and less susceptible to the hair clinging on but pure speculation.

Could also be the contrast. Black/Black would lend more contrast to lighter things like dirt, pet hair, etc., as opposed to black/white or blue/white fabric itself having some variation in color. This probably helps obscure dirt and anything else on the surface since it's already visually broken up, but I could be wrong

[ATWM]

2 hours ago, reallypeacedoff said:

Does anyone else find black denim (as in black/black, non-fade) a magnet to pet hairs?

Not talking about visibility either. All my black denim is like velcro to our dog; yet indigo, very much less noticeable. I was thinking it was more down to the fact that most of my indigo denim gets worn way more than my black denim thus, dirt, grime and wear makes the denim smoother and less susceptible to the hair clinging on but pure speculation.

I don’t even have a pet right now but anyways, yes, I do find this to be the case. Always thought it was the visibility factor though as most black denim I’ve owned has actually tended to be more uniform and smooth. 

[reallypeacedoff]

I tested it out with a lint brush once and the black jeans picked up a ton more hair than any indigos I have. I have noticed that when you wash both, the black always have more static too.

[ATWM]

^we have a pup incoming so I’ll keep this in mind ha 

[olmecasteve]

Looking for sizing advice on MiJ converse. How do they compare to the chuck 70s? I’ve read mixed reviews on sizing some say they run small other say big. 
 

[Geeman]

20 hours ago, olmecasteve said:

Looking for sizing advice on MiJ converse. How do they compare to the chuck 70s? I’ve read mixed reviews on sizing some say they run small other say big. 
 

I went same size in both. The toe box in MIJ is rounder and slightly wider than the 70s

[dennnnnnnnn]

Does anyone have experience with paying these tariffs? I have beaten the taxes so far, but will I have to pay on delivery, or will the package be held hostage at the warehouse?

[CSL]

^^^I think you will either have to pay the shipper on delivery, or customs will call you and ask for a payment.

Strangely this happened to me years ago with a delivery from MEADOW (Sweden). I was asked where the clothes were constructed (I think it was Portugal in that particular case). That was the only time I ever got a customs charge. Apparently this will be the new norm...

[PartTimeBarista]

I have recently become very interested in beach cloth. Couldn’t find much using the search function, does anyone have experience with the Fullcount Brown’s Beach products or can recommend something else?

[CSL]

I have a Brown's Beach vest, and a jacket.

The vest is easy to wear and comes into rotation most Winters at some point.

The jacket, for some reason the fabric seems a lot heavier and stiffer and perhaps I just need to wear it enough to break it in. I can say however, having seen original BB garments, they are not heavy and stiff.

[Double 0 Soul]

You could have found an entire 'Beach Cloth' thread over on Denimbro until someone saw fit to delete it.. it had fit pics, fabric comparisons, thread structure, period magazine adverts, original garments from the 1920s, 30s 40s and so on

I don't have the energy to do it again but i've got some Brown's Beach.. it's nice.. get some!

Best i can muster nowadays... 

[CSL]

I'm sad I missed that, Double 0.

Did you ever try that 'wayback machine' business whereby one could magically find deleted threads, supposedly?

 

 

[Dr_Heech]

^l tried it once (redline Levi's, post Big E era thread) but couldn't make it work. Then just got pissed off with the whole business thinking 'why am l doing this ffs, l didn't delete the damn thing'. Ended up just leaving.

[Double 0 Soul]

Wayback is just archived internet snapshots.. it's ok for revisiting the way web pages looked in days gone by but you can't use it for recovering chunks of deleted data which is what we needed it for.. i think the mods just told us to use it so we'd shut the fk up while they figured out whet the hell they were going to do.. which was inevitably nothing. 

Edited Thursday at 08:42 AM by Double 0 Soul

[Double 0 Soul]

Here you go @PartTimeBarista

https://web.archive.org/web/20150403153953/http://denimbro.com/beach-cloth_topic1426_page1.html

[yung_flynn]

16 hours ago, dennnnnnnnn said:

Does anyone have experience with paying these tariffs? I have beaten the taxes so far, but will I have to pay on delivery, or will the package be held hostage at the warehouse?

I’m about to find out because my package was delayed. It looks like it’s pay at delivery at UPS. Government fees are about 25% of the item + shipping cost. There is an additional $12 broker fee too. In total, it’s quite expensive 

[ATWM]

^ remains to be seen what happens with US retail prices, but I think I’m pausing overseas ordering for now because in the few situations I’ve priced it, it’s not very different from US anymore. That said, usually it’s more about availability or something else than strictly price anyways, but if US retailers can keep their prices in place (presumably they paid some fees already - though probably not as high as now - because they are not de minimis orders), they may do a little better. I don’t know. That’s probably stupidly optimistic. 

Also, Sufu is painfully slow for me again. 

 

[Double 0 Soul]

Me too, worse than before.. I think the elastic band has snapped!