The Greatest Football Boot Ever Made?

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I'm sure I'm not the only one on here with more than a passing interest in football boots - I've gone through plenty of pairs trying to find the perfect boot! It got me thinking, what do you think is the greatest design of all time? Your reasoning can be based on anything you like - technological advancement, aesthetics, or even just who wore them. I'd be interested to see what everyone thinks.

Here's a few suggestions of my own:

Adidas Copa Mondial



A boot design so simple and so perfect that it has gone basically unchanged for three decades.

Adidas Predator Accelerator



Kids today are taking 20 metre run ups and trying to blast the ball into the net as hard as they can; growing up all I can remember is trying my best at lunchtime to curl that perfect free kick into the bottom corner. There's only one Beckham and these boots were (in my opinion) his classic pair.

Nike Mercurial Vapor SL



The Nike Mercurial series revolutionised boot design by creating boots lighter than had ever been made before. Brazil's Ronaldo launched the series and scored almost all of his World Cup goals in Mercurial boots, but it was Cristiano Ronaldo that become the real face of the Vapor line. This pair was the logical conclusion of all that research - a hand crafted football boot made entirely of carbon fibre that weighed just 190 grams and was worn by both Ronaldo and Didier Drogba in the 2008 Champions League final. These sold in a limited run and a pair now will set you back upwards of £400! Unbelievably, they're still not the lightest boot ever made- that would be the current Puma V1.10 SL. All that design didn't go to waste, however, as Drogba still insists on having his current Nike boots equipped with the sole plate and stud layout of the Vapor SL.

So, OcUKers, what's the best boot ever?!

 

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I've never tried any of the new generation boots with the thin synthetic material.

My first were the Mercurial Vapor Vs and they are tough to get on with if your feet don't fit them "just right" - mine rubbed the top of my little toes relentlessly because they are slightly crooked (like this shape but not as extreme, obviously: /\). They did have a bit of stretch in them and now they are pretty comfy - not quite slippers but just comfortable. I do love playing in them, nice and light and the thin material gives you a superb feel of the ball. Feels like they have a reduced sweet spot for shooting but that may just be me.

 

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My first ever pair of boots are my fav. Adidas Predator Touch.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=289lrn4&s=5 (those arent a pic of mine but a pic to refresh your memory back to 1996)

They were amazing. I never once was able to perform better, but they looked the mutts nuts!

I felt like i was king of the footballing world with boots so pimp, they had special bits sticking out to make them even more awesome (apparently for swerve, but ill be damned if i could ever curl a ball when i was younger)

Those are the second best Preds ever, awesome boots. Another more recent boot that deserves a mention is the Nike Total 90 Laser II, along similar lines to the Predator with fins on the instep.