The new thing!

Cleats get more and more fancy these days. I mean, I have a pair of Puma Kings. Blue and gold color-way and Kangaroo leather. How can you not like that? Well now personalizing cleats is coming into style. Of course it will make your wallet lose weight, but there are certain advantages to buying a cleat that's got your style input.

Nike and Adidas are the only two companies out there that I know let you fully customized a pair of their top flight boots. Not just your name and number sown in, but the color pattern is yours too. So instead of just having to deal with the colors the companies throw out there, you can put your oranges, and greens in there any place you want.

My friend Adam's customized Adidas Predators

Although this is fun and all, most customized cleats take 4 weeks till on your doorstep. Which really sucks if you want them right away. But if you can wait, then of course you are fine. Also, most Nike and Adidas cleats cost a ton of money anyway, so its going to cost more to customize them. Although, on most of Adidas's cleats, the personalizing fee is only $25 dollars. Which if you think about it, is not that high to get them exactly the way you want. I don't really know Nike's customizing price, but they're usually higher. Lastly, the customizing does not change the quality of the boot, it just changes how it looks. So if you are just in it for the quality of the boot, then don't customize. But if you want to look stylish and cool (which is not always a bad option, you'll stand out infront of the crowd), customizing is the way to go. Mi Adidas is the Adidas customizing center. NIKEiD is the customizing center for Nike. Nike does not have as good a selection as Adidas, and it sucks that Puma and other companies do not let you customize.

I think the idea of customizing cleats and any shoe is very cool. I think both companies will make tons of money of this idea. Nike probably already has with all their Air Max shoes and so on. Hopefully other companies will catch up with this idea. The kangaroo leather on my cleats are cracking and will probably only last about 20 more games (practices, and other events included).  So a pair of customized boots may be on my doorstep during Christmas.