Adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4: Okay tier, Consider, medium confidence — synthesized from 27 reviews across 10 creators, freshest review Oct 11, 2026.
TL;DR
The Adios Pro 4 is a top-tier super shoe that delivers an exceptionally soft, bouncy, and fast ride backed by outstanding outsole durability — and at its frequent deep discounts, it represents strong value for runners who get along with its fit and stability demands. However, the soft foam that makes it forgiving also contributes to instability, the fit runs small and can cause heel or toe issues, and EnergyRod breakage has been reported. If you loved earlier Adios Pros or want a plush racer and can try it on first (or size up), this is a proven, widely praised option. If you need a more stable or less finicky ride, look elsewhere.
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“They tried to bring some of the bounce of the Audios Pro 4 into the Evo platform.”
“adios pro 4 it works. It soft and bouncy can happen.”
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“The cutout that the Adios Pro 4 had where I think they were just basically just showing off the energy rods... made this run here a lot more smoothly”
“Adios Pro 4, still very much usable. Actually in fairly decent condition. I mean, it looks terrible because the stripes are peeling away. Kind of a defect on mine. ... But as far as this one goes, like I said, it's still in good condition in terms of performance, but got so many carbon shoes. I don't know. I don't really want to keep this one lying around. And I never really loved this shoe, either. Very soft. Yeah, I don't know. With the rods, not really convinced with the energy rods.”
“the best way to describe this shoe is a blend between the Adios Pro 4 and the Metap Sky Plus from Asich”
“I did an A/B test with the Adios Pro 4, which has a 39 mm heel stack.”
“the Pro 4 is crazy soft”
“Really good durability to the outsole of the Pro 4, though. Go up a half size if you're going to do a marathon in these cuz they're they're toe crunches. That's what they are. Bit terrible on the toes.”
“for my spring races, I alternated between the Adidas Adios Pro 4 and then the Saucony Endorphin Elite 2”
“at that price point, really good value for a race shoe that is soft, bouncy, and fast. Now, for me personally, I've had a lovehate relationship with these shoes.”
“having that assistance from something like the Pro 4 from the last iteration”
“On the Addios Pro 4, you can see that there is rubber that goes all the way to the edge”
“that that was a big problem they had with the Addios Pro 4 due to the softness of the foam. The rods were cracking quite a lot.”
“the adios 9, the takumi sen 11, and the adios pro 4, but it isn't exactly the same”
“If you've run in, you know, the Adios Pro 4 for example, the TPPE Lightstrike Pro foam is very very squishy and as such kind of becomes fairly unstable”
“If you have the Adios Pro 4 or Takumi Sen 11, the G9 2nd has an almost identical upper. The biggest complaint about those two Adidas shoes is poor breathability.”
“Is this perhaps a response to the Adios Pro 4 from Adidas, which got much softer between the three and the four?”
“Adios Pro 4 is somewhere around here, which I do think feels quite similar as well in terms of that level of softness and protection. This does feel a little bit more unstable with the heel cutouts here”
“the other feels like a super Audios Pro 4”
“I gave you the Fast R 3 and the Adios Pro 4 as potential alternative to look at that are in about the same price category”
“I know a lot of people in the Pro 4 reported heel issues. I saw a lot of people with a lot of blisters uh in the Pro 4.”
“the same stuff that we're getting in the Adios Pro 4, which is a little bit softer, a little bit more forgiving than what you get in the Evo SL and the Adios Pro 3”
“The Audios Pro 4 is Adidas's flagship carbon plated racing shoe. It's fully stocked for the marathon. Um it has energy rods instead of uh carbon fiber plate. It is uh about average on weight and all of the other specs. Has a very very soft foam um and despite that soft foam, it does feel very quick. So, that's one of the strengths is that this is a very quick feeling shoe underfoot uh and it has a great rocker in the forefoot, very steep. Um the drawbacks for me are stability and upper fit. It just doesn't quite fit my foot correctly even in a size 10 and changing size down would only make that worse and changing size up would be way too big. So, it's uh I never really fully bought into the Audios Pro 4, but it is still a very good shoe.”
