Play Test - Umbro Stealth Pro II

Soccer Equipment Umbro Stealth Pro II is not necessarily the first choice of everyone, but at about £ 90 / USD GBP $ 140 / ¥ 12,000 JPY and supported by the Premier League and international players like Phil Jagielka, they present a great value at current market boot .

Our first reaction was that the new Umbro Stealth Pro in hand, is that although we may not be sold on unsubtle Umbro logo on front, white and blue actually makes quite a combination class. For the second generation Umbro has gone to leather upper, padded feet and the area feels nice and soft with feeling stiff heel counter and safe.

With the first shoe to feel surprised at their comfort with a good natural fit, Umbro have chosen to non-fussy tongue is one part of the soft leather with very few stitches to the back. As mentioned, the counter area of ​​the boot heel and a stiff collar to lock in the heel, and back foot, breaking boundaries and areas of the feet all comforted by the soft skin of all advanced from the blue line across the boot.

As far as boot weight is concerned, the Stealth Pro II Power is being marketed as a boot light that appear in this category, but you can feel the single-plate outsole and put on weight so it will not rival the boot speed.

When the skin over use 9 times out of 10 you'll get a good ball touch and feel, and when we started to hit the ball around Umbro Neo is indeed happening. This does not mean feel 'second skin' as above is quite thick, but you feel the benefits of this when you put your foot through the ball, as Umbro stitching and padding reminiscent of the principles that are used for Laser III.

Putting the ball next to a moment it was time for practice runs and change a little, and to boot Power plate only from Umbro Stealth II is an impressive feature. This configuration is similar to the Legend, and with all the buttons taper you can expect good soil penetration. This boot is designed to help enhance control and performance with the ball, and because they are not light like the GT they have a good single plate to help increase the spin.

With play testing sessions continue to run, it is a surprise really nice how comfortable the Stealth Umbro is still felt, felt very natural in the leg and did not require a breaking in period. And now we have reached the most interesting part where we will be able to destroy a few balls around!

Hitting the ball and shooting it well, the shoes feature a nice soft striking zone and although the system is hiding your head under the impression that because of asymmetry for these stitches. This skin does offer you feel and believe yourself to where the ball was going on, but the shoes do not have the benefit of additional power or control technology. So in this case, if we will really hard you can only use leather boot glorified.

Hitting the ball around also gives us the opportunity to get a feel for the ball Neo Pro Umbro FA Cup. Over the past 12 months by both Adidas and Nike JABULANI Tracer, the performance of the ball has come under the supervision and first impressions of the Neo Pro is good, hitting the ball feels heavier than JABULANI but lighter than the Tracer.

Although the Neo Pro is not likely to benefit from a textured surface we found in the wet conditions we were playing was not a problem, as the surface of the ball almost felt 'tacky' which gives the ball a good touch and control. However, the flight of the ball is the most interesting aspect once again manufacturers have claimed that the ball flight would have been 'most correct' them, but again this does not quite seem the case. Do not get us wrong, the ball flies true and there is no such deviation JABULANI, but you will never eradicate small ball movement and for the Neo Pro is a small ball movement now stuck with power from a distance.

Back to football boots Umbro Stealth Pro II, and we just want to project the boot durability and offer summary. To feel and play in these boots they seem to have very good durability, good leather with quality stitching appeared, and we can not see whether or not there is a problem with the single-plate or counter heel. Down the years, these boots are going to take some wear and tear, and the leather upper will form the shape of your foot. You could say that this is an over-hyped leather boot because there is no additional technology, but considering the price of the shoes were definitely seems that you get value for money with Umbro Stealth II.