Some collabs tell a story you have to explain. The Nike SB Dunk Low “Jarritos” (FD0860-001) isn’t one of them. It’s an SB Dunk in the colors of a Mexican soft drink brand, and that’s the entire concept. No manifesto, no design philosophy, no hidden meaning. In my view, that’s more of a compliment than a criticism, but it does make the price it still commands years after release much harder to justify.
What you’re actually getting
Look at the pair itself, and you’ll see a surprisingly restrained execution. The base is off-white leather, contrasted with coarsely woven, natural-colored textile on the toe box, quarter panels and heel. That same weave returns on the swoosh, which is made from green textile rather than smooth leather, and that detail defines the entire profile in person. There’s a small orange embroidered detail on the back of the quarter panel, while the same shade of orange runs as a thin line along the white midsole. Underneath is a green outsole with a single orange block at the forefoot. The colorway is officially called Phantom, Safety Orange and Malachite.
It’s well done. The color blocking is subdued, the material changes do the work instead of the print, and the shoe never begs for attention. For a collaboration with a soft drink brand, it could have been considerably worse.
The problem isn’t the shoe
What I have more trouble with is the journey a pair like this takes. The SB line exists because the Dunk was once reworked into a skate shoe, and that promise still sits beneath the silhouette. In practice, this pair almost never sees a skateboard. It moves from box to box and from listing to listing, while the coarse weave — precisely the material that would be battered after a few sessions — is mainly there to look good in product photos.
That’s not an indictment of the SB Dunk Low as a model. It’s simply what happens when supply is lower than demand. But it does explain why you’re not looking at the price of a skate shoe here, but at the price of a collector’s item.
What the numbers say — and what they don’t
In our own data, the Jarritos sits in the top tier of the Hypescore: ATOMIC. That means the market around it is still generating plenty of energy, with movement in supply and demand showing no signs of stopping. It doesn’t mean the shoe is worth its price. The Hypescore describes the market; it doesn’t offer buying advice. That distinction gets lost far too often in discussions like these, usually right when someone is trying to justify a purchase.
And that price is substantial. Anyone who wants a pair now will quickly be looking at around three hundred euros, with some listings going well beyond that depending on the size and seller. For a pair that’s simply in stock in some sizes, that’s a tough sum to swallow.
When it does make sense
If you genuinely like that coarse weave and the green textile swoosh — and that’s a perfectly defensible taste — then you’re buying something you won’t easily find elsewhere in the regular Nike line. If you’re mainly looking for a cream-colored Dunk to wear with jeans, there’s a long line of alternatives that cost a fraction of the price and will look more honest after three months of wear.
Which of those two people you are will determine your budget. Either way, here’s one thing you can do before deciding: compare the size you need across the shops that carry it. The price spread between retailers is greater with pairs like this than with almost any regular model, and that’s the only part of this story you still have any control over.