“hey people welcome to the Run testers and our first run look at an exciting shoe the Adidas adios Pro 4 we've been waiting for it we thought it might come ahead of Berlin it is now here it's got some exciting changes new foam new uppers new lace system new tongues new grip it's a big overhaul does it work been putting in some miles to find out”
“The Adidas Audios Pro has become a fan favorite over the years, and I think V4 might be one of the biggest changes yet, thanks to its new Light Strike Pro formula update.”
“I've got my final verdict on the new Adidas adios Pro 4 I've been cracking out big miles and fast miles in this shoe and I'm ready to reveal The Good the Bad and what I think this shoe is best at how it Stacks up against the opposition”
“I think they pushed it about as far as they could with the Adios Pro 4”
“Adios Pro 4s that I put about 131 km or about 82 mi in, and you can see I am chewing up that exposed lateral forefoot, and it is something that I thought was cosmetically um an issue, but I never really worried about it.”
“fixed the Achilles, which gave me blisters and bleeding on V4”
“the one thing I'm going to say about these which I think is a step on from the Pro 4 is that they feel more smooth. It's more even. It's more controlled. It's much more stable.”
“This is my Pro 4 with at least 100 miles on it. Can you see that?”
“I think if you really loved the Pro 4 though and that distinct ride that it had, then I'd still think you could get go and look for bargains on that one before you move to this one.”
“We also had on the other hand the Adios Pro 3 and now the Adios Pro 4.”
“I thought that the Adios Pro 4 was really, really soft, right? You had that TPE that was really, really soft.”
“the Light Strike Pro that's in the Adios Pro 4 and the Adios 9 this year”
“I haven't used the uh adios Pro 4 um and I haven't used the pro Evo none of us have um and so I wasn't really sure what to expect from this shoe uh it clearly uses design elements from those uh performance shoes”
“we're seeing light traction, which is a material we first saw on the Audios Pro 4”
“I've only got about 300ks on my Addios Pro 4 now, so I haven't exactly pushed it to the limit, but it does still have that kind of deep, resilient rebound even at 300ks”
“neither one of them are really appropriate as a tempo trainer to the Adios Pro 4”
“Especially the Adios Pro 4 from Adidas. that is one of the softer shoes that requires more foot strength and more lower leg strength to actually make work effectively”
“The shoe I ended up wearing was the Adios Pro 4. And originally, I didn't really want to wear that shoe because I wasn't racing, which is what a carbon fiber plated shoe uh means to me in my mind.”
“2:39 Adios Pro 4”
“it now gets the light traction outsole, the CPU outsole, the same outsole material that is on the Adios Pro 4 and the Adios 9. It is a fantastic material.”
“It's a combo that we've seen on the Adios Pro 4, and we're seeing a very similar combination of materials here”
“It's what I run in in things like the Boston in the Adios Pro 4.”
“the Adios Pro 4 was a little bit unstable”
“Then the Pro 4 goes in another direction.”
“It's lighter than the Adios Pro 4.”
“Maybe not quite as soft as like the Adios 9 or the Adios Pro 4, but along those uh same thematic lines.”
“if you enjoy shoes along the lines of the Adios Pro 4 Endorphin Elite 2, you will find this shoe to be quite comparable in terms of the overall vibe”
“This is coming across very Addios Pro 4D Endorphin Elite Meta-Peed Tokyo”
“which is mapping up against a Pro 4 pretty happily”
“upper mesh feels quite similar to the light lock that we get on the Adios Pro 4”
“I would say it's up there with some of the softest phones that I've run in that are so less soft than the Adios Pro 4.”
“I'm in a shoe that I've been very much looking forward to running in again since the first time I ran in it, and that is the Adios Pro 4 from Adidas.”
“The Light Strike Pro foam in the Tacumi Sun 11 is the newer Light Strike Pro, what you find in the Adios Pro 4 or the Adios 9.”
“the new Light Strike Pro that's in the Adios Pro 4. It is as resilient now as both those phones.”
“Often compared to the Adidas Adios Pro 4, how does this competitively priced model perform?!”
“It's just another shoe that's perhaps overlooked a bit and bypassed because of the popularity of the Addios Pro 4.”
