Kiwi vs Saphir: Spit Shine Head to Head!

I this video I do a head-to-head test on a pair of Johnston & Murphy Aldrich's to see which one of 3 shoe polishes develops the best and fastest mirror shine. I compare Kiwi neutral to Saphir Pate de Luxe neutral to Saphir Medaille D'Or Mirror Gloss. There is an error in the video... the Aldrich model's full retail price as of the making of this video is $279, not $289 as I state in the video, sorry!

Here are a couple videos I refer to:
Leather Quality Explained: Aniline? Full Grain? Corrected Grain?

Kirby Allison of "The Hanger Project:
"How to Mirror Shine Your Shoes":
and his website:

Justin Fitzpatrick "The Shoe Snob - How to Polish Your Shoes Properly -March 2014"

[shadow-Sun]

Saphir IS good stuff no doubt but a decent polish from KIwi or Cherry or parade gloss will achieve equally amazing results thousands of British Army squaddies over decades of bulling have proved the worth of these so called ordinary polishes over the premium priced saphir ...so you pays your money and make your choice ..

[noname]

I wonder why in these videos, I've seen several, the shiners can never get a good polish with kiwi. I can get a shine on my duty boots that you could use for a mirror to shave with using kiwi. I tried using Lincoln polish and found that i like the results better. I can tell you the shine i get can make my co-workers look bad during roll call.

[CE]

the important thing about Saphier is the contents of the product aren't harming your shoes.

[terrygesualdo]

I wonder how Kiwi's parade polish would stack against the two Saphire's.

[ABWSKITCHEN]

IMO with time and patience all products work fine if applied properly, much better than the liquid polish. At the Army, I used the cheapest black Kiwi and worked perfectly fine, today I have both brands and use both, depending on the shoe quality that I am polishing. I have high end, medium a a couple inexpensive shoes. If it is going to be raining, I use the inexpensive shoes and they survive the storms.

[cjanquart]

I understand that from the video and in person that the results are really subtle during the process but really 'pop' at the final comparison. Course, I'm just a security guard that wears black duty boots and want to keep them "nice"; having a mirror shine is nice for an office environment or an inspection but not practical for duty work.

Course I'm thinking that the quality of the leather plays a large part on the final quality of any shine.

[toobalkain]

I think Sapphir launched Mirror Gloss, a new product by their standards, to monetize the rising popularity of quality shoes and mirror shining.

[victorkonon]

Great Video! Could you make one with the shoe creams of kiwi vs saphir? I.e. clean and condition both shoes the same, but then use different creams?

[SodiumSyndicate]

The smell of the Kiwi infuses my room and gives me sore throat for days, hence I switched to Saphir and Renapur leather balsam.

[johnniemand]

Interesting...but I don't like a high shine. Looks weird to me.

[PeterKudinov]

mirror gloss is not the same pate de lux. Medalle d'Or also has a pate de lux. mirror gloss It's only for the top-top cover.

[taviwrites]

Kiwi is a disaster. Try neutral from cherry blossom, british made. I guess the only good kiwi is the Black one, still I do not think it can beat cherry.