adidas F50 adizero Football Boots - Black/Black/Warning
Always a favourite amongst boot fans, adidas have released these very classy black-out adidas F50 adizero Football Boots. Check out the SoccerBible's full and exclusive gallery of the Black/Black/Warning adizero's...
Black-out football boots are such a popular release within the football boots community, due to their assocation with new, exclusive and unveiled boots being tested by the pro's. At the opposite end of the spectrum to some of the more outlandish colourway releases, a simple black-out boot is what many fans are after, and adidas have delivered.
Okay, so first up we'll roll out the facts, and that is that the leather edition isn't quite the same on the scales as its' synthetic sprintskin brother. Whilst that version is a mere 165g (5.8oz!), this leather edition is a non-too-flabby 175g, making this arguably adidas' lightest leather boot to date!
Much like the synthetic releease, you may be surprised at how much thought, development and tech adidas have crammed into this 175g cleat. It seems adidas have listened to what us, the players and boot buying public want, by releasing a stylish blacked-out leather upper version.
However, one criticism of the leather edition is the removeable of the internal TPU support bands. Obviously, with the nature of the leather material these are not as essential to the structure of the boot but still gives that close ball contact feel.
The F50 adiZero adopts an asymmetric parallel lacing system which moves off-centre to create a greater, cleaner kicking surface. Also introduced is a new "Taperlace" system, intended to be much thinner and flatter to reduce any unncessary material between the foot and the ball. The top of the lace area has also been made wider, so your tied laces won't get in the way as much! Even on this leather release, the lacing sits snug away across the top of the boot.
Benefitting from a new last unique to the F50 adizero series, you'll notice a wider yet flatter footbed. This means the studs can be positioned closer to the outside of the sole, giving greater stability. Which is kind of essential when you are looking to create the fastest boot on the planet.
With rival performance boots increasing in price, the leather version of the adidas F50 adiZero football boots have not only frozen the price at around £125 GBP ($200 USD), but this price is half of some of the top-end rival boots.
Considering all the tech innovations, unbelieveable weight loss and leather upper, the F50 adiZero is a unique addition to the speed category, and now even more so thanks to these blacked-out versions. But will they become a popular choice amongst speed boot fans, we'd love to hear your opinions...