“ADIDAS ADIZERO ADIOS PRO 4”
“some of the kind of full weight super shoes Endorphin Elite Addios Pro 4”
“I feel like you can do that more drawn out rocker when you've got a softer foam, something like the Adios Pro 4 or the Endorphin Elite.”
“I don't see them as being much different than the Adios Pro 4, which is what I've been racing in for over a year now. It just feels like a lighter version of the Adios Pro 4, if that makes sense.”
“we're going to take a nice little detour through Adidas's lineup into Canada where they already have the Adios Pro 4 for some reason, or some people do.”
“the Pro Fours, I had to kind of engage them in a certain way to get the most out of them. Enjoy them. You know, when you were able and things were good, they were good. When you weren't, I found them a little bit unnatural.”
“the second shoe, the Adidas Pro 4, has been replaced...version 4, you can currently pick up for 130 pounds and less.”
“we've also picked out the Adidas adios Pro 4 only kieran's tested this from us so far so I can't talk about too much but from what he says it sounds fantastic soft bouncy softer than previous models of the shoe really good for long distances just check out the fit a little bit cuz I know Kieran had a little bit of trouble with it around his toenails”
“the Adidas Adios Pro 4 like there's fantastic shoes from every brand in this category”
“Think Adios Pro 4. Difference is with Adios Pro 4, I know exactly where I need to land on that shoe to get the bounce and I know exactly how to do it.”
“raceu only K tested it but the adios Pro 4 seems to me the best option here assuming we're not going to put the pro Evo in because I don't think that's really a consumer shoe”
“220 is the benchmark for me so far. that's sitting alongside Adios Pro 4, SC Elite V5”
“the rocker hasn't started at halfway through the shoe like in a Cello X1 or Adios Pro 4. It's not constantly rolling you.”
“rather than the Adios Pro 4, which has a medial”
“I wondered if Brooks's new phone, which is still PEA, could compete with the likes of the Puma Faster Nitro Elite 3 or the Adidas Adios Pro 4, which uses different foams.”
“The Pro 3s are harder than the Pro 4, so I prefer a harder shoe when it's a softer grass course like this.”
“the Adios Pro 4 from Adidas can kind of go between uh both of these. Though this generation and 2025, it leans a little bit more towards the Sky, giving you that bouncy feel.”
“I tried the Adios Pro 4 on in a store and the heel collar immediately started rubbing me. So I decided not to buy it.”
“some other shoes like an Adios Pro 4 or an Endorphin Elite, which are a little bit more, I guess, comfort focused”
“it's probably not touching the likes of, you know, the Fading 6 Elite, Adios Pro 4.”
“I don't think that a lot of new runners are going to get along with the Adios Pro 4... there's too much instability. It's kind of too soft for me.”
“feels somewhat similar to the Light Strike Pro that you get in the Adidas Addios Pro 4”
“I was initially going to include the Adios Pro 4 in this one. It is the widest shoe up front for me”
“I'm actually doing a first impressions on the Adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4 carbon race day shoe that I ran the other day. Really impressed with the shoe, so that video should be on the channel by the time you're watching this”
“Top layer of foam here feels like a slightly less propulsive Lightstrike Pro like in the Adios Pro 4.”
“when they can get pairs of the Adios Pro 4 or like the Metaspeed Sky for example, they're easily available in the UK for less money.”
“A similar setup to what you see in some of the other shoes in the range like a Pro 4.”
“The Pro 4 is Adidas more conventional super race day shoe for the half or full marathon.”
“A lot of us have got a fantastic amount of mileage in the Pro 3 and Pro 4. We expect the same.”
“I put the inert inserts into my Adidas Pro fours that I ran the Chicago Marathon in.”
“I think Adidas need to nail the Pro 5 because Pro 4 for some missed.”
“I must dethrone my current racing shoe of choice, the Adidas Adios Pro 4, from its pedestal on the wall.”
“And then there's the Adios Pro 4, right? and all of the Adios Pros before it.”
“These are the Adios Pro 4 shoes. They're sold out everywhere, it seems, but this is the only color I could find in my size. They're extremely light, extremely bouncy.”
