Either adidas has an extremely lucrative deal with their plastic supplier even the 100 response boost has the cage now can you believe that or the designers of the energy and response boost are so besotted with this particular design feature that no adidas running shoe is complete without one.
Adidas energy boost 4 solereview.
Before boost gatecrashed the party the 2012 supernova glide 4 was by far the best shoe in the franchise s pre boost life so we ll use that shoe as a reference point.
The material over the toe box is snug but stretchy.
The 2012 sg4 was a plush cushioned neutral running shoe featuring premium upper materials and the shear inducing formotion heel technology.
Later adidas introduced the energy and ultra boost as stand alone products.
The year 2018 marks the end of the adistar supernova response series.
The adistar franchise dropped off the map three years ago.
My son had 4 pairs of the adidas energy boost with the multiple hatch mark design all over the toe box so i ordered a pair of the core black iron metallic vivid yellow that has techfit written below the laces in his regular size and they were at least 1 2 size small.
While the energy boost 3 had a two piece outsole with an exposed torsion shank the eb4 uses a one piece outsole with a concealed torsion shank.
Even the response line carried over the name albeit with a boost midsole.
I suggest sizing up on this particular model.
Think of this shoe as an upgraded version of what used to be the response.
The energy boost 4 transitions to the stretchweb outsole seen on other models such as the ultra boost.
And yet the redesigned torsion shank retains some of the original energy boost s features.
The adidas energy boost 4 looks like it was inspired by the samba soccer shoes the black and white styling is iconic.
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The heel counter is soft held the foot in well and did not rub the achilles.
Historically adidas has been generous with its sub 100 budget offerings.
The upper fit well i recommend going with your regular running shoe size.
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Earlier this year was boost s first anniversary and adidas followed the original shoe up with its successor the adidas energy boost 2 0.
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The midsole and outsole unit is unchanged carried over from last year s model and the upper features some tweaks while retaining the overall feel of the original energy boost.
