adidas Ultraboost Light Review: Massive Weight Drop! Now a "Real" Run Trainer?
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- In the video we test and review the adidas Ultraboost Light. It sees a massive 2 oz / 57g weight drop compared to the UB21 in my US 8.5 as the midsole is now 30% lighter Boost Light with a new and refined Primeknit upper.
Available March 2023. $190
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Thanks for the informative video nice to hear they’ve dropped some weight! Keep up the good work
Thanks!
A dream would be the Boston 7 with this new Boost and 2 more mm in the forefoot (6 mm drop)...
Me too!!
@@RoadTrailRun Time to pull some strings Sam! 😆
I think it is a nice update to Ultraboost. I would like to see Boost Lite foam in place the EVA Lightstrike foam in Adizero line. The new Adizero SL, Adios, Boston all have EVA Lightsrike foam. I think they would all benefit from this Boost Lite foam.
Totally agree or in layers of each
Technically every foam you can use with a quality sport shoe is more explosive than the "boost" technology. This one has more capacity to absorbe the energy of the impact, releasing it later but slowly respect a Nike or Asics or Saucony, just to say. The demonstration lies in the new Adidas Strung. They use an exceptional foam and a superb design. The boost system is unique for absorbing energy thanks to the air pods of plastic (the more you weight the more you will have an advantage) and the material works like no other with very high and very low temperature, plus it lasts ages, a thing we cannot tell about the foam. The 4D is a better shoe, practically perfect and with a printed intersole but really expensive.
Glad they didn’t give up on boost, awesome technology! Would like them to put that light boost foam in a bunch of other shoes and drop the light-strike. Adidas racing shoes have been great , lightstrike pro is awesome but regular lightstrike is just old school Eva and adidas has had no daily running shoes imho. I am hoping to see this updated boost in a Boston reboot :-) , not interested in these ones but new foam is promising . The giant heel and big plastic cage are just a non starter.
Agree with you. Great feel here but get it in the Boston or something similar. Maybe a shoe more like Saucony Triumph as well
Adidas has been always been overpricing
Ultraboost but I feel that there is a reason.
People don't realise that most people would buy this shoe at a discounted price 6 months after the launching of the new ultraboost. Definitely an Adidas gimmicks to trick buyers to buy this shoe at a " bargain" price but actually the discount price is probably near the actual retail price.
. Don't get me wrong, ultraboost is still a good shoe but the way Adidas trying to market ultraboost is rather deceiving.
I got them Yesterday their nice
I got bitten by lateral heel collar this shoe. How to deal with it?
How does boost light feel compared to lightstrike pro?
softer and somewhat bouncier
I’ve gotten more into running over the past year and now it’s my main cardio workout. I’ve worn the UB 21, 22, and recently got the UB light. Wore the lights on a run for the first time this morning. They’re definitely lighter in hand and on feet, and the mid-sole feels much more “springy” and responsive. That being said, they are still somewhat heavy. I’ll keep the UB lights for relaxing runs but I ended up ordering the Pegasus 39 for my everyday runs.
Bet they're comfy. I wouldn't use them for running but I'd wear them to school. Actually, for $190 I wouldn't wear them at all. 😅
Yup $190 is too steep, but rest assured the price will decrease on sale eventually. I won’t pay full price for this shoe.
Yeah, in Australia the retail price is 280$ AUD for my colorway but I got them for 84$ so 196$ AUD off and getting them more than 70% off just makes me dwell less if they get dirty
adidas needs to make ub19 again I'd give em 400 bucks a year rest of life for those
Hope they put this foam in the Adizero line to replace lightstrike
Me too for sure!
The upper could use a drastic redesign. The plastic overlays definetly add some unnecessary weight.
They had the ultimate shoe with ub19 there's no progression beyond that
@@geert574 I didn’t like the ub19 at all but each to their own.
@@geert574 You mean the version with the awful full plastic overlay that trapped all your sweat? Yeah that was awesome.
I don't understand why Adidas doesn't get rid of the excess and unused boost foam in the area around the heel. That'll save some weight for sure (and maybe help in reducing the price). Besides, that excess foam makes the shoe look bulky.
See the video most of what you see as bulk are sidewalls of Light Boost, yes add some weight but also part of rear support system. Also these heels help roll the foot forward. And for sure they didn't want to change the iconic look. Yes really hope for other more streamlined Light Boost trainers in the future
Because all female design team they think this looks good and not completely idiotic
Your heels don’t actually sit on top of the boost foam but lower to the bevel line seen on the sides. The boost material around it is for stability purposes.
This is already out in Australia. Looks like a heel strike dream. Is it an invincible/nimbus competition?
rather not
I did not like what I saw and heard about the Invencible 3 and so I would go for the Nimbus 25, even thinking it is too much middlesole stack height. But I was waiting for the Ultraboost 23 ( called Ultraboost Light ) .