“Next up we have the Adidas Adios Pro 4, which I think is a little bit firmer, a little bit more rubbery in its rebound. It is still a soft shoe, but I feel like the Lightstrike Pro just has a bit more density once you compress it down”
“it's a shoe that, like the Audios Pro 4, I find myself fighting during a run”
“Reminds me a bit of something like the Addios Pro 4 as well, which is still lightweight, bouncy, but doesn't feel quite as punchy as some shoes”
“like the Adidas Pro 4, the AS6 Meta Speed, or the Alpha and Vapor Fly, but it's definitely a lot more comfortable than those options”
“even your Adidas Adios Pro 4. I'll put that in that category, too. Shoes that are fast, not insanely light, but durable and dependable and overall comfortable.”
“Take the Adios Pro 4 – It has a soft, easy-to-compress foam. As you can see in the clips, the forefoot foam barely compress. For a clear contrast, here is another heel striker in the Adios Pro 4 but with long strides. You can see bigger forefoot foam compression, almost fully squashing the entire midsole.”
“think Hoka Rocket X or the Addios Pro 4”
“When we do compare this to the high-end super shoes, the likes of the Addios Pro 4, the Nike Vaporfly or the Asex Metas Speed, the carbon plates in these shoes really do help out, but really what makes the biggest difference is the very highly responsive, very bouncy, lively latest foams that these shoes have in them.”
“is from uh where I slipped and fell in audios pro 4. My left hip was just shattered”
“the Adidas AudiZero Adios Pro 4... it is a bit medially unstable. And I have other TPE super shoes that I could use in lie of this. ... the Pro 4 being slightly medially unstable, a wonky fit, it's an Adidas shoe, it doesn't have good laces. Like, there are enough issues. The upper is not my favorite in the world. There's just enough issues with this that make it not something that I totally love to run in.”
“One of the things with the Adios Pro 4 that I noticed and I know a lot of other people noticed is if you look at the forefoot here, pretty aggressive towe off and rocker coupled with this cutout in the middle. It had a defined bounce spot or B spot right here.”
“Sorry, Adios Pro 4, just a few too many issues, grade C.”
“I said, "I'm going to run in the Adidas Pro 4, which I have done at least one race practice long run in."”
“The Pro 4 was a wildly popular choice on start lines all over the world. It was fast, pretty comfy for a race day option, and compared to a lot of its competitors out there, pretty good value, too. But some found it a little bit unstable due to its super soft foam.”
“In version four of this shoe, I got a wicked blister under here every”
“My shoes of choice for this race is the Adidas Pro 4. This blue pair is a relatively fresh pair of mine. It still has enough spring and pop for a solid performance.”
“Adidas Adios Pro 4, 215.”
“You know 200 pounds is it better than a discounted Adios Pro 4 or maybe even the Deviate Nitro Elite 4 that's on discount already.”
“the ride in this one is certainly firmer than the Adios Pro 4... I think you've got the Pro 4 being the softest, then perhaps the Adios 9 in the middle, and then the Takumi Sen being the firmest of the bunch.”
“I've got the Adidas Addios Pro 4s in pink and orange, which you're a big fan of.”
“it is closer to a light strike pro firmness than it is like a Adios Pro 4 firmness”
“Adidas Pro 4 is a bit cheaper than that.”
“I prefer the Kiptorm Lab to that”
“I had some trouble at slower paces with the fours landing on the back, this suctioning effect here... Super soft... in the back it could be a little bit squishy... I can feel the rod through here”
“or an Adios Pro 4 or a Fang Plade”
“I think that this shoe is overall just better than the Adios Pro 4. This is still a great shoe”
“Adios Pro 4 Meta Speed Edge. They're all moving into that more comfortable zone.”
“I've described it a little bit comparing it to shoes like the Addios Pro 4, the Endorphin Elite 2. I feel like some shoes are a little bit too soft for my mechanics.”
“I don't totally love the Audios Pro 4, but the Pro 5 is intriguing enough for me where that's a definite buy.”
“It's the Adios Pro 4 from Adidas. Now, much has been said over the course of the last year about this Ali0ero ratio. updated energy rods here and a much softer energized midsole material.”
