You can tell because the yellow sock in the picture arrived without its packaging. It?s too hot here in the summer for the full boots. Peach frost I think they were called, it?s perfect ?? Don?t hesitate ?? Love love love. The top part falls off I feel w a few months of training imma need to get a new hexbar that holds more weight. Once tightened, we had about 4? of slack to do something with. Until I left them in my truck during the blizzard of 2021. This is an absolute beast of a machine. I?ve enjoyed wearing it despite it moving a little during exercising (Cross Fit classes), it?s still much BETTER than the other one I tried.