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Nike vs Adidas vs Puma vs Reebok

  • 17-12-2017 11:57am
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    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 193 ✭✭


    Europe vs America. Which brands do you prefer?

    On the EU side we have Adidas and Puma on the American it's Nike and Reebok.

    Which brand is on top as we go into 2018? What brand you reppin'?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Huh? Reebok USA? Thought they had a Union Jack as part of their "badge"?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,709 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    Adidas. Would look ridiculous wearing anything else if I'm squatting and drinking kompot with Dmitri and Oleg.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,561 ✭✭✭Duff


    Supreme, Off White, Bape and Palace. HypeBeastCloutGang


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Adidas and Puma, two brothers disliking each other, just like Aldi and Lidl


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 193 ✭✭21Savage


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Huh? Reebok USA? Thought they had a Union Jack as part of their "badge"?

    Legit associate it with America.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭statto25


    Adidas own Reebok so stick them in the Europe pot too


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,514 ✭✭✭bee06


    I would have thought Nike was just as big, if not bigger, than Adidas here as well?

    Edit: ah, I see you mean company headquarters now.

    I like Adidas and Jordan.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    21Savage wrote: »
    Legit associate it with America.

    And in English please?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Are Am Eye


    We talking fashion or funtion?


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 193 ✭✭21Savage


    Are Am Eye wrote: »
    We talking fashion or funtion?

    Yeah. Puma has upped it's game.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭theteal


    Rockin' a pair of red Hummel's at the moment.



    Not seen a decent looking pair of Reebok's in about 15 years.



    I'm not a junkie so I do try to avoid anything with an air bubble. . . .


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 193 ✭✭21Savage


    theteal wrote: »
    Rockin' a pair of red Hummel's at the moment.



    Not seen a decent looking pair of Reebok's in about 15 years.



    I'm not a junkie so I do try to avoid anything with an air bubble. . . .

    Kappa and Ellesse made a resounding come back


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,388 ✭✭✭✭gammygils


    Not Nike! Like a BMW. Overrated & over priced. But then again a BMW is comfortable not like Nike


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭theteal


    21Savage wrote: »
    Kappa and Ellesse made a resounding come back

    I had to do a ninja edit on that one as the Kappa's are reduced to the garden work stage of their evolution - they do look very similar to the hummels though. . .and a pair of pumas. Where dafuq did all these red shoes come from???? :confused:


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 193 ✭✭21Savage


    Remember people wore Canterbury Hahahahha


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,933 ✭✭✭smurgen


    European style and taste is far superior to american in my eyes.underarmour is evdience of this,total muck!gonna be adidas for me.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 193 ✭✭21Savage


    smurgen wrote: »
    European style and taste is far superior to american in my eyes.underarmour is evdience of this,total muck!gonna be adidas for me.

    Ahh that's what I meant. UA is horrible. TBH I think Adidas is a bit bland atm. Original a little better but not great.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,694 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Penneys.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    *covers union jack on reeboks with tipex*


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,022 ✭✭✭jamesbere


    Penneys.

    Pffffff peasant, I'm a Dunnes shoe man


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,287 ✭✭✭✭Jordan 199


    Puma :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,496 ✭✭✭Will I Am Not


    I’m at an age now where brand name doesn’t come into it anymore. 10-15 years ago and it wouldn’t be anything other than Adidas or Nike but now it’s what looks and feels good.

    Adidas do make the more aesthetically pleasing stuff, particularly the Adidas Original range.

    My current go to trainers are Lonsdale and Adidas. Owned a lot of Puma football gear over the years and I don’t think I’ve ever owned anything Reebok in my entire life, it never appealed to me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    Yeezy for life!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,908 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    New Balance ftw.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,908 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    mad muffin wrote: »
    Yeezy for life!

    Anyone that supports that twat Kanye West or his dope of a wife needs their head looked at.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,202 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    What about Asics or Karrimor?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    mfceiling wrote: »
    Anyone that supports that twat Kanye West or his dope of a wife needs their head looked at.

