I’ve picked up Level Up, a clothing mystery line from the Loot Crate family, several times now. The contents are varied, but a lot of it comes down to style choices and how well the clothes fit.
The safest line for me has been the geekie socks line, which gives you two pairs of mystery socks each month, which share the same theme as the main Loot Crate box. So, I went for another sock subscription with the May 2016 theme of power.
The package did arrive safely, but unfortunately this arrived with the top cut open. It had been put in the letter box of a neighbour by Royal Mail and they hadn’t noticed that this wasn’t their delivery. Although there was no real harm done, this does raise continued questions about the security of mail.
On the plus side, these are small envelopes that they do fit straight into letter boxes, so there’s no waiting around for packages to be delivered.
The standard month-by-month subscription price for the Level Up socks is $12.99 USD (£9 GBP) including shipping to the UK. This is cheap for a geek mystery box, but seems fairly pricey for socks, so I pick these up mainly for the entertainment value.
The envelope had a folded poster included instead of the previous booklet about the contents. One side had a large picture of four people wearing the items. The other side had descriptions of the different Level Up subscriptions (socks, wearables, accessories and T-Shirt).
Box Contents
Masters Of The Universe Socks (Exclusive)
These socks show He-Man if he was blue! A slightly strange choice.
They are a nice enough pair of thin crew socks, made by Bioworld.
My standard pricing for geek socks is $10 USD and these fit right into this price band.
Super Mario Socks (Exclusive)
These ones are rather disappointing, mainly because they are more of a feminine design.
I suspect that doesn’t matter too much, but they won’t work with most of the clothes I wear, which are work outfits.
They are thicker sports style socks, again made by Bioshock. These ones didn’t come in plastic packaging (unless this was removed by my neighbours).
I’ll use the standard value of $10 USD here.
More from this box: all our Loot Crate reviews.
Box Review
Not the best socks package here from Loot Crate. I’ve had far better from Level Up before.
Now, based on the valuation alone, at $20 USD, this is above the cost price. But this is hampered a lot by one pair of socks that is unlikely to get worn by me (although I’m sure these will end up being worn by a friend).
The designs are also rather lacking to me this time.
With that said, this is a low risk subscription if you’re getting involved with the geek mystery world. And, if you like geekie clothing items other than T-Shirts, there isn’t much in the way of competition so Level Up will continue to offer something unique.
Loot Crate is still running. The subscription link that originally sat here now leads to all our Loot Crate reviews; current prices are in the box directory.