“the closest shoe I had to the Adios Pro 5 was the Adios Pro 4”
“if you're thinking about like an Adios Pro 4 from Adidas, it's not in that market”
“this is the Pro Evo 2 versus the Pro 4 for Adidas”
“stuff like the Alphaly, Addios Pro 4, Wave Rebellion Pro 3, Clone Strike, they all have this kind of big booming rocket ship bounce”
“Kind of like the stuff from the Adios Pro 4”
“This upper is like the upper in the Adios 9 or the Adios Pro 4”
“The next shoe in the race category is this, the Adidas Adios Pro 4. I've been talking about this shoe all year. I absolutely adore this shoe”
“Would have loved to have seen a silhouette of the Adios Pro 4 with the Strung upper”
“More in line with something like the Adios Pro 4 from Adidas.”
“There were guys in Adios Pro 4, which is also a soft marathon shoe.”
“namely the Adidas Adios Pro 4 or the Sakin Endorphin Elite 2”
“Not what you find in the Adios Pro 4, but what you find in the Adios Pro 3.”
“this feels like a bit of a blend between something like the Addios Pro 4 with the softness of the foam and the old Vaporfly 3 platform”
“some pretty significant changes compared to the Pro 4”
“The new Adios is what? 180.”
“It has seemingly the upper from the Adios 9 and the Adios Pro 4, the new like light lock system on it”
“I think the Adios Pro 4 from Adidas has more muscle.”
“At the top end of the spectrum, you've got things like the Adios Pro 4. It's a softer, more race-orientated option you can use for any sort type of race really from 5K through to the marathon. Still keeping it at an affordable price point as well. You can often grab these for like about £140 here in the UK, which is mad. £220 at retail, but yeah, there's loads of these on discount.”
“the issue that I have with the Adios Pro 4 is the lacing system. The upper is comfortable. It's a really nice upper, but the lacing system”
“I think that the Lightstrike Pro in the Adios Pro 4 has a little bit more pop to it, so it's rebounding after compression with just a little bit more vigor”
“go from the Adidas Pro fours to the pro fives”
“kind of like an Alphal Fly 3 or an Adios Pro 4”
“Having this for 350 below the Adios Pro 4”
“the Alios Pro 4 from Adidas, they're all a bit softer. They've got a bit more spring”
“the Adios Pro 4 here. And well, as you can see, my pair has a bit of a quality control issue as my stripes are coming off here”
“In terms of the Adios Pro 4, pretty similar vibes. I think the geometry here is quite similar. I think the foam from the Lightstrike Pro is a little bit more rubbery, a little bit more of a kind of gutsy rebound, whereas this is a bit smoother, softer, a bit more compliant, bit more friendly, doesn't take as much to kind of open up. The stability on this one is better than the Adios Pro with the really soft compressive heel and the midfoot cutout there as well. Upper, bit of a shocker here on the heel counter. It gave me blisters on a couple of different occasions, and I found the fit was a little bit short.”
“The Adios Pro 4 is the heaviest of the three. On-foot, the Adios Pro 4 has a rocker that shoots up very quick. The main reason I love the Adios Pro 4 so much is that—it has this really thick, fatty feel right in the main landing zone.”
“Adios Pro 4, maybe a bit more late stage in rocker, a bit more rubbery in its rebound compared to again that smoother sensation from the Plate 3 with a better upper as well, much better upper”
“It feels very, very similar to the Lightstrike Pro that we've got in Adios 9, and also the Adios Pro 4, which further cements my suspicions that the Lightstrike Pro that we're getting at the moment is in fact a version of AT PU, and not TPEE, like we thought for so long.”
“I feel that if Nike position this one at around 285 or 290, I mean, it's just a wild price for a running shoe in comparison to other stuff like the Adios Pro 4.”
“Same with the Addios Pro 4. I know many people have said it does feel a little bit snug.”
“would he have broken two in the Pro 4s? I personally think yes. Um... once your form starts dipping, you're almost better off in in a shoe like a Pro 4 that'll give you, you know, more support at that stage of the race, and and there's more to the shoe, let's say.”
