Customer Reviews

adidas Originals Men's Gazelle Shoe

5 star:		(20)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

The adidas Gazelle is one of those shoes you buy for a weekend afternoon to wear along with your softest jeans and most comfortable shirt. They look really nice in person, and offer a bit more arch support (and heel height) than many other "old school" retro shoes - but are still a low heeled shoe when compared to modern running and basketball shoes. Insoles are non-removable, so you can't upgrade the fit.

These are slightly narrow and slightly long for their given size. The extra length appears to be due to the rounded shape of the toe box - from experience these will just be a hair long - but not like a well known popular canvas retro shoe where you need to fall back in size.

Overall I'd buy another pair without hesitation, and recommend them to a friend.

The Gazelle is one of the few shoes that fits my foot pefectly. Anyone whose foot is rather wide just behind the small toe and fairly narrow at the heel will be happy with these shoes. Being a 35 year old design, however, these are not bought for running shoes (firm sole) and can be very slippery since the tread is meant mainly for indoor soccer on rough, grippy turf.

These are my favorite pair of shoes, and I keep buying more just because I think they are so great! They wear very well, hold up great over time, and look great with almost anything! I gotta have my adidas!

The Gazelle is a "classic" shoe from Adidas, that has been so popular, it has been around since the late 60s. I have the Spy/Black version and am very happy with them.

The treads on the bottom of the shoe are essentially flat with a pattern of small, indented hexagons underneath (nothing fancy). This does not give you a lot of traction compared to regular athletic shoes. The relatively low amount of traction makes these shoes bad for outdoor running or other sports that are hard on your shoes (I started to play some outdoor tennis in my pair, and noticed that the rough tennis court was gradually starting to grind the sole off).

The outside is suede, which obviously means it's best not to wear these shoes when your feet will be getting wet. The stripes are leather and pretty typical. The tongue is long and thin, and bothered me at first, until I kept it moved to the side. The shoelaces are pretty standard and come untied about as often as to be expected (more often than those rounded shoe strings).

That's about all I can think of for these shoes. I think they are a superb buy since they come in a great 7 different colors, are not too pricey, and have a look that is ultra-stylin' !

Great shoes. Only gripe; the total shipping cost for my order to Australia cost more than the goods!

Maybe a full size.
And its extremly easy to get dirt. Not only with dust or grass, but even with the rubbing of the jeans.
But, they are so beautiful and cool. Kids look at my feet!! (it's a laugh)

Sorry about my deficient english.
I'm spanish spoken.

These shoes fit great and look really cool. However, they are very squeaky. Every time I walk around I can here them squeak. This is the top flap rubbing against the shoe. I'm not sure if this goes away with time or not but it has been two weeks already. Aside from that, I really do like them and I'm going to keep wearing them. I just hope they stop squeaking at some point.

This is one of the best long living design shoes! love it! Padding is comfortable, but i have to order half size lager to fit perfectly.

As a soccer lover I know first-hand that Adidas does very well in this area when making products. However I was displeased with this shoe. The picture can be quite deceiving, it looks a longer when worn. This gives the shoe a boat like appearance that I found to be unattractive. I suggest watching a review on youtube just so you can get a more accurate presentation of these shoes. Secondly whenever it rains outside (with thunder) my team takes up a nice game of Futsal indoors in the gym. Let me just say that these shoes had 0 traction. I was literally slipping and gliding, and for all who've played Futsal you know it's a game where ball control is crucial.

I'll give these four stars because they're meant to be casual sneakers, some people may like the look, and because they are a charming classic.

This is a nice shoe. Not quite as comfortable as the Samba series but not bad. The tongue is made from the squeakiest material ever! You won't be able to sneak up on anybody.