You’ve got boot releases, and then you’ve got big boot releases. Today’s boot unveiling almost certainly falls within the later category. The name of the boot revealed today carries a lot of weight in the football boot world, and after months of expectation, Soccer Reviews becomes the first site on the planet to officially unveil this year’s biggest speed boot release, the Nike Mercurial Vapor VIII.
Nothing creates quite an impact as a Mercurial launch, and this has certainly been one of the most talked about boot releases of the past few years. Has it hit the spot for you? Or is it another own goal by Nike? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
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Bright Mango?!?
It’s definitely not a typo Ben. Sometimes I wonder where they get these names…
I loved the name i think soccerreviews came up with, salmon
hahaha.. names aside, these really do look wicked.
FINALLY!!
Waiting for the ICs lol
the colour is amazing
awesome man. awesome.
what will be the weight of these??
Nice boots!
I like how they dont mention their weight.
Can’t wait for the mixed sole plate!!!!!!
looks quite amazing i think. they’ll be great hopefully
gonna get ones surely ….
I’ll pass.
187 Grams is the listed weight for the FG version.
The pro versions will be weighing a little bit more.
I heard the weight will be around 6.0-6.4oz or whatever the correct unit of measurement it is. The same weight as the Adidas Micoach Adizero’s.
we going to see a leather version of this at all?
Wow. Simply Amazing. These look perfect, unfortunatly i recently bought the Vapor VIIs. LOL.
Go down to below 200g,own goal.
NICE!
I love how people still give a damn about weight, its ridiculous, people stick a pack of sugar on the back of your boots during a match, and tell me you notice a difference haha. I like lightweight boots, but when your talking 0-50 gram differences honestly i’d go for the heavier boots if its better in other areas.
that’s why I use predators, they’re light but not too light.
Those fg blades just look scarily thin to me, like they could crack and fall of at any moment! :/
Looks great in the ads, much better than what the Leaks have shown. If I have the money, gonna buy it since it is 130 pounds cheaper!!! Thanks Nike, you never let me down.
what is the reason behind the four different colors at the back heel? (blue, green, orange and red)
Why does everyone care about weight so much? If you’re fast you’re fast, a few grams shaved off a boot isn’t gonna change a thing. The Superfly weight was fine, the reason i wear a boot is because i feel comfy in it, adizero’s are too wide for my feet and honestly when i do wear them i don’t feel any less tired at the end of a game nor do i feel faster. It’s all a misleading from brands, wear what’s comfy not something that seems cool because it weighs barely nothing.
I have worn every silo of Nike soccer and you can definitely feel a difference in weight between a laser and a vapor……
I don’t feel faster in light boots but I’m definitely less fatigued after 90 minutes when I where them.
Personally, I think shoe weight does matter, because by using engineering logic each step you take in, say, a 10.0 oz. shoe, you are lifting up those 10 oz. This means that throughout a game, you lift up 10.0 oz. multiplied by however many steps you took. This means that throughout the course of a game, in which about 6 miles (10,000 meters) are run (Kirkendall online) and for each mile there are about 950 steps with a 1.75 meter stride, you are lifting over 9500 ounces, or 590 lbs. However, by reducing this weight to 6 ounces, the player only lifts 5700 ounces, or 350lbs. That leads to a whopping difference of 240 lbs., which is about the weight of a 68 year old Caucasian male in the 95th percentile for his weight (Halls online).
Sources:
Halls, Steven B., and John Hanson. “Men’s Weight Chart.” Mens Average Weight Chart. Halls.md, 26 May 2008. Web. 01 Mar. 2012. .
Nicoll, Andy. “Light Shoes – Does It Matter?” SportsShoes.com. SportsShoes.com, 1 Apr. 2009. Web. 18 Mar. 2012. .
Kirkendall, Don. “How Far Do You Run During a Soccer Game?” Active.com. Active Network, Oct. 2011. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. .
Yeah sure, but still i’m talking about a tiny amount of weight dropped between the Superfly and the Vapor VIII so you won’t notice a difference in that respect. It’s like the difference between a leather Adizero and a synthetic one, not much. But like i said before if you find a boot comfy then wear it, weight doesn’t factor to me at all. I had Adipower sl’s, same weight as the Superfly yet were no where near as comfy so i sold them.
whitecapsfc, so true!
the heel appears to be disastrous
Yes!!!!!!! Finally they are released!!! Just when I was thinking about switching to adizero’s, Nike pulls me back!
true dat
cant wait to get mine!!
The color is great, especially from the leaked photos. But the heel is just hideous. I don’t understand all the different colors and how they are positioned. I wouldn’t have cared if they would have kept them all the same color set, for each shoe colorway. But if each colorway to come has this mixed array of colored shaped, that will be something to push me away. I’ll have to see them in person for a final verdict, but lets just say I’m glad I got my T90 IV while they were on sale this winter…
For some reason I feel like the colors in the back mean the different versons of these cleats they are going to release. (their colors)
Yuck, nasty colorway, even nike’s latest invention still cant beat the adizeros and also adipure sl
What’s the weight? I love them! I switched from Nike to Adidas a couple years ago, but I’m really considering these!
I am a bit suprised by the price, 150GBP doesn’t sound too much? Compared to the prices of the current Vapor and the Superfly, 150GBP almost sounds “cheap” or am I mistaken?
I personally think this Vapor would have looked better without the small Nike ticket on the front of the boot. It makes it look like a miracle, and cheap to be honest.
No im fine with some toned down branding. God Forbid Im not a giant walking nike tick mark. I’m waiting for the NikeID so I can get a straight blackout
if you think about it, it’s probably more nike branding than the last vapor, considering the Vapor VII had only the big Nike tick on the front boot. The Vapor VIII put a big Nike tick in the middle AND front. Agreed, A Blackout VIII would be good.
MINE WILL BE HERE TOMORROW!!!!
the boots are here! they are super thin and light
Here is my review to the V1.11 K-Leather:-
http://www.omanternity.com/forum/showthread.php?p=71582#post71582
hye~..