“The Adidas Adios Pro 4 is one of the most soughtafter racing shoes of 2025. Now, I have it here. I've tested it, and I'm going to let you in on whether or not I've chosen it as my racing shoe of the season.”
“rather than the stuff that we've seen in the Adios Pro 4”
“especially when you got shoes like the Puma Nitro Elite 3 and the Adios Pro 4 as well, which are heavily discounted right now”
“Pro 5 comes in a little bit heavier than the Adios Pro 4.”
“So, we're going to go with the trusty Adios Pro 4s and rip it.”
“This foam feels very, very squishy. It's almost reminiscent of the squish of like the Lightstrike Pro in the Audios Pro 4, which is a TP EE-based foam.”
“I don't know there's something not quite there for me from those first few runs unless I'm really really concentrating getting them out on them to me there's a bit there's something of the adios Pro 4 in that where it's not”
“It was faster than the Adidas Adios Pro 4”
“Adios Pro 4, I feel like you can get a good kind of preparation from running in those training shoes to then jump up to the Adios Pro”
“Kind of more in line with something like the Metaspeed Sky or the Adios Pro 4 in terms of how soft it is.”
“it's the same upper that's on the Adios Pro 4 and that's the same upper that's on the Adios 9”
“maybe have a look at the Adidas Pro 4, which is definitely a little bit faster and not too bad. The width on that one is actually okay for the standard shoe, but if you want that wide option, this is the one you've got to be going for”
“the Addi0ero Addios Pro 4 in the launch white and red colorway. This one's down from 220 to 154. A superb saving on a brilliant shoe.”
“So, just to let you know, this is a shoe I picked up with my own cash. I'm enjoying it. I have to say it's a really interesting and cool shoe to try out.”
“if they just released a competitive shoe, a good shoe that was, I don't know, Adios Pro 4 level, which is nobody's saying that's the best super shoe of all time, but it's just very solid and you can race in it”
“my beloved Pro 4”
“do I recommend the Pro 4 is it going in my rotation are we going to be running London marathon in it well yes well yes I do recommend the shoe firstly it's an absolutely brilliant racing shoe”
“It's over 12% lighter than the Adidas Pro 4.”
“Same thing for the Adios 9 and also the Adios Pro 4. Even though the durability of the midsole and the rods in that shoe really aren't there, the build quality and the fit finish of that shoe”
“I think this is the perfect time to get one of my favorite, all-time favorite running shoes, the Adidas Adios Pro 4.”
“the softer foam in the V4 seemed to go in the other direction where you've got softer foam. You also had more room for those energy rods to move about, and some people got broken rods.”
“He usually was in the Adios Pro 4. Every time we've run together this summer, he was in the Adios Pro 4.”
“from 130 quid upwards for a top racer like this one, it's difficult not to recommend it. It's a buyers market right now in terms of running shoes, and we have a huge range of options to pick from. You got energy rods here to provide some rigidity and excellent light traction outsole which is insanely durable. Go up a half size if you want to do a marathon in these so you've got some extra toe box room. Also listen out for the broken rods which can happen from time to time. I think that's the reason why Adidas are moving away from energy rods when you've got a softer foam and those rods. I think it's just asking for them to crack. Either way, I think this shoe covers the 5K to the marathon kind of category perfectly and it isn't going to break the bank too much.”
“You can find the Adios Pro 4 often discounted well below £200.”
“If you're after a race shoe, then the Adios Pro 4 is available, 150 pounds from Start Fitness.”
“I think this is probably for me like a high a tier shoe”
“Considering you can go and buy something like the Adidas Pro 4, an allout flagship racer for £220. Exactly the same price as this legitimate super shoe.”
“what I thought I'd do today is a bit of a round up of what I think are well pretty much the most relevant Super Shoes out there right now well bar the alphafly but I don't really like that too all that much so I don't actually have an ally but yeah we got the Pro 4 obviously we got the Evo one here got the Endorphin Elite and I am getting the V2 by the way but give me a few days for that and also the paperly 3”
“the Adidas adios Pro 4 although to be honest I don't think that's entirely Fair because we haven't all tested that so that might have got higher if we'd all tested it”
“Reminds me very much of Adidas, the Adios Pro 3 or 4”
“That's lighter than the Adidas Adios Pro 4.”
