The Puma King Platinum 21 Vegan football boots feature a "rib structure" that fuses to thevegan"leather" upper in key contact areas to deliver superior touch and increased responsiveness. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page. The King Platinum 21 features the brand-new KINGForm technology: a rib structure that fuses to the super-soft leather upper in key contact areas to deliver superior touch and increased responsiveness. The only downside that we had to report was the how slick the upper can get in wet weather despite the extra hexagonal patterns. In the end, while K-BETTER is somehow advanced than leather in the sense that it is a recycled material that is formulated to emulate leather, the King Ultimate’s position to be chosen over the two is its simplicity as a football boot.

Puma King Ultimate 2023 Boots Review - Football Boots Puma King Ultimate 2023 Boots Review - Football Boots

For this review, FFT wore the boots to several training sessions on artificial grass to loosen them up a little, before donning them for 90 minutes during a competitive 11-a-side match on natural grass. Where a leather upper would have required the Formstripe logo to have been stitched on, K-Better allows it to be moulded directly on to the boot. If Puma’s choice of upper didn’t hint that the Puma King Ultimate wasn’t your grandfather’s King, the fit will. The socially-aware, futuristic new design retains much of the Puma King's traditional style, but with a refreshing new spin on the iconic range.The animal-free "leather" upper is supple, comfortable and slightly spongey, while the knitted tongue and laces are smart, too. The world is changing, with experts advising us all to take greater care over our meat consumption, so why should football be exempt. Towards the end of our first training session, the Vegan Kings began to soften up, yet still maintained the robustness we love about classic Kings. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development.

Puma King Ultimate Review: Better, but not yet a true King Puma King Ultimate Review: Better, but not yet a true King

For every Maldini dynasty, you have 4 or 5 Beckhams, Kluiverts and Zidanes where the next generation aren’t able to reach the lofty heights of their fathers. The legendary range features the distinctive design with the PUMA stripe down the sides and our collection includes boots for soft ground, firm ground and astroturf, ensuring you're covered for every surface. But for some you just can’t beat the traditional touch that comes with the heritage of the King line. Designed with a premium K-leather upper that will bend and flex with your foot, the KINGForm technology provides unrivalled responsiveness and an excellent touch. If anything's going to disrupt the Puma King's beloved reputation as an old-school, no-nonsense football boot, it's this.The low pointy toe box and tighter fit also gives you the confidence to manipulate the ball thanks to the boot wrapping your foot extremely well.

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Much of this is down to the new tooling that’s made of a new material and features a mid-foot spine, external heel counter and classic conical studs. K-BETTER surprisingly good; could be fooled into thinking that it is actual leather once broken-in in 20 to 30 mins. Definitely go half a size up if you have a wide foot, and even then we recommend taking it slow to break it in due to how narrow it is.

Synthetics have come a long way, and to be quite honest, after a short break in session, the upper softened up to such an extent that I could barely tell the difference between this and the Puma King Platinum. It doesn’t concern itself much with tech unlike the FUZIONFIT360 of the Future and the ULTRAWEAVE of the Ultra.