    Nah fam… yeez true dope.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 917 ✭✭✭Mr_Muffin


    Ellesse is where it's at.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭theteal


    Pherekydes wrote: »
    What about Asics or Karrimor?

    Karrimor is just rebranded Sports Direct muck for a good while now, as is Lonsdale, Firetrap, Dunlop etc.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,384 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Vans, Converse, Adidas Originals and a kick ass pair of Air Max '95.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    The 3 stripe Adidas logo is always a negative for me especially on their joggers. Not so bad on their trainers if the colour combination doesn't make it stand out too much. Personally my foot seems to fit into NIKE trainers better than Adidas trainers for some reason.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 512 ✭✭✭Subacio


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Adidas and Puma, two brothers disliking each other, just like Aldi and Lidl

    That's Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud, you're thinking of.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,522 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Adidas and Puma, two brothers disliking each other, just like Aldi and Lidl

    It was actually just Aldi that was split up into Aldi Sud (which is what we have) and Aldi Nord.

    Edit: what he said ^


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭The Pheasant2


    What about Umbro? :O


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭Tuco88


    Ah Umbro, the 90s classic football thug... Happy days.

    I can see em now... Umbro cap with that yellow chelsea jersey with the autoglass sponcer.

    Did adidas take them over?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭Noveight


    Ellesse seemed like a brand that was all but gone but has come back again. Loads of it in JD Sports store.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,878 ✭✭✭heroics


    Asics every time


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,860 ✭✭✭Ragnar Lothbrok


    Doc Martens :P

    For soccer jerseys, it's hard to beat Adidas for looks, with Umbro coming a close second. Hate Nike and New Balance jerseys - they don't belong on a soccer pitch :mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Reebok were founded in Britain. Bolton to be precise.

    Think Adidas bought them out in the noughties.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Sergio Tachinni for the win.

    Must worn item to court apparently.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    I’m at an age now where brand name doesn’t come into it anymore. 10-15 years ago and it wouldn’t be anything other than Adidas or Nike but now it’s what looks and feels good.

    Adidas do make the more aesthetically pleasing stuff, particularly the Adidas Original range.

    My current go to trainers are Lonsdale and Adidas. Owned a lot of Puma football gear over the years and I don’t think I’ve ever owned anything Reebok in my entire life, it never appealed to me.

    Lonsdale? Were they all out of Gola and Patrick?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    I have a pair of Reeboks. They're uncomfortable as fuck and feel too tight but they've lasted me for a couple of years and are still in reasonable condition. They'd be great if they didn't feel so tight. No other runners I've bought have lasted so long without the sole wearing away to nothing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 Hibernia Gardens


    Puma is my favorite


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    KangaROOS.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,177 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    Puma make Puma Suede. End of discussion.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,977 ✭✭✭Greyfox


    Nike are the best quality brand of the 4. Yes they are very overpriced but when it comes to comfy runners they can't be beaten


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Atoms for Peace


    Sportswear/casual dosn't seem to be much in Vogue at the moment thank fuq. Although during nights out over the Christmas I did feeI a bit underdressed as I didn't look like I was a member of the peaky blinders.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,073 ✭✭✭✭cena


    Is Nike still a big brand here


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 193 ✭✭21Savage


    Sportswear/casual dosn't seem to be much in Vogue at the moment thank fuq. Although during nights out over the Christmas I did feeI a bit underdressed as I didn't look like I was a member of the peaky blinders.

    What? I think fashion has gone way more casual over last few years. It's kinda lame to dress too up nowadays. There was a time when me and the boys would wear shirts and blazers out, now it's just casual runners, t-shirts and jeans, like clothes we'd wearing to college.

    As an example check out Tommy Hilfiger. A brand I'd have always associated with being for old posh dads and farmers, now it's aimed at the street style casual market.

    I reckon this will be more noticeable in Ireland over next few years.


  • Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    I've been a Nike fan for a long time, runners and t-shirts, the odd jacket and for running gear.
    But I've recently been trying out some Adidas runners and tops, and I do like them.
    The Adidas Originals line have some lovely bits and pieces.


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