I feel that pain! This comes up for me most often with running shoes. By the time the model shoe I've loved wears out, it'll be out of production and the n+1 i

I feel that pain! This comes up for me most often with running shoes. By the time the model shoe I've loved wears out, it'll be out of production and the n+1 iteration re-balanced whatever decisions to make the shoe a worse-for-me fit. (It's tempting to think the big-sneaker cabal conspires to ensure consumers are perceptually exploring options)