- Reviews Editor
- Basketball and lifestyle sneakers, on-court traction, QC photo review, and sub-score tables
Diego Marchetti is the site's Reviews Editor, responsible for on-court testing, traction scores and QC photo sets, with a focus on basketball and lifestyle sneakers. He photographs each pair against a grey card before wear, carries out two 90-minute outdoor sessions and one indoor session, and records traction, cushioning and stability separately. At 40 hours of basketball play, he photographs the midsoles. Before calling anything a defect, he examines glue lines, stitching and panel alignment with a 10x loupe. His coverage brings the separate performance observations together with close examination of construction details.
- Outdoor and indoor court traction
- Outsole rubber compounds
- Midsole foam compression
- Quality-control photo standards
- Sneaker panel construction
- Half-size and wide-fit behaviour
Parcours
- 2012
- Student equipment manager for a community college basketball programme in Sacramento.
- 2015
- Floor lead and QC photographer at a Portland sneaker consignment shop.
- 2018
- Freelance product photographer for independent footwear sellers.
- 2021
- Joined Kako Buy Shoes as reviews editor.
- 2023
- Built the desk's on-court traction test and 40-hour midsole photo set.
- 2025
- Took over the monthly agent timing report.
Comment je teste
Before wear testing, he photographs each pair using a grey card as a reference. He then runs 2 outdoor court sessions of 90 minutes each and 1 indoor session, scoring traction, cushioning and stability separately. After 40 hours of basketball play, he retains midsole photographs. Before identifying a defect, he uses a 10x loupe to inspect glue lines, stitching and panel alignment.











