11/11/2012

If only companies would produce boots of this quality,

These are truly the best boots in the history of the game. The kangaroo leather has performed outstandingly and I strongly recommend them to anybody serious about their football. And no, being from Australia, I am not concerned about our native animal being used for sporting goods. Their overpopulation were slated to be culled and we even eat their meat!

But back to the boots, they will give you incredible amounts of touch and control. The only problem I have with them are that they are more suited to people with narrow to normal feet. I have wide feet and although the leather has stretched to accommodate my feet well, the outer sole has not. If only Adidas would release a pair for wider feet, these boots would be getting 5 starts. And you should make sure they fit snugly to your feet, almost tight, because the leather will stretch a little.

If only companies would produce boots of this quality, instead of releasing plastic garbage...These shoes received some great reviews, and at first they lived up to the reviews of others. They are lightweight and the quality of the leather is excellent. The touch on the ball was quite good. If I had posted a review a couple of weeks after buying the Copas, I would have been raving about them.

However, after three months of playing in them 3-5 times a week for an hour or two a day, they simply aren't holding up like other, less costly shoes I have owned.

The cleats are wearing out quite quickly and one of the inside seems is coming apart.

Comparing these shoes to my cheaper Adidas models shows some serious lack in durability.

I love the shoes, but I can't afford to replace them as much as they would need.let me preface by saying that my previous shoes were $350 (I pre-ordered and received them the day they came out) bright orange, F50 prime, that weighed 5 oz each. COOL! is what everybody thought about those rocket boots. I still love them even though they are all stretched and worn out after about a year of daily use. I also have my older F50 adizero chameleons (now cleaned up and for display) and those were more than double the price of the copa as well. Now, I still prefer the orange primes over my new copas when it is wet and muddy, because they are plastic they can be hosed off easily and forgotten about until needed again. I knew I needed to move away from F50s when they came out with the micoach computerized model. because I dislike micoach and it's generally very-buggy software. (a former micoach pacer addict, here).

NOT HOT...
You need to take care of them. I tried the shower trick when they were new and treat them often about once a week at least with leatherfood from eurosport. Traction is slightly less. They do not run as fast. (if you haven't worn out several pairs of top line F50s then you will probably just say "lame excuse, you just can't run as fast as you want to"... my 100m PR is 11s even and I can do a 5k in 16:50) They just don't feel as fast as the TOTL synthetics; in football speed isn't everything.

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