It's summer here, so I will go with the Ultraboost now and get the Nimbus 25 as I got the previous model, around August. Asics shoes are awesome but Adidas shoes are more durable and resist better in hot days .
@@uglyfate1326 Why not?
Yes. While Nimbus 25 is the about the same weight but more stack height I found UB Light has a much more dynamic toe off and and a less blocky heel. See more details on comparisons to Nimbus 25 in written review here: www.roadtrailrun.com/2023/02/adidas-ultraboost-light-multi-tester.html
I got it in Australia too they were 270
Did you go true to size?
Yes I did. No issues for wider or narrower fit with stretch knit in my view
@RoadTrailRun I'll do the same then. I'm always hearing people saying go up half a size with this shoe but idk.
Looks nice but it looks like this is designed for heal strikers. It just doesn't make sense for mid to forefoot strikers. Too heavy, and too thin under the forefoot.
It does favor heel strikers and nothing wrong with that. Forefoot strikers will find front on the “thin” side. All will find a snappy toe off!
Only 30mm in the heel? I always thought it was way higher
Looks higher but foot sits way down in the side walls. We measured
The Ultraboost Light was a big disappointment for me.
Newer foams from competitors are still lighter than the Ultraboost Light.
It does not absorb impact like earlier Ultraboost foam, so I'm experiencing foot pain for anything other than a recovery run or a short run, especially in the forefoot.
The real kicker is the $190 asking price. If you can catch them on sale then these are pretty good otherwise the price alone makes them just "ok".
Sorry to hear that but i haven’t experienced the same issues as you, I feel like it’s WAY bouncier than the 22, and it’s not less shock absorbing, my only issue is the fact that the UB22 is plusher but they didn’t bother to add a higher stack height to the lights since they made a stiffer foam, it’s still bouncier and lighter but still I think they should’ve added a higher stack height considering the retail price of these shoes
@@Not-Me66 Yeah the “bounce” is definitely there but I’m only getting that on push-off, not on impact with the sidewalk. It has a generous heel stack but I’m a mid foot/forefoot striker and I’m very tall and heavy.
The UB22s were only good for walking whereas I can actually run in the UBLs but only slow paces or recovery runs for me.
Not gonna lie… this version looks like one of the best performing “walking” shoes out there at the moment.😂😂😂
For $190, id choose another shoe. There are plenty shoes around which perform better than ultraboost. Besides i wonder why adidas has to put that ridiculous amount of boost foam in the heel and most of it serves no purpose at all. Additional boost in the heel only adds unnecessarily weight. And it also makes the shoe look really odd
The look has sold he shoe by the many millions as “lifestyle”. Now it runs much much better. Doubt they will change the look. Hope they come up with more Light Boost lighter yet trainers Note the big heel is in big part as the foot sits way down in the thin Boost sidewalls with behind the clip.
If it's named Ultra boost light? Could there be an ultra boost 23? And ultraboost dna 7.0? And there was also a leak sometime ago of an Ultimate boost. Could that have made it to production?
This is the ultraboost 23. the names vary from source to source but this is it.
Kinda just back to the normal Adidas boost trainer overbuilt/overweight levels instead of the absurdly overweight level. It's still way too heavy for the amount of cushion lol. If a shoe is going to be 10.5oz, it should at least be max cushioned, but this is like relatively low classic daily trainer stack. I tend to avoid anything over 10oz in a 9 and definitely so if it isn't a max cushion recovery shoe. It's good to see them back in the usable weight range, but kinda just puts them back in the range of the ultraboost/solarboost/solarglide from a like 5 years ago which was already kinda dated back then.
Part performance and part style. Even in the promotional material interviews they say boost is as much of a brand as it is technology, so I think these are exactly what adidas expects for them to be.
I kinda like them.
This may be a little too late, with the prior arrivals of the Triumph 20, NB More v4, Asics Gel Nimbus 25 etc.....I came from UB 19 and just decided to stop killing my legs and feet. There so many options that give you so much more and instead of trying to conform to the adidas philosophy where you have to adjust.
I was nodding my head until I heard $190, no. I was barely on the fence if they sold it at $120.
Agreed 👍; though they will have sales eventually of course .
would never buy a running shoe without a plate again.. its a life changer.. but this might be good for walking
Do mix it up with plate less to work feet differently
@@RoadTrailRun new balance supercomp trainer fuelcell v2 shoe all The Way. Forget about This 😊
@@RuhDolu you just 100% ignored his sound advice.
i saw the weight and it ain't much improvement. still overweight imo
weight change is huge and makes it competitive but yes it could be lower yet
30% "ain't" much improvement?
@@sbinsdca it could be 75% and they’ll still complain when they aren’t able to afford it.
No entiendo ni pio
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