adidas Energy Boost 4

Name: adidas Energy Boost 4
Brand: adidas
Rating: 4.1 (7 reviews)

Daily trainer · Neutral · Road

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock.

How it ranks

The adidas Energy Boost 4 sits about average for daily trainers in our data. Cushioning and durability are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 7 runner reviews and 3 other rated shoes in the Energy Boost product line. Another 5 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.

Decent

73/100

Overall

Decent 73

Cushioning

Excellent 96

Durability

Excellent 95

Appearance

Decent 72

Comfort

Below average 69

Value

Bottom-tier 54

Confidence

How settled the rating is against every other rated shoe. A shoe can rate high on confidence with relatively few reviews of its own when its product line has a long record and external ratings from retailer sites agree. Confidence will score low when we have few ratings or when runners disagree.

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Confidence

69/100

Moderate 69

What runners say

“Feels like there is almost no break in period as I took them straight from box to long run”

5/5 Full review 110 mpw training for a marathon

“The new wider last of the 4.0 is much better for my foot”

5/5 Full review 75 mpw training for a marathon came from the adidas Supernova Aktiv

“There is not too much play for my narrow foot which was a great improvement”

5/5 Full review 110 mpw training for a marathon

“The bottom of the shoe seems to wear out pretty quickly”

4/5 Full review 80 mpw training for a half marathon

“These shoes can handle the day to day grind that training brings”

4/5 Full review 80 mpw training for a half marathon

“The weight definitely slows you down”

3/5 Full review 30 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Nike Lunar Fly 3

“Responsive and had spring to them”

5/5 Full review 110 mpw training for a marathon

“The shoe also gets very hot on warm days”

3/5 Full review 30 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Nike Lunar Fly 3

“Very comfortable in terms of the cushioning, and the boost is nice”

3/5 Full review 30 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Nike Lunar Fly 3

“Priced a bit too high”

4/5 Full review 80 mpw training for a half marathon

Prefer this shoe over another

50% 3/6

Where to buy

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.

Pros

Four reviewers praise the Boost cushioning.
Two reviewers find it responsive enough for strides and workouts.
One reviewer with wide feet prefers the wider last on this version.

Cons

Two reviewers call it bulky, one saying the weight slows them down.
Value averages 3.4 out of 5, the lowest of its dimensions, and two reviewers say the price is too high.
The Energy Boost 2 scores 77 on fifty reviews and the 3 scores 63 on eight.

Energy Boost 4 rates 73. This shoe has moderate certainty. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the adidas Energy Boost

Each dot is one version of the Energy Boost, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.

Rating

40 60 80 100

83 2014 71 2017 73 2018 99 2014

Release year

We use the reviews of past versions to inform this shoe’s rating. See why.

Energy BOOST Original / 5 year anniversary

2014 · 41 reviews

99 Exceptional

99 Confidence
Energy Boost 4 This shoe

2018 · 7 reviews

73 Decent

69 Confidence
Energy Boost 3

2017 · 8 reviews

71 Decent

83 Confidence
Energy Boost 2

2014 · 50 reviews

83 Good

94 Confidence

Reader Ratings

7 ratings

5/5 3

4/5 2

3/5 2

2/5 0

1/5 0

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Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Release: 2018

Runner reviews

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Best Energy Boost Since the OG

5/5

Overall

After taking several years away from the Energy Boost, I came back to it this winter because of a great deal on the adidas website. The Boost 2 ESM ruined the model line for me back in college. I was wary of the super stretchy upper but there is not too much play for my narrow foot which was a great improvement. Love the Boost cushioning, feels like there is almost no break in period as I took them straight from box to long run. They performed as you would expect a cushioned trainer to, but where I was surprised with the newest incarnation of the Energy Boost was how well it performed at higher speeds. Just doing strides in them they were responsive and had spring to them. Overall, seems to handle the slow and the fast.

Mr. Slippyfist · Feb 6, 2018

110 mpw training for a marathon

Comfort: 4/5
Cushioning: 5/5
Durability: 5/5
Appearance: 4/5
Value: 5/5

Good responsive shoe but wears easily

4/5

Overall

Overall a fantastic shoe. I am a high mileage runner and these shoes can handle the day to day grind that training brings. Extremely responsive and comfortable. Really does seem to put some caffeine into your step. Great for average training runs and workouts. Only critiques are that the bottom of the shoe seems to wear out pretty quickly. Also a priced a bit too high.

Anonymous runner · Jan 9, 2018

80 mpw training for a half marathon