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As a long running fan and user of the Adidas Predator line, I feel these cleats don't event deserve to have the Predator branding on them. I still have my old pair of Powerpulse Predators to compare these to and the build and material quality of this latest version doesn't even compare.It almost seems like Adidas decided to pass the responsibility of designing this latest version of the Predator to an intern or maybe decided to off shore the design of the shoes.
I have been such a fan of the predators that I have tried everything in my power to love these shoes. I have continued to persist for almost 3 months but they are simply awful. The allow water in (something I never experienced with the kangaroo leather on by previous predators). So much water in fact that my Mi Coach sensor had water inside it and stopped working (until I guess it dried out).
I can't cut the same in these. I feel gapping between the sockliner and the sole when I'm wearing these and when I take them up I typically find the sickliner has slide up the side of the boot and is warped. The Powerpulse Predator's I had contained a notch where the sockliner sat in a groove in the sole and so there was never any sliding. I've also noticed the pretty blue shoe laces expand when they get wet (and so I have to re tie the laces after they've gotten wet-seems like that would be something easy to test and fix (assuming that Adidas ever tested these or solicited any feedback).
I could go on-and-on but I think you get the message. These shoes are simply substandard and represent a flagrant disregard by Adidas to their established customers. I have been a long standing fan of all things Adidas. So much so that I have ordered a pair of the new Adidas Nitrocharge 1.0 cleats as I hear they are a closer resemblance to the original Predators. However, I am close to turning my back on Adidas cleats and switching to one of the up and coming brands that actually care about their product and the needs of their customers.
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The biggest problem I had with this was the back heel, which I think is too stiff and too high. It digs right into my Achilles tendon, so bad that I could barely walk the next day. Also got some big blisters from it, but I think it was due to the shoe being a bit too big. I have always worn size 10, incl with last generation Addidas predator (I went through 4 pairs pf them over the yrs and absolutely loved them), but for some reason, these size 10 were too big. they are also rather long and narrow, which increases chance of ankle inversion sprains due to poor lateral support.They looked good, and felt very light, but they need to be sent back.
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