BS aside, the Ultrabooost 5 is indeed a masterpiece; it may not be the best running shoe, but most definitely it combines cushioning, energy return and probably the best primeknit upper, making it an outstanding shoe, that provides a wonderful sensation when you are wearing it.
The additional foam on the underfoot makes it feel like a more well-balanced shoe, compared to the recent previous versions (21-23/Light) where the heel was massively stacked compared to the forefoot area.
Pretty pumped for this shoe. Adidas always fit my foot so well. Light boost seems like a good daily trainer now. But waiting for those crazy adidas sales. This shoe will be $120 in no time !
this would be a nice travel shoe that you can run easy around with in a new city exploring. will wait for the new mono color ways. i really dont like traveling in the running shoe look like hokas, asics, etc.
don t forget about quality, compared to Nike Inv 1 or 3 it is in another league (I have the Nikes and all the UB starting with 1, 19, 20, 21,22... hopefully the 5x is the same category...I m getting it in a couple of days). I forgot about the Asics....very good quality also. I still can not get around the hype around Nike... Air Jordans are as comfortable as military boots and the running shoes are all falling apart after a 100-150 km.
Why is it the 5, though? There have been a bunch of versions of UB. Same with SL, too, I guess (just not as many versions). And do any of you remember Litestrike (not to be confused with Lightstrike)? I ran my half PB in the super budget Lite Pacer 2. Okay, enough rambling. Nice review guys!
Great review! Always appreciate your brevity and fun in the review, was curious since you mentioned it at least twice, if you'll do a review of the saucony triumph 22?
My winter ultraboosts upper wornout in 5 months. Adidas have bad product warranty, only 6 months for all from buy day, and you need to return defective item to Adidas even if you send to them photo and all information they ask. No refund for me from Adidas. I hope my ultraboosts light don't die as fast as winter ultraboosts.
I thought that the 5X had something like flywires to help the lockdown in the middle foot. Is the 5 more stable when cornering vs the 5x ? The lower lightweight of the 5X os very tempting, but if it lacks stability...
Lifestyle show? If it is it's over very expensive one. Costs b$60 CAD more than a Nike Peggy 41.... Might as well save some coin and buy a trainer and use it as a lifestyle show hehe