“I've never got on that well with the Pro 4. I've never felt that fast in it, but I mean, it is a very popular and successful racing shoe.”
“the drawbacks for me are stability and upper fit. It just doesn't quite fit my foot correctly even in a size 10. And changing size down would only make that worse and changing size up would be way too big. So, it's I never really fully bought into the Adios Pro 4, but it is still a very good shoe.”
“I've tried on the Adios Pro 4 and it seems to work for me as well on that”
“I think if you like the Adios Pro 4, you'll probably like this as a training shoe.”
“I actually have an Adizero Pro 4 here just to show like, a cutout medially kind of biases you that way a little bit.”
“move into the Adios Pro, and then to have a tempo trainer like the Evo SL is going to make a lot of sense.”
“bouncer than the Adios Pro 4”
“There's elements here of the Adios Pro 4 of the Vaporfly Next% and perhaps of the early version of the Puma Deviate Nitro Elite as well”
“I think that the foam in the Anta G9 is actually literally the same foam in the Adios Pro 4”
“Adidas Adios Pro 4. The best part about that shoe is the toe off”
“$30 more than the adios Pro 4 which which makes you think that this should be one of the world leading shoes”
“I mean, the Adios Pro 4 will practically do everything and more than this can do.”
“I would say it's definitely as fast as all the other shoes, the Adios Pro 4.”
“more powerful than other leading super shoes like an Adidas Adios Pro 4”
“Adios Pro 4. Um, and the only real flaw that I have with this that's actually made me pretty hesitant to continue running in it is there's pinky toe rubbing on my left foot. And it's due to their sizing being extremely small.”
“The Adidas Adios Pro 4 is one of the most soughtafter racing shoes of 2025. Now, I have it here. I've tested it, and I'm going to let you in on whether or not I've chosen it as my racing shoe of the season.”
“Instead of the energy rods, which were those fingers of carbon that went underneath the foot and kind of mapped along with the bones of your foot, we have an energy rim system”
“I think it feels quite similar to the Pro 3, Pro 4. Um, maybe slightly less rigid underfoot”
“My initial pair of the AP4s were very, very soft. That's the softest Adidas shoe that I've ever owned.”
“I liked version 4 as long as I stayed in a straight line”
“the Adios Pro 4 did have a little bit more snappiness to it”
“for example, on our race shoes of um the Edizer line with the Ed Adios Pro 4, but here it's constructed to get the best grip for an everyday running shoe”
“The Pro 4 was a favorite of mine as well”
“This is at the same level as the Meta Speed shoes or the DV8 Nitro Elite 4 or the Adios Pro 4 or better than probably that shoe”
“I found the Adios Pro 4 to be great in terms of durability in the outsole. I would go a half size up with those, though. If you're planning on running some longer sessions, I think it does fit a half size small.”
Consensus shrinkage raw consensus 0.801 is pulled toward the catalog prior 0.83 (strength 10) over 27 reviews → 0.809. That shrinkage is why a thinly-unanimous shoe doesn’t outrank a deeply-loved one.
Excluded Freshness and attention are deliberately excluded from the score so the tier means quality, not recency or buzz. They are surfaced separately as the trending signal.
C
The highest rung whose cutoff the score clears.
1.30 points from the next rung up.
CONSIDER
Evaluated in order on the raw consensus (0.801) and the MED confidence band; first match wins.
The verdict reads the RAW consensus (share of creators recommending), not the score. A shoe can therefore be tier A yet CONSIDER rather than BUY_NOW when confidence is below HIGH.
MED0.747
A weighted mix of how the evidence stacks up:
Published
A grade publishes only with enough independent creators AND at least one volume bar met.
Behind it: 150 mentions (27 primary-subject) from 10 creators, 6 dedicated reviews.
Stages A/B/C (extract, synthesize, write) produce the editorial narrative only. No stage A/B/C value is an input to score, tier, verdict or confidence — those come solely from the consensus engine over stored mentions. Per-stage counts live on the `reasoning` block.
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