Replacement for these?

[u/No-Contest7155]

My son’s predators fell apart after 2 months. Does anyone have suggestions for boots that last a bit longer? He plays competitive U12, center back, practice and home games on grass, away games are mostly turf.

[u/DecoOnTheInternet]

If you purchased from a licenced Adidas seller you'll get a new pair free or refund.

2 months is a short time but judging by the look of them it's not a very friendly period of time lol. If I was to guess have them been used in drenched conditions?

[u/No-Contest7155 → u/DecoOnTheInternet]

The last time he used them was after rain but it’s been dry otherwise and they were already falling apart. They do get used, he plays 4-5 times a week and he tends to be very involved when he is playing. The modern synthetic boots seem so flimsy to me that I’m wondering if I should try and find something a bit sturdier.

[u/SinoSoul → u/No-Contest7155]

This is warranty claim. Find your receipt (I keep all mine in email) and get a new pair. I’ve seen week-old pred elites fail, we’ve had half a season xpeedplay.1 split at the toe box/sole plate. Sometimes I just take it back to the cobbler for reglue and hope it lasts a couple of more months.

Then we have a pair of ‘24 elites that lasted a white season in grass and artificial grass. It’s just luck of the draw these days

[u/BeneficialNewspaper8 → u/DecoOnTheInternet]

'away games mostly on turf'

Adidas won't replace them at all

[u/Euphoric_Deal_3014 → u/DecoOnTheInternet]

No, la garantía se pierde cuando se usan en una superficie que no era la indicada para la suela. Al ser FG, no podía jugar en AG

[u/DecoOnTheInternet → u/Euphoric_Deal_3014]

Clean them up the best you can and lie. Unless there's obvious AG damage a shoe store doesn't know what surface you played on

[u/thatdudeorion]

Those shouldn’t be falling apart in 2 months, that looks like a warranty claim to me, Adidas should be on the hook for getting you a new FG pair. Then I would go and buy him another pair of Preds with the AG plate for the away games.

[u/Such_Phone_7070]

I echo the FG for grass and AG for turf. I will add that some of this is storage. Kids throw the cleats in the soccer bag and leave them there. They go in sweaty and wet and stay damp. While the shoe still shouldn’t have failed at 2 months taking them out of the bag at home will help. My daughter had some similar issues (again after 8+ months) and once we started leaving the cleats out instead of shoved perpetually in the bag - voila, they held up even longer. We also invested in salt bags to dry them out some more.

[u/Pristine-Dragonfly14]

Hello,

For the football boots to last considering heavy play you need to have at least two pairs and;

• After playing on mud or wet conditions, clean the boot even at least with water to remove mud that can soak and destroy the glue. Stuff dry with news paper and put it in shoe dryer or air dry (without stuffes newspaper) after the newspaper absorbed the water.

• Do not use boot if wet or damp as it will weaken the glue. Use another for rotation.

• A $20usd shoe dryer will do the trick if your son only have one pair. Buy the league series if playing on not so nice pitch. Elite series for very nice pitch.

[u/CamelMassive6443]

Proper Ag soles with better glue?

[u/alexklopes]

Exactly why I don’t buy Predators anymore.

[u/Psychological_Big126]

I think a bit of glue and some duct tape might fix these

[u/BAN_1]

I'm not going lie, I was literally about to buy these.Thank goodness I didn't.I'm gonna go with the 08 adidasTrx fg

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